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Day 99 - turbo session, 70 minutes about 35 km at constant 185w, can’t be certain as the bloody stoopid wahoo fitness app buggered up recording the session, quite why it’s started playing up when nothing has changed and it’s connected to a kickr core I don’t know. Did irritate me a little. <br />Walked Willa later 2.6 km in a leisurely 42 minutes.
Only one day to go.
I wandered into town again to see how much snow had fallen overnight on Christmas Eve eve.
Unfortunately, it's mostly melting but also leaving lots of flooding.
As it was day 99 of the challenge, I wandered along Santa Claus Drive having a, err, 99!!
Back-story here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj5grl16y5go
Followed that up with some Turbo Trainering - trying out the Tacx app as an alternative to Zwift.
yesterday skateboard at lunchtime after not mastering the olie, im moving on to the pop shove-it
today I had to drive to Liverpool to pick up the mum in law
so made it worthwhile by doing the trip via llandegla, was blustery but very mild for midwinter!
Congratulations to everyone that's got this far. I sort of dropped out about 3 weeks ago, although I have been doing stuff pretty much everyday. Lots of long heavy walking for work and loads of dog walks, basically ended up not having much time for proper exercise. I mean, obviously I did have time, but I was struggling as was always bloody knackered after work and then needed to take the dog for a walk....
Anyway, I've missed a few days but only really 3 or 4 over the whole thing. i feel better for it all and I'm fitting better in some clothes that were getting a bit tight!
Bit gutted that I haven't completed it but it's put me in a better place physically now, and exercise in the future.
having a, err, 99!!
Distinct lack of monkey's blood there @scotroutes 😉
One day to go, and 50mph+ gusts forecast...might be a seafront walk rather than a pedal...might see if I can get a 99 too 😂
I dragged Jnr out of bed for a run, just back home and happy to have made it to the end. It hasn’t been easy this year but I have managed to stay healthy which was my downfall last year.
A very big well done to everyone who has had a go, wishing you all a great Christmas and a day off!
Day 100 will be a 35-40min stomp through the mud, after lunch... and thats it done.
hit 81 days, 107 training sessions, 72hours.
no surprise, to me, that my success rate dropped off after the clocks change.... my hike on Friday evening (post solstice) was worth it.
Well done team 👍. The wheels came off last week for me but still way more active than I otherwise would have been. Going to get a walk in today, Boxing Day, plans for a gravel ride with the lads over the break and plenty more too so will keep up the momentum. Going off the juice for jan so will combine that with daily exercise, and will be built like arnie by summer. Perhaps.
Oh aye, yesterday was concreting potholes on our drive so 7x barrowing 50-60 kilos 100m up a 10-20% pitch. That DEFINITELY counted!
98/100 Thanks to all for the pics and posts, it definitely helps with the motivation. Rest days (lack of) and injury were were the biggest hurdles but the two fails came from failing to plan ahead.
Having survived this I'm better prepared for an attempt at 75 hard in February.
Thanks to scotroutes for the inspiration. Happy Christmas.
100 days completed. Phew. Well done everyone. Far too windy to pedal today, so a seafront walk it was. Cue comedy blown across the pavement moments & being told "you must be mad" by the lady serving me my ice cream 😂 raspberry ripple 99 with monkeys blood 😁
Merry Christmas everyone, stay safe, look after each other, and here's to next year's various challenges. 🎄
Day 100. Whoop! Whoop!
Out for a dip in windy, rainy Loch Morlich this morning.
My Hoff pose.
Mrs S as Pamela Anderson
A bit choppy.
Just when it reaches "that" depth.
Then followed that up by running 5km to the Lily Loch and back with Mrs S.
So, another year complete, and I wasn't even going to do this one, though that's actually day 201 for me.
I did a lot more running this year and a lot less biking. The mix of yoga, stretches and weights all helped.
I've really enjoyed seeing all the posts and the scenic photos. It's a great insight into where we live and how weather and climate varies. Well done to everyone for participating, whether you made all 100 days or not. Hopefully some good new habits have taken hold as a result.
@eulach - don't thank me, I'm only the messenger. It was (ironically) @houns who was keen to kick it off this year but we're really just standing on the shoulders of giants. Maybe @munrobiker would like to add some words...
Well done all. Great effort!
I finished off the last few days with some longish dog walks, a hole lot of leaf raking in the wind and some static bike at the gym.
I reckon I was on the 90% mark but went awry due to work and related travel. I’m planning for next year already as I’ve just bought an indoor trainer which, on reflection, I should have done a 100 days ago!
I enjoyed the experience (mostly) and everyone’s posts definitely made it more interesting and inspiring.
Thanks all and have a Merry Christmas!
Well done to all those who managed the 100. I was on course until the mid 70's where I got stuck down by the bloody cold that's going around! Only just getting back to something like 100%. Will try again next year as I defo felt improvements all over.
Merry Christmas all.
day 100 was a gentle 10k ride with the kids to the local parks in an effort to tire them out
well done everyone, its not been on easy, i did more late night yogas than i planned, next be year want to try & be a bit more active!
