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I know this will blow @mattoutandabout 's mind a bit but if you're a serial 100 day challenger, it's time to start thinking about Christmas.
The premise is simple - exercise for a minimum of half an hour a day everyday from the 16TH OF SEPTEMBER for 100 days, which means the 24th of December is the last day.
Rules are not particularly tight - me and my mates have a fairly strict one about commuting (if you do an active commute of under half an hour, you need to do an additional half hour) but other than that, exercise is what you count as exercise (bikes, running, weights, yoga, a walk, whatever) and if you miss a day you don't have to beat yourself up or make it up on another day - just keep going.
If you start feeling ill, rest up. I canned it last year because I was struggling with a concussion and it was less healthy for me to exercise than to rest.
Use this thread to seek and give motivation and post pictures of what you're up to.
Finally, a reminder that this challenge was dreamt up by my mate Chris who I used to race bikes with - he used it as a way to keep momentum up going into winter and to help him realise that going out in the rain and cold isn't so bad. He was killed in an avalanche in Glencoe back in 2013 and I only found out about the challenge afterwards, but it's good motivation to keep going.
I'm in again...
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Me to, hope to get the full 100 again!
Sounds good, I'm in. Failed last year - I had a couple of long races during the period, and while I can accept taking a single day off post-race, a whole week seems to be taking the piss a bit 🙂
I'm in! Hopefully make the hundred after having to drop out with illness with the finish in sight last year.
Did rubbish last year and that basically set my fitness tone for all of this year! Plan on giving it a go and hoping it motivates me to keep fitness up during winter so I'm fit enough to have some fun if we get a spring/summer in 2025!
Bring it on!
Its our 15th anniversary in october & weve booked a weekend in Amsterdam in October, so Im going to have to figure out how to work some exercise into that!
Always nice seeing folks photos.
Ah, yes, the annual 'Ryvoan Bothy in all weathers' thread (wink & smile emojis)
I'm in 🙂
I'm in. I get pretty close to this anyway, but its a little extra spur to do that school run on foot on the odd day its raining or a spot of lifting and stretching whenI'm perilously close to flopping in fornt of netflix.
Good luck all.
I'm in again and have a mate* doing it with me this time. My wife also said she might have a go.
I was rubbish last year, (and the year before that I think) but I'm hopefully in a better mental place this time and having someone else there to give me motivation will hopefully get me through it. I need to lose weight but just want to be fitter and not feel like my body is about to break all the time.
I also have a holiday to Rhodes at the end of October, but the hotel has a gym so I'll get on the treadmill before breakfast!
*He's ex Army and although he's chilled a bit in recent years he won't let me get away with slacking....
3rd year veteran here. Press gang me in. Unless I'm ill I exercise daily anyway, but this is a good motivator.
I'm in again.
Completed it last year with some (at least 2 days a week) dubious late night yoga-ing.
This year I'm counting cardio only. Got mountain biking, running, walking available from the door, and a Wattbike to use if the weather is truly crap.
2020 lockdown when I did my Gove-mandated hour a day of either walking or running, I lost 7kg.
I've now returned to my 2019 weight so hope the same occurs this time.
And in the first couple of weeks I'll hopefully have some good pics to rival Scotroutes'.
3rd year veteran of this challenge. Done pretty well in the last 2 years and really enjoyed it.
still recovering from all sorts of injuries and motivation is at an all time low, so fingers crossed this helps with motivation. Can’t even remember the last time I rode a bike now.
Desperately need something to make me put the snacks down and get off my arse, so I'm in.
Need to eat all these snacks by 16th then....
I'm in.
if you miss a day you don’t have to beat yourself up or make it up on another day
I'll pretend I didn't read that bit, I don't need a get out clause keeping me in bed that extra half hour instead.
Count me in, i'm an exercise and diet controlled Type 2 diabetic, so tend to exercise 6 days a week with monday rest day, but this will give me incentive to do something easier then and get a good pattern going.
reckon im in again, not cleared the full 100 yet.
me and Mrs T are in.
not like we have much else to do with our time is it.......................... #lessmoneymoretime.
I’m in again.
More options for me this year (a smart trainer, plus my right knee can handle running again!) However, I expect plenty of 10 pm sessions of Yoga with Kassandra when all other options are non-starters.
Thanks for outlining the history @munrobiker.
I'm in, I think I missed 2 days last year. I'm a bit unsure about rest days, so if anyone has any ideas, let me know.
Hm, I'm keen.
Tips on getting on track welcome - want to use this to get myself feeling better on the bike.
@seriousrikk - I think people have found that starting more gently than you think a real help in the past.
It's a marathon, not a sprint. Quite a few drop out due to overdoing it.
Mixing up exercise types helps avoid boredom.
Throwing in weight exercises and yoga/stretching will improve your cycling more than just another 30 minute ride.
I find that running and/or walking are both more achievable when the weather is truly shit.
I also find that running sheds the calories better than cycling - which then improves my climbing on a bike.
Make sure you don't lunge into any new activity too quickly by being overambitious.
or walking
On the days I have those 'I can't be arsed' moments, a walk does for me. In fact, it's the walks I often enjoy the most, especially if the weather is foul. There is something really special about a short walk along the seafront in vile weather! (Or maybe I'm just weird...<laugh emoji>
I'd be up for doing the 100 days again this year. Thank you for setting up the thread.
Is there a Strava group this year, I know not everyone uses or likes it, but it can be useful for keeping track of things?
Definitely looking forward to seeing photos and hearing what everyone is getting up to on this thread.
I set up a Strava group last year but can't seem to find a way to do it (on the app) at the moment. Maybe it's because I'm not a Strava Premium subscriber? Anyone should be able to set it up. Make it a private/closed group and post the link here.
