To get in shape before hunting season I throw 60 lbs of weights in my pack and walk with jogging spurts around my neighborhood in the middle of night. Get some weird looks but oh well. (I work a night shift)
I wear Danners when I do this and get my pack setup the way it will be in the field. The only thing is I don't really have any elevation change.
Pushing pretty hard right before season last year I was able to get my 3 mile loop in 60 minutes. It took a decent amount of jogging to hit that time but that's with a total pack weight of 75 lbs so I was happy with that.
I wear Danners when I do this and get my pack setup the way it will be in the field. The only thing is I don't really have any elevation change.
Pushing pretty hard right before season last year I was able to get my 3 mile loop in 60 minutes. It took a decent amount of jogging to hit that time but that's with a total pack weight of 75 lbs so I was happy with that.