I don't jog or run. It is bad on the knees. A close friend of mine is a runner and competes in different events. He really wanted to get me into running and worked with me for a couple of weeks and I developed shin splints. That was it, I'll never do that again to my body. When I was younger, (12) I could run a 5 min. mile and would compete in cross country and the 50 yard dash. that was then. Now I enjoy power walking. I'll do 5 miles down a local trail in about 90 mins or so.
As far as feeling like I was levetating when I removed my pack, It was because it was too heavy. I was hydrated enough. I'm gonna spend some time getting stronger and lightening the load. We were actually thinking of packing in frozen meat and Ice for the first night. That didn't happen. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />