These Boots are Made for Hiking...

Morning walkers, meet at the parking lot by Sculpture Park, Miner' s Ravine Trail, Roseville. Sculpture Park is across the street from the Roseville Auto Mall. Drive to the parking lot of the 24-Hour Fitness Center. Meet at the smaller parking lot to the south of the fitness center.

We walk toward the east end of Miner's Ravine Trail near Sierra College Blvd. We stop for a brief time and walk back. We walk about 3 miles an hour, and the entire walk takes about 2 hours, almost 6 miles total.

Please be considerate and change your RSVP if you cannot make the walk.

No dogs. Thank you.

We'll meet at Rossmoor and Ambassador Drives at the Rossmoor Bar park entrance sign by the yellow gate, parking is free. We'll be walking on a mix of asphalt and dirt trails for 1.5 hours (3.25-4 mi). Meet for summer hours at 7am (June thru September), the rest of the year 8am. We depart promptly at 7:05 or 8:05 am all year round, rain or shine. It's mainly flat, we go the pace of the group. We alternate the route each time between heading toward El Manto or River Bend Park just to spice it up a bit. We see wildlife, go along the river (and sometimes in it) and enjoy conversation. Many don't sign up so expect 3-7 attendees most days. Dogs are welcomed, we have 2 regular fuzz faces. It is recommended you wear long sleeves and pants as we sometimes go thru stickers, shoe gaiters are helpful. There is always a bathroom stop if needed. Bring water, a hat, rain gear, sunscreen, hand sanitizer and a snack if needed.

Have you tried or heard of Rucking?
What is Rucking?
In simplest form, Rucking is just walking/hiking with a weighted backpack. No special equipment and super easy to do! How much weight depends on your fitness/strength, generally it's good to start with around 10% of your body weight or just some extra water in your backpack. If you are into backpacking then bring out your full load equivalent and get some weekday training in!
Here are links to fancier descriptions of Rucking:
https://www.goruck.com/pages/what-is-rucking
https://health.clevelandclinic.org/what-is-rucking
https://www.verywellfit.com/what-is-rucking-8619172

Benefits of Rucking:
Full body workout to develop muscle, especially at shoulders, core and legs
Burn 3x calories as just walking with less impact than running
Improve bone density with load through out skeletal structure
Improve fitness/endurance with less time
Improve balance
The list of benefits is very long!

What to bring:
Any good/sturdy/comfortable backpack with some weight in it
Good walking/hiking shoes
Hydration
......and that's really it!

Length/duration:
Goal is to keep it to 1.5 hours because I need to get back to work, you can go longer if you have the time. We will cross the pedestrian bridge and go up the bike trail to almost Folsom dam then turn around. Total distant should be a little over 3 miles with about 400ft of elevation gain. Also optional is taking the dirt trail parallel to the bike path on the way up.

Parking/meeting location:
Public parking at the intersection of Reily st and Leidesdroff st in old town Folsom, try to park towards the end next to Reily st.
Parking coordinate: 38°40'41.3"N 121°10'38.6"W

Notes: If you have not tried Rucking before PLEASE start light and add as you progresses. Please make sure your back can handle the weight, last thing anyone needs is to get injured.

Feel free to message me with any questions.

We'll meet at Rossmoor and Ambassador Drives at the Rossmoor Bar park entrance sign by the yellow gate, parking is free. We'll be walking on a mix of asphalt and dirt trails for 1.5 hours (3.25-4 mi). Meet for summer hours at 7am (June thru September), the rest of the year 8am. We depart promptly at 7:05 or 8:05 am all year round, rain or shine. It's mainly flat, we go the pace of the group. We alternate the route each time between heading toward El Manto or River Bend Park just to spice it up a bit. We see wildlife, go along the river (and sometimes in it) and enjoy conversation. Many don't sign up so expect 3-7 attendees most days. Dogs are welcomed, we have 2 regular fuzz faces. It is recommended you wear long sleeves and pants as we sometimes go thru stickers, shoe gaiters are helpful. There is always a bathroom stop if needed. Bring water, a hat, rain gear, sunscreen, hand sanitizer and a snack if needed.