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2 dog walks today. One long one this morning then a smaller one the evening. Also did a load of digging in the path that runs round our garden, clearing some big weeds and nasty grass stuff. Dunno what it was, I just dug out what the wife told me to!!
Was planning a bike ride but other stuff got in the way.
I’ve managed to stay consistent until today - positive Covid test this morning, and spent the day lying bed feeling like crap.
on the upside, I did fit in a nice wander up Conic Hill with the dog on Friday, before things went downhill
Absolutely spanked after 46km round the Grwyne Fawr loop
Weather mostly stayed dry, until the last few km it started to rain heavy and I got a pinch flat that wouldn't seal after the last rocky descent
An 11km run today - on the road!
New (road) shoes arrived this week and this was my first chance to try them out.
I don't want to jump to any conclusions after one short run but I'll be paying extra atttention to some of my running dynamics stats for a while.
Work and life knackered me again Friday and Saturday but took the boys swimming today, an hour of being chased and dunked and about 20 or so actual lengths. Run and karate tomorrow.
Was a bit hungover today after some generous whisky measures last night, but managed an afternoon swim to skoosh away the sweats. Good to do something different, too.
Day #21 - early pool swim 3.26 km in 65 minutes, energy levels were really low, I was ducking knackered all the way through the swim. No cramps though, but no speed, no flow, zero good swimming technique, Blurgh. Still managed to get it done though so all good.
Day 22: public holiday here for the Monarch's Official Birthday (!) so had a one hour gravel recovery spin.
Day 22: pre-breakfast Kassandra session.
My usual run this morning and I have just completed an hour of weights straight after getting home from work.
I always thought that my run which is the furthest perimeter of our village was about 5k after Jnr who is a regular runner estimated it. Turns out it’s a bit more, being measured at 7.3k. It takes me around 35 minutes on a good day, I’ve no idea if that is good or bad for a fifty something with dodgy knees?
I'd be happy with that 🙂 My goal is 1hr 10k pace on a non flat but not massively hilly route. But then I'm definitely more of a middle aged jogger than runner!
15 mins Yoga, Muddy hike with mutts, 1hr10 on the Zwift-0-matic turbo, 15 mins with my free weights, what feels like about 2 hours doing blooming physio/ice on my elbow. I loved getting back on the MTB, the elbow wasn't so keen.
If I can make myself do that first thing Yoga, defo makes a difference to my day. Maybe just in my head but I'l take it!
No time for doggos tomorrow, off to the big city, so it's a 630am Zwift run instead. Can't wait...
I thought I was blessed living on edge of Cotswolds / FOD, but some of these pics are outstanding areas. Keep them coming
Weekend was a shortish bike ride on Saturday, and then a Vertical Kilometre trail race on Sunday. A long way off a podium finish, but quite happy with how it went - it took just over 1:20 to do the 7km / 960m climb. Today was pilates with the wife.
Is it day 21 today? Hour in the gym this evening.
Day 23 and I got a weights session in before brekky and 30 mins of walking to and from work from the train.
Zwift run done. Steps done. Shame I can't just go back to bed 🙂 Might sneak in a yoga later depending on how broken I am by the M32 later!
Got a lovely 18 mile ride in last night with the Health Ride group.
This morning was a trip to the gym. Got halfway through W7R1 of C25K and got an incredible dose of runners squits - luckily I was 10 feet from the disabled loo!
Will need to do some stretches later to make it up to 30 minutes for the day.
Day 23 - Yoga sesh.
This challenge always makes me realise how little I ride my bike. But then, the weather is sheeeeeeite so quick and clean lunchtime rides are out.
This challenge always makes me realise how little I ride my bike.
My thoughts last week too - though I regularly mix up my exercise anyway.
Day #23 - heading into London city today, so early doors turbo session on the Wattbike, 1 hour at 170w indicated 29.7 km. that’s me for today, as by the time I get home I’ll have zero motivation to do any more.
Hats off to those of you who manage another 1/2 hour to hour after work.
no idea what day we are on, but have not missed one yet.
10 mile ride with my grandson yesterday, after school........ pretty good for a 4 year old.
and a couple of hours with Mrs t today, doing chores on the bikes.
Buggeration I'm out. Hacking cough and fatigue. Got bike on turbo set to go but shivery so no go.
Give it a day or two then reconfigure your approach to suit, can always catch up later if you really feel that guilty
I woke up this morning with a bit of a tight throat, that precursor to a cold. Managed a couple of hours zone 2 in (virtual) Colorado on the turbo, then a 20 minute post-ride stretch with Ash. I'm supposed to be swimming tomorrow but I'll wait to see how I feel. My "long" Thursday run is looking in doubt too.
