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Walk yesterday afternoon south of Coniston, and ride round some of the quieter Grizedale BWs today for me and @p20, with a quick van get away.
Chose well - saw very few people all weekend. The drizzle may have helped!
15km run from the Hayfield to home. It was 20c so well above my comfort zone. Amazingly enough I didn't feel broken and managed a ride to the Old Bridge Inn for beers with a couple of mates.
Managed to avoid most of the soapdodgers up here because it's the holiday weegend
A post dinner walk was scuppered by torrential rain. Stretching routine sufficed though.
Along the Tees to Stockton and back with a little bit of dirt jump at the end.Coming back in the dark took a bit of getting use to.Still my magicshine grenade thing did it's job.I saw a little bit of wildlife,including some very relaxed North Tees Rabbits.Come the UC Benefit cut I think they might need to get a bit more wary.
The real challenge arrives tomorrow with autumnal weather.I must think of some indoor activities.My reliance on the outdoor gym is going to be tested.
Managed to avoid most of the soapdodgers up here because it’s the holiday weegend
Ahh, that would explain why it was so busy after my ride yesterday.
Still on with it, a mix of running, local rides and turbo so far.
Maybe overdid it with 100k off-road today tho… oops
Disaster narrowly avoided this morning - had a few last night, didn't get to bed until 2 or so... with a planned 5:30am start... Alarm went off, I hit snooze, then snooze again, repeat until 6. And I'm supposed to be meeting up with some club mates at 6:30 to make sure the race course is properly marked, and it's a half hour drive away. Bollocks.
Luckily I had prepared my breakfast last night, and after wolfing it down, quick coffee, and the fastest dump in history I headed out just 15min late. Quick WhatsApp to the club mates before heading out, and when I get to the start they've replied: "we'll set off without you, taking it easy, you catch up"... And I did. Took a good half hour to get to them, but no worries. Ended up doing an enjoyable 4 hours or so up a mountain, it was a lovely day with a chilly start but no wind, and a warm end. And a free t-shirt thanks to being a volunteer.
Bit of a chesty cold so counting a short walk to the playground with the kids and 5 sets of 3 pull ups on the climbing frame (which felt good), and a couple of other bits. Yes it's not very many but I don't do them regularly. Also plenty of shoulder rides and lifting boy up to look at bugs on tree leaves. Tried trials riding later but didn't have the energy for it, everything was sketchy. Half an hour.
Seem to be alot if coughs and sneezes around here.Must try and avoid the lurgy.
I am thinking in a Monday to SUnday week for this, so for last week:
Mon: Local loop heading out to Blackamoor woods at the edge of Sheffield
Tues: Loop down towards Linacre reservoir area and back via Big Moor and Totely Moss
Wed: Commute home off road along curbar - definitely getting dark earlier - as per photo
Thu: Commute back on the road (counting as it's a hilly 11 miles!)
Fri: Quite lanes and tracks loop after work
Sat: Run locally from home through the woods and up to Ringinglow
Sun: Bike ride out towards Holmesfield and back via Blackamoor
Fitting in some bits of stretches/exercies for back.
Think this is relatively easy at the moment with nice weather and dry ground, probably be harder to keep momentum as things get darker, wetter and colder. I am not a mega strava user but think that for this it is quite good for motivation to see that everyone else is getting out too.
Zwift academy workout 1 done. Vo2 max over and unders, got a but tickly on the last set.
@ahsat waves from just a bit further south of Coniston
Anyhoo, after two days forced labour under the tyrranical eye of Lady S (which I'm counting!) managed a 5k stumble round the fell this lunch time. Invigorating!
Sadly back the other side of the Pennines now 🙁
Feeling a bit trashed from yesterday’s mtb efforts (long COVID definitely slows my recovery - ‘stress’ metrics on my Garmin aren’t good today), so took some chicken on a rather long walk home from Morrison’s. Know some of you are managing every day biking etc; but if I get through the 100 days and in one piece - that will be a massive victory. In which case these much slower days will have to do for me.
Know some of you are managing every day biking etc; but if I get through the 100 days and in one piece – that will be a massive victory. In which case these much slower days will have to do for me.
That's exactly how I did last year when I was also in Covid recovery mode.
Another club gravel ride tonight for me. Anticipate some YouTube yoga tomorrow night as a sort of recovery day
I have added running this year and, for once, have done it properly and sensibly after trying several times over the years only to give up due to shin splints and other painful issues. I'd usually just set off on the pavement, at full speed, band then be unable to walk for a few days. Then I'd try again with the same result.