Day 99
I was going to go out and start the Festive 500 today but an amber weather warning means it would be lunacy.
Zwift then.
A half hour walk tomorrow will round things off nicely.
Well done all it's an undertaking, this. 👍
Made it.
Day 100 - my longest swim for a very long time, 2.8 miles (4.52 km) in 91 minutes. My goal was to crack 4km, so super pleased.
Walked Willa later 3.4 km in 48 minutes. Done, done, done. And relax.
Congrats to everyone who had a go at this. It’s harder than it first seems. But bloody great for getting you into a groove of doing exercise every day.
I’ve loved seeing all the pics and stories on this thread. Quietly very inspiring stuff. <br />I leave this thread with a Christmas pic of my companion thats accompanied me on a lot of my activities. Merry Christmas !
Very well done everybody . The weather's been a bit gash this autumn so extra browny points all round!
PS, that dogs got a great face,very characterful.
Anyone else forgotten to stop? I was just planning my day and realised I didn't "have" to schedule sports. I will do though.
I’ve still being at it, a run with Jnr on Christmas Day and I couldn’t help enjoy the balmy weather yesterday so went out all morning for a bike ride.
We’ve guests here now and it’s raining hard so I think today might be my first day off.
It’s great to read everyone’s posts and the positivity this challenge brings. It makes a big difference to my wellbeing at this time of year.
i am gonna keep going. never walked much, now i kind of enjoy it for something other than biking.
It's not a bad habit to have developed 😀
I was active the past couple of mornings before everyone else in the house got up. Zwift before Xmas gifts/meal prep and a 10km run on lovely snowy tracks yesterday.
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That's me on 203 consecutive days and I aim to keep going. If you are goal oriented/like gaming things, then the various Challenges/Badges in both Garmin Connect and Strava can help with motivation. I use Connect Challenges to help "force" me into mixing up different sports and activities.
Anyone else forgotten to stop?
I had Christmas Day off. I'm raging with myself because I always go for a bike ride before everyone else gets up but talked myself out of it. (Stoopid mental crap.) Still, a jolly cold Boxing Day Pudding Run yesterday and a wet, wildly windy walk this morning down the seafront, then we're off to the pub later to see friends. I'll leave the car at theirs, then I have an excuse for a longer than normal run tomorrow morning to pick it up. 😁
As above: I do stuff every day and it's even easier now the Zwift man cave is complete. Working from home I put an hour at lunch time aside for swim or gym class - mainly to relieve the isolation during the day.
Weights/ bag work in the evening.
So it’s not just me then.
I had Xmas day and Boxing Day off, as we had family and then friends over and tbh I’d overdone it on the last swim I did and really needed a rest. Not doing any exercise felt very strange though.
today back on the turbo for an hour and Wombat and I are off for a walk later.
@scotroutes good shout on the challenges, will check those out on garmin connect. <br />I don’t subscribe to Strava if you need that for challenges as it seems you need to subscribe for most stuff in Strava now, which is a pain as I can’t see my 2023 yearly stats, but I’m not subscribing just to see that 🙂
@walowiz - Garmin only require that you record on a Garmin device. No Strava required.
Well done 100 club, inspiring stuff.
Sadly committing to 100 days of excercise running up to Christmas is a non starter for me as it's my busiest time of year for work. I'm just too knackered as well as lacking the time to commit.
100 days of exercise after Christmas is much more doable for me, so I might chip in here if others are keeping the thread going.
Last couple of days have been long walks up behind the house, on rough pathless heathery bog. I find that a really good workout compared to walking a path. There's a lovely wild feel up there despite being only a couple of miles from the house.
It stopped raining for a couple of hours so I went out with the dogs and came home when it started raining again. Looks like I’m still going.
It’s not a bad habit to have developed 😀
I think this is exactly right. Since I turned fifty, I have tried to exercise for an hour every day. Obviously you miss the odd day but I believe that keeping it going is a major benefit to my overall health and fitness.
Just trying to maintain what I’ve got for as long as I can.
Perhaps, euloch could start a 75 hard challenge thread in Febuary!Difficult time of year mind.
@fazzini cheers, it's high above Beauly looking down over Loch Nam Bonnach.
I'm doing some tidying up and was going to close the Strava group I'd set up for this, so if anyone has any reason to be referring to it, you have a few days before I do so.
I've kept up my 30 min/day streak and I'm now actually on 250 days. I guess I'll try 100 days from here to see if I can make it a full year.
Has this thread resulted in anyone else making a change for the good?
Has this thread resulted in anyone else making a change for the good?
Yup, failed miserably before Xmas, but done about 40 of the 43 days since new year & feeling all the better for it, getting a set of rollers to make sure I do 30mins when its been cold dark & wet outside has helped no end.
Has this thread resulted in anyone else making a change for the good?
