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I'm am absolutely hanging out of my arse.
Struggling for motivation, will try and do something later, we're heading over to Conwy....
Day 4
I haven’t done any Pilates for ages, and wow it showed. This hurt! Hoping I can move to get on my bike tomorrow!!
Thanks munrobiker, I went into the help pages and did the following: To register a hike, I have gone into the edit page of the activity and changed the sport from hike to run in the drop down. It then works but if you look at your activities the hike is now a run so a bit misleading.
Three hour loop round the Pentlands this morning.
Anyone know why routes uploaded to Strava from my Garmin have stopped showing the route map? It only shows the speed, time etc but no map!
Quick bike ride today. Bit of a squeakfest, will need to get a bit of a mini service done.
Thanks for sharing that ahsat.
Hilly 13.1 miles ran early doors. 1700 calories burned.
That’ll help the huge roasted sarny and bottle of IPA I have in front of me go down.
What does a huge roasted sandy look like?
Thanks for sharing that ahsat.
No worries. First time I’ve used her videos and I was impressed - she’s not annoying and just got on with it. Think I’ll try some of the other ones.
What does a huge roasted sandy look like?
Like a horrible typo.
Make that a huge toasted sarny. Fat fingers.
Day 4 - 52 mile road ride, made sure it was a tail wind finish...
Get out there Tom, it's only half an hour!
A wee spin up to Badaguish and a good chinwag. Probably used up more calories talking than riding.
Gave that a go ahsat,I think I might ache tomorrow.I,m really y not in great shape
So this is part of the recovery plan from ongoing reoccurring neck and back issues, so three hikes and just in from a ride..back to hiking on the fell tomorrow....
46km at Coed y Brenin today but it didn’t go as planned. I shredded a tyre at the 8km mark on the MBR trail and my mate broke his rear shock near the “Beginning of the End” section. Back tomorrow to finish what we started.
5k run followed by pie and chips, the good lord giveth and the chip shop taketh away....
Took it steady today with a 4 mile family walk including the father in law, so that took a bit of time. Planning on going on a road ride for the first time in months tomorrow. Haven't used the road bike since I stopped commuting due to C-19, so should be interesting to see how the back copes.
Went for a jog first thing so that's the first time I've done over 10 miles a week in almost a year.
God it tires me out these days though!
The same local loop again but two minutes quicker, which I’m happy about.
I do have a fair bit of soreness behind my left knee cap which is a worry but I’ll be ok
I get a bit of that pook, been wondering what it is?
Couple of hours of Zwift today for day 4.
Did a 3km loop around Penmaemawr (however you spell it) in the end yesterday
Heading to Aber Falls and going to take in Drum today. Hoping the weather stays nice for us!
Pook- that happened to me at the start of lockdown. It ended up really bad as it was an overuse injury (in most people it's caused by an increase in exercise but for me it was a saddle creeping down). To stop it getting worse and recurring it's worth trying some knee strengthening exercises and exercises to increase your hip flexibility so your knee isn't always in the same position on the bike.
I did a video consultation with Tweed Valley Physiotherapy that was excellent. It was about £40 and unless I really drop out of the exercises for a long time my knee is much better.
10k run this morning.
10 miles run this morning, perfect running weather once again.
8k on the treadmill this morning.
And litter picking up the hill this afternoon.
Rowing today, which might be the last for a while.
Made good use of the tide hugging the coast and grabbing some inshore eddies before heading out to pick up the main tidal flow back along the coast.
@monkeycmonkeydo How are the stomach muscles? I definitely can’t laugh today 😆
Mtb ride round Nidderdale for me today
@pook - if it comes on whilst biking it might be hamstring related. Check your saddle height and do some hamstring stretch and use a foam roller if you have one.
62km on the road bike over to the new community hub/cafe in Tomatin. A lovely new place and just the right sort of distance to earn a Stornoway Black Pudding roll. Another fine day forecast tomorrow before we hit 9C days later in the week. Let's see how keen I am to keep the streak going when that arrives 🙂
Walk with MrsMC just went over the 30 minute threshold, so I've actually done 5 straight days
I was out on the water today too- 5 miles or so around the coast in a kayak.
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Ahsat...stomach muscles ok so far.My neck and shoulder muscles are stiff and I have a large bruise on my left upper arm!🤔.Without a bike spin afterwards I think I,d be much stiffer today.A first taste of Pilates stretching,at the age of 58 is a challenge.
Impressed you managed a mtb ride today ahsat.I think I need to do some online yoga to try and become a bit more flexible.Neil.
Can digging & wheelbarrowing for a couple of hours count? It's not my job or anything I frequently do! I got well sweaty! If so then I'm done for today... if not then I need to figure out something easy (again) to do this evening after kids in bed.