I'm trying to keep motivated for this, or indeed any sort of exercise. Did an hour on the turbo last night, 30 minutes tonight. Will go back on for an hour tomorrow and repeat. The trouble is the job, the biscuits and the sitting around. And the coming winter. I have no drive to do anything and it is reflected in the 2kg I have gained since I last weighed myself.
I need to stop eating biscuits. And exercise until I can't do it any more,
Day 23: busy and long day at work. Too cold to run (I’m in N Finland and only brought shorts) so opted for 30 mins Pilates with Nicole. Not pleasurable.
Got out on the bike this evening. Went into the garage to swap some cleats to new shoes and it starts pissing down!. Pottered about for 20 minutes and it was nice again! Actually remembered to take a photo as well.
Yesterday was a challenge in itself!!
I single handedly carried over five hundred roof tiles onto a scaffolding, carrying five at a time meant for quite a few times up and down a ladder. By the time I got home, the only thing I could manage was an extended dog walk for just over an hour.
The best of it is that I’m going to have to do it all over again today, only today forecasts rain all day!!
A hard Wattbike Zwift 60 min session with my usual Tue night virtual meetup pals last night. Today will need to be an extended lunchtime dog walk as am on a mid afternoon flight Glasgow to London for a dinner and a full day of meetings tomorrow, evening flight back tomorrow.
Suspect I'll need a few laps round City Airport tomorrow dinner time if I'm to get anything in for the day...
It's raining and I can't be arsed with the weekly MTB night ride so I've fired up the turbo trainer for the first time since spring. Managed 30 mins on it and it's just as shit as I remembered it was?
EDIT when are emojis going to work again?
A few years ago, 2 hours+, 3 times a week on the turbo. I have absolutely no idea how I managed to deal with that level of boredom. Now 1hr if it's a hilly/hard route, 30 mins if it's flat.
Still up to 7.5km run. Pre and Post run stretches may be the reason I've got this far without something breaking/falling off/making worrying noises. I worked out I've another 25 hours/150km to run on this plan. It's not getting easier but the workouts are getting tougher and it's not getting any harder. so....
Outside MTB ride tomorrow night. Will definitely be having a school night beer after that one. If the pub lets us in #swampmonster
@willard I have the cleva vacmaster fan - it’s really effective, if buying now I’d get the one with the remote control.
@scotroutes I have no clue how you can do 2 hours at z2 with a cold or not. Impressive with a cold though.
i agree with all the boredom comments re extended time on the turbo, even with Netflix, iPlayer, music, podcasts, it is just so monotonous and dull. Really effective but dull. Maybe I’ll give Zwift a go.
anyway
day #24 - lunchtime pool swim 2.74 km in 56 minutes and a post work walk with my daughter and wombat for a very sedate 30 minutes for 2 km.
nearly a quarter of the way through already. Learning from previous experience of doing this challenge, the only way I can get to 100 day’s unbroken is to quit booze entirely to give me the best chance of recovering from the constant daily load. Seems to be helping so far. Still bloody knackered though 🙂
Edit what is going on with the font on posts ?
@walowiz - I'm not pretending it's not hard. I have to keep one eye on the heart rate at all times to prevent myself from regularly drifting into Z3, especially when there are hills. FWIW I use the Tacx software. You're basically riding along looking at a video of the road you're on. I find it more engaging than the repetitive and cartoon world that is Zwift. More like the sort of riding I do In Real Life.
Another failed day here, caught out with family and Scouting commitments. Need to be more proactive and "assertive". Suspect that I will arrive at tomorrow nights Trustee board straight from the gym, as they are opposite sides of the sports field!
quit booze entirely to give me the best chance of recovering from the constant daily load. Seems to be helping so far. Still bloody knackered though 🙂
@walowiz - this challenge is 30mins a day, no? You've done that with a walk and then swam and ran. Calm it doon!
Wednesday hill running in the Pentlands here. Just about 9km, cold and windy.
Chest infection cleared so a bit of catch up with 4 hours walk around the lake, over the hill and back.
Hour and half up the climbing centre too.
Work tomorrow includes walking a forest boundary, so probably another couple of hours walking rough ground there.
Out this morning in the filth with the 'white grizzly' retriever. Proper work out on those muddy hills for those of us with just the two legs.
And one of the joys of living in a rural area is we get to wave at the "poo tractor" - highlight of my kids day when they were young 🙂
Attempting to motivate myself for a night ride. It's going be dark, cold and filthy. Still compared to the "Dreadmill" or the Turbo, it's probably the best of the three options!