This time, I started off running slowly, with very short strides, on grass, basically very slow laps of a few fields in a nearby park. Discovering I have high arches, not flat feet as I had thought, and getting a suitable footbed, has helped too.
After only a few weeks of build-up, last night I ran 4.25 miles at 7.40 a mile, all on tarmac, without any particular issues. Pretty pleased with that.
Connect tells me I need to up my Low Aerobic activity so it was 45mins at Zone 2 on Zwift this evening.
Iain tells me to get a grip and carry my heavy bags home and not get the bus.No idea what swift zone this puts me in!How did we manage before all this online stuff?Easily me thinks.
In my case, I just worked my self too hard without thinking and it really didn't help much. I'm sure I could have read a book about it or employed a coach to tell me the same stuff. This is just so much simpler and easier to follow.
Thanks Scotroutes - you definitely seemed to see the benefits last year.
I also use the Garmin training metrics as a guide. I find it useful and pretty simple. Definitely helps me identify overtraining.
I've done a bit more the last week or so, but will definitely be having easier days too and some of my rides have been pottering about.
Hopefully it's a trigger to do a bit of something, but it shouldn't matter at all how much and listening to how we feel is very important in terms of not overdoing it ( or listening to the electronics!)
Left some things are a friend's house yesterday so ride the 15mile round trip in my lunch hour today. Job done, 12/100.
First time I've ran 5 miles in a good few months, I've been doing the bare minimum 5k's at lunch, didn't push it and really felt some mojo coming back.
Really glad I started this now, STW is pretty cool sometimes.
Will do a spot of warm-up/yoga/mobility/active exercise this evening, shoulders feel tight, but so far today a one way five mile commute on old road bike and a 40 minute lunch time walk. Yet another puncture at valve on front wheel and no backup tube so got a lift home. Contemplating running it to work tomorrow, which be a new one. Weather currently looks ok for it. Got a few things to take with me, lunch, light items of clothes, carry in bag in hands or risk blisters on back from ruck-sack, 6 miles?
Carrying stuff in hands for 6 miles sound far worse!!!!!
Decided I'm just going to take the OHs "MTB", a size too small. Don't think a 6 mile run will won't help me shift the last of the lurgy either.
Cycled into town for lunch with friends, back along the river, that there boat has sunk again...
Cheaped out the dog with a totter to the corner (will make it up to him tomorrow) and then headed off to the gym for back to back half hour circuits type classes.
This week and next are the hard training weeks for the upcoming half marathon. I say hard. In the old days I would have counted them as ridiculously light, but I don't have that body any more!
Don't push that cold sirromj.Walking and yoga are fine till you get well.Its a long way to Christmas.
Heaviest rain I’ve seen for a while yesterday for an hour riding in the dark, followed by more heavy rain on and off for lunch time duty. At least it was sunny and cool to ride home (in wet gear!)
Lucky it's 3 miles/15 minutes to the start of the club Monday night gravel ride. Just got there when MrsMC rang to say her car had broken down (alternator according to the recovery guys), and I needed to pick daughter up from gymnastics, so 15 minutes back and Day 12 completed after all!
I'm in on this, good for motivation. I did 50 days at the start of the year for the Doddie Weir challenge, it stopped and I went on to 50 days. Thought about 100 then but was tired and really fancied a rest! Taking it easier this time and using it as an excuse to (re) build my base. Was struggling for HR last week, thinking I was totally unfit but the cold that was in the post has been delivered 🙁 Nothing major just a bit grotty. Relieved in one way (not as unfit as I thought) but a bit miffed that it may affect this challenge. Walks it is for a few days.
Well done to everyone, as monkeymonkeydo says, it's a long way till Christmas. Keep going!
Double session yesterday - did weights at lunchtime, then an easier than expected turbo workout on my shiny new Kickr Core 🙂
Run planned for lunchtime today.
Latest update. Managed to keep on track so far with some walks (some very casual) and some actual exercise and bike rides.
Went to bike park Wales as managed 2 1/2 runs before I hit the deck head first and have some neck pain. So it's gonna be easy walks until that is sorted, but they will be done.
Good to see people still cracking on.
Lunchtime Yoga here. I see full fat sunshine forecast for tmrow afternoon so readying the bike for an outing.
I had to drop the Mrs off at hospital and then be picking her up a couple of hours later, so it was either (a) sit nursing a coffee and posting shit on here or (b) head along the coast a bit for a walk in the (mostly) sunny weather. So, 7km, 90 minutes done.
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Commuted on the OHs hardtail today, regular short route to work. Used a trip to Halfords as an excuse for a lunch time ride, 50 minutes, 8.5 miles, about 2/3 cross country, got in a sweaty mess. Rained in the afternoon, on my cycle clothes I'd hung on the bike to dry for commute home. Wore jeans & t-shirt and thin waterproof for ride home and took the cross country route home, really enjoyed it, nothing special as far as MTB goes, but I just enjoy being out there so much more than riding on the road in traffic. Legs felt tired today, think they've got used to only riding 5 miles on smooth surfaces on a road bike. Total 21 miles, double usual commute distance.
Run to and from the MOT station in the pissing rain today. Car passed, which is good. Feeling really tired for some reason so I'll be getting an early night.
Weather looks mostly wet for the next week or two, so I expect there will be lots of walks and runs as I can't be bothered cleaning the bike.
Turbo and weights tonight ~40 mins in total
Would've been easy to crumble but think am sufficiently invested now to ward off the demons
Waiting for everyone to piss off to bed so I can do some yoga in the privacy of my own home....
I’ve failed, a full day of boozing for the courteeners gig on Saturday wrote me off for 3 days. Still going to try and carry on though.
Nice picture that scotroutes,where abouts is it?
Hope the Mrs is ok Scotroutes
The long, off-road 1hr commute option for me today. Could still feel Sunday in my legs. Got my food in a right muddle - felt so hungry by home time things ached. Too wet, hungry and tired to do the slog back up the hill home, so jumped on the train. Magicked up a pretty good dinner seeing the fridge is pretty much empty and feeling a lot better!
Great to see all of your making it out.
Day 11 (Sunday): Interupted by kids needs so just 20 minutes on the rower; then a 45 minute brisk walk whilst they did activities.
Day 12 (Monday): Feeling pretty tired, so just a gentle 1 hour on the road bike after work, fettling with cleat position. Lovely evening, but the first one with a proper early autumn chill.
Day 13 (Tuesday) Long work day, but forced myself to do 30 minutes on the rower late this evening. Before this challenge I probably would have poured myself a cold one!
Its definitely becoming more of a habit... lets see.
Missed a day today, for the first time , my mother needed a lot of care, plus busy WFH day at 'work' and this had to take second place - after all its just a challenge.
@monkeycmonkeydo - Moray Firth from the Castle Stuart golf course.
@ahsat - Second chemo session today 🙁
@timf - You're right - priorities. But remember you're also no good to anyone if you don't look after yourself too.
Club run today in the pouring rain, good thing about running is that as long as the footing is OK you can carry on...
It was our annual end of summer bivi last night so that got yesterdays effort in but it was only a 20 minute spin down through Macallan on the way home so I'll maybe just do an extended dog walk later this evening.
Aye, all the best to you and Mim Colin.
Second what ahsat says, all the best buddy.
90 mins on the ebike last night, as there were some awesome clouds about, which promised a lovely sunset, and a couple of e-segments to keep me honest.
I'll run at lunch today, it's tomorrow that's the challenge, first day back uni day release, it's a long day, 9-8 and 40 mins drive away in Glasgow, so I'm not home til nigh on 9pm.
4 miles at lunch today, pissed rain for 2nd half, magic.
Gym yesterday and Zwift today. Which looks like the formula for the next couple of days too. Need to diversify at the weekend.
parkrun on saturday?
@Nobeerinthefridge Wee man has athletics at the same time unfortunately. I'll get back to you. Would be good to get one or two in for this.
I'm possibly going walking on Sunday if you are interested. Two of the Lawers range hills unless it is chucking it down.
One of those this might be the last good day days.
Headed out to Grantown for a scone and coffee and decided to extend the return via Rynettin and Ryvoan.
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Rode home from work - who has turned autumn on?
12km dog walk. I rode it 400m of climbing made a top 10 top 2 and hit 4climbing pbs out of 4. Was 4°C on slow roll back down (to let dogs have an easy return).
Weight session at lunchtime, then did one of the new (ex-Sufferfest) Systm videos this evening, a lovely ride up a climb in the Pyrenees. Really enjoyed it, even the over-unders at the end. Run tomorrow.
I’m out. I’m kind of amazed I got this far to be honest, not my kind of thing to try. I just could not be bothered. Extending the commute would probably have been the easiest option, but I didn’t fancy that either.
I have taken on doing some additional exercise and can feel the benefit, so it’s not a complete loss!
Day 14: Knew it was going to be a long work day, so managed to sneak in 25 minutes on the rower before the first zoom call of the day as insurance. In the end was also able to get out for a quick spin on the road bike after work as well.
First ride with a long-sleeve baselayer, and really I should have worn long finger gloves and bib longs too, was a bit chilly by the end.
Out on the bike for a couple of hours after work. Figured I'd better get out whilst the weather was nice. Lovely evening, but for properly nippy when the sun went down. Autumn is definitely here.
A quick half hour on the trials bike this afternoon, with my 2.75yo spotter on his balance bike. Not pushing anything, just back to things not practised for a while. Upper body strength this evening. Combination of bodyweight and weights (eg a 18kg hunk of railway metal), an hour and bit inc. warm up & cool down.
Ooof! Covid hasn't got me yet, though another child is positive now, but falling off a skateboard has just winded me and likely stopped the press ups and sit ups for a while... May be just a few gentle rides whilst I work out just what I've done to my upper body. One minute I was carving lines on the flat, next minute sat on my arse gasping for air and being asked if I was okay 😀.
Took the new kayak (Gumotex as recommended on another thread here) out on the canal for its maiden voyage and saw a water rat (vole?) swimming across with a leaf in its mouth. Was out for a couple of hours and then back home as was booked in for a fitness class and a weights class (30" each).
Didn't take the phone out to take pretty canal pics as was paranoid I'd drop it in 😉
Weather turned this afternoon. It was gorgeous this morning, unfortunately meetings conspired to prevent me from getting out at lunchtime. So I missed out on riding but went for 1/2 hour evening walk with the family. It was probably well timed really, I'd been trying to ride as often as I could the past few days, and I have been feeling a little tired. Haven't missed any days yet.
Got the "long" (10mi) run done today. Luckily the dog has had some teeth out and so won't be wanting much of a walk... (Poor boy, but gum infections are hell on an old dog's kidneys, so it's for the best).
Despite being my long uni day, had a lovely sunset run out through Glasgows east end, through Glasgow green and along the Clyde.
Braw.
Failed to do the run, I'd forgotten we'd booked the car in for a service and I had to pick my wife up at midday. So I did an easy 40min Systm ride after work, which was probably for the best as my legs were definitely tired.
Run tomorrow, hopefully 🙂
Yesterday an hour walk with my brother, who I haven’t seen for months. Really lovely. And this challenge got us up from just eating biscuits and tea.
Tonight back to Pilates with Nicole that I used last year. Wow I’m not in Pilates shape. Things burned!!
Tomorrow I’ve got a PT session. Hoping to get back to the barbell after a 10 month COVID layoff. Time to get some strength and power back over winter.
32km MTB on a night that definitely felt like Autumn. After months of dry weather the wet roots were a bit wild.
Masses of pine needles washed up on the wee beach at Loch Garten
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And then a couple of post-ride beers at the Winky.
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Wet 5k run yesterday evening. Thought I'd feel rubbish but felt surprisingly easy.
Yesterday was the gym and this morning was Zwift. I've the gym booked for this evening and I'm debating whether to go or no. Definitely think I'll take a bit of a down day tomorrow, maybe a recovery ride and a bit of stretching.
An hour on the road Bike Wednesday
Just a walk with a can of hobgoblin last night to decompress after a crazy day
Run at lunchtime today
Who knows what the weekend will bring!
Managed a quick 40 minute spin trying out my new front tyre yesterday afternoon.
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It'll most likely be a Zwift or extended dog walk this evening.
Lunchtime walk with my eldest. Tomorrow I'm taking him to start uni and I'm really going to miss spending time with him like that.
Morning cycle along the river with my Friday cycling buddy who's been AWOL due to work pressure, great to catch up.
45 minute walk along the Tees.I,m close to rapping this in with all the noise I,m getting.Perhaps come back next year when my situation is more bearable. All the best to Mrs scotroutes by the way.
Day 15 (Thursday): 40 minutes on the rower during lunch break
Day 16 (Friday): 25 miles sunset ride on the road bike. After a wet and blustery day the wind dropped and the sun came out and it was an absolutely stunning evening for riding.
Very inspired by everyone's efforts and kudos and best wishes to those keeping it going in difficult family circumstances.
I really feel like I’m missing out now. Was loving doing the everyday thing… really sorted my head out.
Slow run today, it was a fair bit hotter than I expected. But that's the day done, beer now 🙂
@kelvin just join in, you can keep going until Jan 16th to make up for it. And a fair few of us will probably keep going after Christmas too.
And: 400!