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Vash,
Actually you should have stopped jogging a week or two ago and just continued walking at a brisk pace. You know the fact that your legs are hurting all the time isn't at all good. When you get up there your leg movement will be from between walking and stepping up with 50 lbs. on your back for the duration between camping and rest stops. I don't remember you asking about exercise for this, but you should have been doing something like leg lunges and finding a real uphill place to hike up on a regular basis (weekends would have been fine) with weight in your pack. I don't know how many miles you plan to put in per day, but hiking isn't like jogging. It's a long term endurance activity. Six or eight miles a day are easy, but if you plan to put in 12 to 18 miles per day, jogging won't serve you well except for aerobic conditioning. But in addition to that you need to condition the big muscles in your legs and butt. Quit jogging now for God's sake.
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Marv Evans
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