Ah, I'm too mean to be a premium member too! I had a look and I can't set one up either.
Strava Club https://www.strava.com/clubs/1296118
Strava Club membership request submitted (Adrian Clarke) and accepted. I'm in 🙂
Looks like I will have to make my activities more visible and spam my followers feeds for the rest of the year though
I've made you an Admin too.
Thanks @scotroutes for setting that up. (I'm Hector Haines on there for no good reason)
I’ve made you an Admin too.
Ha, that'll be why I'm getting all the new member request notifications!
Deleted post. Issue already covered above
Looks like I will have to make my activities more visible and spam my followers feeds for the rest of the year though
Yep. Private activities don't show. I'd normally my audience so that only "interesting" activities show up but I'll just go Public for a while.
I will join you all but do the 75 hard challenge . I need the no alcohol and food discipline requirement.I think a number of you do this challenge already,it just doesn't have a name.Good luck all and avoid dem bugs!
Asked to join the group - ready for some walks and YouTube yoga to fill the days
I’ve just got back from a pre breakfast 5k run. Best of luck to everyone having a go!
And we're off...
Good luck all. Dont think I’m going to join this year. Already know I’m away for work for 11 days in the next 2.5 weeks, a chunk of it teaching a field class, plus life is a little complex atm. However I have this in the forefront of my mind to get out more, even though it won’t be every day.
I'm in again.
First joined the challenge in 2022. I was having chemo at the time and found it tough! Nonetheless, I managed to do something most days. Coincidentally, I'm typing from the Christie whilst waiting for a blood test... Fingers crossed.
This year I've started early... Already 21 days in and, apart from having a cold, I'm feeling good.
Hoping to work the Festive 500 into this as well... It's all about setting goals and achieving them ??
There's a very unflattering pic of me marshalling the CX at the weekend on our club page, so I need to add some dietary discipline to the activity.
Leading the local health ride tonight, will take us half an hour to do a lap of the CX course!
Question from an mildly interested potential participant, if you regularly commute you need to add something different in, does the same apply if you regularly walk the hound? I'm assuming counting that walk is a bit of a cop out? For context usually 2 walks of at least 40 minutes a day.
Hi @toby1
I think we all set our own "rules". Mine is to do at least 30 minutes of purposeful exercise every day. I mix things up: Strength workouts, yoga, lots of cycling, indoor trainer if the weather is dire, maybe even an occasional run. I don't have a dog, but if I did, I'd count it if at least 30 minutes of it elevated my heart rate (Zone 2 maybe).
My wife simplifies things... "If a Garmin can record it, then it counts!"
Done my first weight session this lunch time - only 1/2 hour but I have no strength so using this to try and encourage me to do it regularly.
I posted it to strava group, but now thinking don’t need to post but it will just show in activities for the group?
Yeah, I'm going to not count normal dog walks (already done 35 minutes this lunch time), but if I'm wrecked cos I'm pushing too hard then that will be my fallback/rest excercise I think. Although I'll do longer and/or faster than normal.
A big weekend walk with the dog can be 20k easily so I'll deffo be counting that though!
I'm camping weekend of 27th Sept, (load of us, piss up type camping) so going to take a bike to get out for a ride in the morning. Also going to Rhodes for a week end of Oct, so will do a few runs down the sea front and make use of the hotel gym/pool. All it'll be doing is working off the all inclusive indulgence though!!....
Gym to night for me.
Set your own rules as above, but personally, Yep, walking is fine.
Its probably Alien to most of us but its unbeleivable how many people dont even do that - just 'walking'.
I'll certainly be counting it, and as above, if your recovering from a huge ride the day before, or dont fancy the gym etc, then its amazing how good a decent, brisk-ish walk for 30-60 minutes makes you feel. I always start the day feeling a bit fresher and standing taller when I've walked back from the School run. Just being outside is a start.
Went to bed last night with good intentions , then woke this morning with a stinking cold. Out with the gravel bike blast, and in with an extra walk in the woods. Out is better than in! Something is better than nothing. Build the habit.
Off work today so managed to get out towards burbage and back via Blacka Moor and the local woods.
Not sure if the image will work.
Good to hear what everyone else is up to.
Joined the Strava. I may win the award for the lamest 30mins exercise but I need something to get me moving more. With one thing and another it’s been a bad year for biking this year and it’s showing on my weight and fitness.
May even dust off the Wii Fit board and do some yoga!
I’m sorry but I really can’t be arsed with Strava. I’ve been riding bikes since my teens and never had it and definitely don’t need it now!
Besides, the last thing I need is a record of how much time I spend on a bike, the wife might see it.
“I may win the award for the lamest 30mins exercise”
@rockhopper70 - Trust me, if that was an award, I’d have plenty of entries at the end of this, based on my experience last year!
Whatever works for you and you can fit into your schedule is what it’s all about.
I spent a good chunk of day 1 in protracted conversations with our health insurance about various bits of my body that are in need of some TLC, so a 40 min dog walk is how I've kicked things off. Might jump on the bike this evening if my knee/shoulder feels up to it.
Can I count physiotherapy appointments - wonder what the physio would think if I have the Garmin running while they're putting me through the grinder?
I really need the motivation this year so I'm in. Nice gentle 5K plod just now.
Requested to join the strava group to cheer others on but I don't really do making my stuff public unless it's interesting. Hopefully something will be interesting in the next 99 days!
30 or so minutes weights in the (home) gym this morning.
10km social run with the club this evening.
Got back just before the moon came up over the mountains. It'll be mandatory head torches next week.