I haven't fully given up booze. But massively cut back and only at weekends. Plus tonight if I ride MTB because I will definitely have earned it! 25 days in and I *think* I'm a bit leaner. Can now see outline of three ribs. Fairly sure humans have more than 3 tho 🙂
Right I am going outside. I may be some wet 🙂
I'm sure "in the old days" I just jumped on my bike and went. Current pre-ride routine is "Ice elbow, tape elbow, take nurafen" followed by 10 minutes desultory stretching before wondering where I put my bike lights that I only set down about two minutes ago. Repeat for contact lenses. And car keys. Dither over how much clothing to wear "Have we entered Trouser Season?" I ask myself aloud, before 3 or 4 trips to the car because this is now tradition 😉
Another extended dog walk last night after a second day of hard labour! I have total respect for roofers, very physical job and out in all weather.
Felt totally broken first thing but decided to go for a run and weirdly felt energised after having breakfast.
Hoping for an early finish tomorrow finding time for a nice ride in the afternoon.
Day 25 of the challenge and day 3 of the lurgy. While it is important to be kind to ones body, the mind also needs to be considered so I, unusually, took myself off for a wee drive in the van today.
I'm a bit of an aficionado of the Wade (and Caulfield) military roads in Scotland and while viewing some satellite imagery, recently spotted an "orphaned" bridge on the road to the Corrieyairack Pass. It's not mentioned in Walking the Scottish Highlands by Tom Ang & Michael Pollard (my usual bible for Wade roads.), so I took myself off on a micro-explore.
The bridge wasn't too hard to find.
The restoration is holding up well, though I could find little trace of the old road leading up to the bridge itself.
By way of contrast, this bridge was installed a few years ago to assist in the building and maintenance of the Beauly-Denny pylon line. I doubt it'll last as long, or that anyone will care enough to resore it in 200 years time.
A better-known orphaned bridge beside Melgarve bothy.
I'd taken my drone in order to get some aerial shots of the bothy but it was a bit too breezy for my sub-250g Nano+. The wind did mean that the skies were cleraring though.
I got the drone out at Garva Bridge so might upload a couple of stills from that later.
I totalled about 90 minutes of gentle walking but enjoyed sitting in the van listening to the river and the rutting stags.
For those that might wonder, my photos sometimes appear in canmore.org.uk (the online catalogue to Scotland's archaeology, buildings, industrial and maritime heritage) and/or geograph.org.uk
25/100 Had an easy day but brisk stroll in the Autumnal sunshine here today. Bloody love Autumn don't I.
Away on family holiday from tomorrow which makes fitting opportunistic exercise in a bit tricky, so hopefully will be able to keep this up - enjoying it so far.
Day 25: snowed overnight (wet, slushy rubbish) so sacked off any idea of going out after work. Just a 30 minute yoga video with Breathe and Flow.
Gym night. Elliptical, rowing machine and spin bike thingy. Christ I sweat a lot! ?
We rode some of the Wade Road about 15 years ago. From memory one of my wettest ever rides!
Feeling a little more MTB fit but need a big ride this weekend to get the legs back in the groove. Not as wet as advertised, but that is not to be confused with dry 🙂 I'm not sure the Yeti with its posh Switch Link really likes mud season much. Still was a fun ride with a welcome pint to finish. That's 2hr30 extra today. Hard run planned tomorrow, might leave it to the end of the day...
Day #25 - turbo session on the wattbike 1 hour at 179w indicated 30 km. I’m still a way off cycle fit level from just a few short years ago. Later 39 minutes of stretching and physio exercises.
Another short run and stretching.
Day 26: early start after a rainy day yesterday. Turned out beautiful though and enjoyed the grip on a favourite singletrack loop...until.
Chainbreaker was forced into action again. Lucky I have a spare goat link waiting for use in the shed.
Boring old lunch run yesterday except I did some "sprints", which were as horrific as they were pathetic. Strength stuff today but as its beautifully sunny will do it in the garden and an evening walk with the boys too. Onwards and upwards!
I have sprints in the plan today. 5x400m. Not sure I'll be hitting the kph target for all 5!
Stunning weather for dog hike this morning. Went a bit further as the sun was out. Still blooming muddy tho. Step count done so I can sack off that run later if I really don't fancy it. Especially if someone says "fancy a beer" at 5pm !
Day #26 - woke up sore as hell and feeling super tired all morning. Was going to go outside for this challenge today, but really didn’t even feel up to doing anything at all.
So boring lunchtime pool swim which I really thought would be total rubbish, but once I got going I just kept going to 3 km in just under an hour. So that worked better than expected.