I consider anything that increases your heart rate can be exercise. On Thursday I had to carry, single handed, 400m of 4x2” 30m down a gravel drive because the lorry wouldn’t fit!! It took nearly 2 hours and i did count it as my stint for the day. Mostly been out on the road bike but having an easy day today with lots of stretching whilst watching the football. I hope everyone is getting on ok?
Sirromj...that's definitely a good weight training session.How about a half hour walk and stretch session.Might be beneficial after your efforts.
Yeah I might go for a relatively gentle exercise + stretching this evening anyway, focusing on lower legs and shoulders, and throw some core/belly in too. I've been experimenting with various shoulder exercises and rotator cuff exercises for overhead mobility with eventual long term goal of holding a handstand and strengthening for bike. For the legs, I'm trying to get them used to running so various things such as calf raises and ankle rotations/stretches etc.
17km of hiking from Aber Falls up to Foel Fras and Drum....fairly brutal as there wasn't a path for the bulk of the height gain!!!
Ticked The Beast off my list today. Some of those rocky trails are brutal! Kudos to anyone we saw on hardtails today!
The beast in the Peak? Good stuff.
I rode Shatton Edge. From the off it's 1000ft climb. Brutal.
Knee still sore but not on the bike. It's running wot's done it.
If running is so good for you,how come people always seem to get injured?
Struggling with motivation today. Was going to go for a spin on the road bike which I was really looking forward to. Butt a dodgy socket that had started to burn and with crap access meant 3 hours out of my day replacing that. Grrr.
So will have to pull my finger out and go for a run once the kids are in bed.
If running is so good for you,how come people always seem to get injured?
Depends how you define “good for you”. It’s one of the most efficient ways of exercising, you get so much benefit for the time you use.
Also, injuries happen a lot at the start when you push to hard. If you stay steady, you can and do keep injuries away.
I’m in 170 days in to my run streaks dn bar the odd niggle I’ve been fine.
Daughter#1 birthday today so only managed another walk. 30 min march. Through going here,there and everywhere in between got to 19.5k steps so I don't feel too bad.
Day 5 done - 25 miles on the bike this morning.
Came a cropper on a 10k skateboard ride on Friday and now have bruised ribs. Had the joy of visiting 2 Ikea's but managed a 20k gravel ride Saturday, it hurt though. Had to clear loads of stuff out of the house and build a couple of Ikea beds today, so only managed a 30 mins turbo session.
You can skateboard 10k???!?
A burst of hillwalking activity over the last few days of holiday seems to have catapulted me to the top of the leaderboard - back to work tomorrow, which should see me drift back down to mid-table anonymity
Dragged my arse out for a run, even managed to remember to charge the light. Feel so much better for it 👍.
Although I should have left it a bit longer after eating Sunday dinner 😆
As planned, bouts of walking and wild swimming this weekend. Probably zwifting tomorrow 😢
I coincidentally started running again on the 16th and this is spurring me to do a running streak of 100 days.
I'm not usually a fan of running streaks as it can become a burden but I need to focus on consistency and getting my fitness back up. Lots of zone 2.
The strava club is great - it's great seeing the photos from everyone's activities. I hope this will keep me on track. Keep them coming 🙂
Is there a fund raiser page this year that I've missed?
Day 3 - A nice 2 hour hike
Day 4 - 20 mile group mtb ride in the Peaks
Day 5 - 30 minute very easy walk
Day 6
1 hour walk to the hill behind my house. What a morning for it! Definitely feeling a bit tired today though.
You can skateboard 10k???!?
Not without falling off it seems....
I have a great, recently resurfaced path 2 minutes from my house into Leeds along the canal, but not usually right next to the water. It's usually the way I commute in but WFH means that hasn't happened since March. Perfect for longboarding or crusier type skateboards though.
Day 3 - easy 10k run in the rain
Day 4 - fairly easy 20k trail run with mates. In the rain.
Day 5 - quick hour on the bike in the morning.
Today I'll be training with my club in the evening, running intervals then a swim.
Day 6 in the bag.
Went out on the MTB again just to make the most of the dry trails as it surely can't last much longer?
As I've had a pretty crap year on the bike and according to Strava have only done 88,000ft of climbing this year I've decided that I'm now going to aim to add another 50% to the total within the 100 days as well.
Lunch time circuits today. Ow. Starting to see/feel the benefit though, did the week before and was ramping up a bit anyway but, yeah, so far so good.
Day 4 was a lovely 50km ride with teh OH (she's on the e bike..)..2 pints halfway round so took teh flat route back!
Day 5 started lush... Rode for about an hour to a local boating lake... rowed around a bit, some champagne, then rode back via the hills.. And she had a terrible off on a loose sketchy (but wide open) trail on teh way down. Really hurt herself, and we had to call a mate to collect us and the bikes 🙁
My exercise today is going to be my commuting - about 35 min of low intensity cycling, as I'm heading to hers after work to cook dinner and help with her kids....!
Was going to see if my local gym has opened, but good Samaritan work trumps bufftings!
DrP
Saturday dropped daughter at dance class 9am & spent 40mins in the skate bowl, with my old skateboard , which was great coz at that time no one could see me fall over
slow bike ride with family yesterday, but had to fix s fence & paint the treehouse!
Feeling a bit knackered here,perhaps DrP could give us all a lecture on nutrition and recovery.I would certainly be listening.
Day 6 has not gone well; failed on OHP and Deadlift on my weights session so took it easy and did a slow 2K to finish off. Feeling knackered after the weekend and it's the first time I've enjoyed the running more than the lifting.
Feeling a bit knackered here,perhaps DrP could give us all a lecture on nutrition and recovery.I would certainly be listening.
This is the most STW response going, and I realise I am fortunate....I have a Garmin Fenix 5S (bought as a present to myself following ACL surgery) and I am trying really hard to pay attention to its recovery guidance and not push on a day when I told by it to ' rest or train easy'. Those days I just go for a walk, or if things don't ache, will try and do pilates (of various levels), and just listen to my body! Yes, I felt tired this morning but have to say it is leveling off (as much as it does after a day at the computer with the must dull paperwork ever!).
As the wife's working and I have the kids it might be a 30min dog walk this evening, or maybe I'll get the turbo out for some Zwift fun...
I think it'll be a dog walk then as the weather's still nice 🙂
Getting into doing my little local loop and managed a number of PBs and a little trophy on something too, which is nice.
I've also upped my average pace too, which I'm more chuffed about.
Day 6 - C25k 2.but ran for longer and did an extra 10 minutes at the end. All off-road.
My it band didn't hurt which is amazing. I actually enjoyed it, beautiful evening.
Bike to work and back today. I know it's not exactly in the spirit of things but I'm 12hr shifts, up at half 4 and home at 7 means I'm struggling to fit in even half and hour. It's a 45 min pedal each way so I'm taking it as a win.
6km walk round Loch Morlich with the Missus. Autumn has officially arrived, both by the calendar and the weather.
Jesus,that's a tough gig kaiser.I think we should allow your commute.Do you have to do that 5 days a week?
Will go out shortly for a spin on my bike in the dark.Two days in and I can still feel the effects of ashats pilates video.Still Kaiser has made me realise it's time to MTFU.
.Do you have to do that 5 days a week?
No not at all, I work two early shifts and two nights then have lots of days off. Actually quite lucky with work if I'm honest. Commuting on the bike is a bonus and let's me get some exercise in.
Just done Day 6 - 24 mile road ride while daughter was at gymnastics training, including a flat 10 mile circuit someone at the club set up at the start of lockdown to replace time trials
Turns out I'm still fat and unfit - who knew? 🤣
Bad day at work so went straight out for a run. Did 10k then realised I did the same yesterday! Now in the bath with very tired legs!
Felt rough for most of the day, not sure why, so took a steady walk along Curbar Edge with the family early evening. Kids managed not to fall over the edge, which is always handy.
Was properly busy up there. Think people are making the most of the nice weather. Would post a photo but you know too much hassle 😀
A return to commuting today, extended morning to 30 minutes, on the hardtail, and return home to 50 minutes, total 14 miles, probably around 3/4 off road tame xc, but I enjoy it. Also cycled to shops on lunch break which left just enough time to scrape in a half hour walk. Photo from commute home.
Pottled round the post industrial wilderness for an hour.Only one screaming baghead to report.The firework season also seems to have started early round here(worryingly).
Happy to have completed the first week, mix of full gas ebike, ring fit adventure on the switch, bimble with daughter and first proper ride on my new (to me) Cotic Flare 🙂
Tomorrow am lugging 3 solid bits of furniture up 10 flights of stairs. Not sure if I can really count that, but am too scared to go for exercise beforehand in case my knees give way.
Day 5 did a bit less than an hour on Zwift.
Today I did 30 mins of Kettlebells. I'm already feeling the effects, hopefully tomorrow I'm not too stiff.
Day one started after 4 days of pedalling around Innerleithen so I’ve started off tired! Got home on day 7 With the idea that a hike with dogs would be a bit of a rest day but the wife was already out with them! Ended up running a slow painful 4 miles instead. Out for a bit of a ride and some trail building tonight
Spent the weekend moving logs, so classed that as my exercise those days, my back certainly agrees. Yesterday was a gym session (upper body) and now i feel terrible. May go for another gym session (legs) this evening, or maybe a run.