Definitely yes, still keeping on keeping on with the daily exercise of 45 mins or so. Feeling fitter and just better, I do plan a rest day in every 10 days or so which really helps, the rest day is actually a hour or two walking with Willa, rest just means not biking, swimming or running.
Could be timing, but I felt bloody exhausted after doing the 100 days in 2022 and after 2-3 weeks barely returned to exercising 2-3 times a week and not bothering to get out and move when at work.
But this time I have kept it going. Must just be slightly more motivated this time. Definitely helps with overall feeling of well being.
Yes, much like walowiz, still going but with planned rest days (I really do rest though). The Parkour training is going great - my daughter was on school holiday and we just did 7 days straight an hour a day. It's starting to get a bit scary when she's climbing along window ledges 3 metres up. I'm looking forward to warmer weather though...
Since completing this challenge some years back now, I have made it a bit of a habit or commitment to myself. I’m still aiming to exercise for at least an hour every day and probably only had one or two days off since Christmas.
I’m trying to run first thing every weekday morning for thirty minutes followed by a ride or weights session later on.
Weekends it’s been bike rides and dog walks. I love it!
Kudos if you’ve kept going.
I had a fairly active Christmas, but found it difficult finding time to exercise while transitioning back to work (heavy workload, business trips, DIY and crap weather), other than lots of dog walking and uprooting a tree!
The latter part of January has seen improvements. I have bought a smart trainer and started Zwifting, which I’m quite enjoying and trying to do regularly.
Only one yoga sesh this year but yesterday I got my mat out, which is a start!
Anyone keen this year? It’s not far away…
This thread gave me just enough persuasion to get out into the darkness (or on to a floor mat) and make the most of those darkening months.
I got a lot out of it and I’m keen to engage again.
Anyone else?
I don't mind joining in again if it helps with anyones motivation, although I haven't stopped since the last one finished. In fact, I'm currently on 441 consecutive days. By careful intermingling of intense activities and some more gentle ones I definitely entered 2024 in better shape than I had in many previous years. I'd like 2025 to be the same.
Plus, it's always nice seeing photos from around the country as we slide into Autumn and Winter.
Start a new thread and we'll see how many start with good intentions (again 😉 )
I'd be up for it in principle, but there are some days when it's just not going to happen.
2024 has been probably my most active year to date though (I'm 53 in a few weeks) and at a fitness and weight level I'm totally happy with - still room to improve though
Was only thinking about this today & hope it'll give me the kick up the butt I need to get back on the wagon.
I was gonna start the thread on September the 1st if we can hang on til then.
@munrobiker - go for it.
16th September is the official Day 1, I think.
Scotroutes photos were great, made me very jealous.
I mostly did it last year. Think I may have missed out a handful of days.
One thing I did find though, was that I was exercising for the sake of it. Which sounds a bit odd but I'd end up doing 3.5 hours of sometimes mediocre exercise spread over 7 days when I'd rather do a solid 3.5 hour ride in one go on Saturday or Sunday.
So I'll be watching the thread, mostly for the photos, but for me it just didn't seem enjoyable. Good luck to everyone doing it this year.
I’d end up doing 3.5 hours of sometimes mediocre exercise spread over 7 days when I’d rather do a solid 3.5 hour ride in one go on Saturday or Sunday.
The trick is to do both. If all you normally do is a 3.5 hour ride at the weekend then the challenge here is to use the other days to add something else. That's where I found yoga, weights etc all good. It's not just wasted "mediocre" exercise, it actually improves your cycling.
Lard needs shifting - I'm in.
I'm in.
In. Even fatter than last year, habits need to change.
Me too, worst state of unfitness ever
I'm in this year. Didn't really try last year but did a similar work thing in January/February and felt great for it.
For anyone needing to shift lard, maybe try combining with 100 days of something dietary, like intermittent fasting or just cutting it pointless snacks.
I’m in, not really stopped, it’s definitely become a daily habit.
This challenge has helped me become fitter than I ever imagined I could be and my head is in a much better place as a result.
For many years I dismissed running due to my knees but having built the distance and intensity very gradually, I’m now running every other day and really enjoying it!
All thanks to munrobiker introducing me to this challenge.
In! Managed to get to the end of November last year before being struck down with flu so want to do the 100 this time.
I'm in, after last years summer never really happening, last winter being an absolute washout, and 2 bouts of COVID this year and a really crappy year of unachievable (in a sensible workload) schedules my weights nudged back into triple digits and this time round I've not got the weightlifting numbers to justify it!
Thankfully work has settled down and I've moved offices so can get back into some sort of routine.
Plan from here until Track SQT starts again next May/June is
Monday - Lunch ride + Free-weights in the evening
Tuesday - Track (on road bikes, so more like a chaingang but without cars, potholes, corners, hills etc just pedal till you get dropped)
Wednesday - Lunch ride + Free-weights in the evening
Thursday - ~35miles Road group to the pub
Friday - Lunch ride + Free-weights in the evening
Saturday - MTB
Sunday - Road (either this or the Saturday MTB will need to be a longer/slower recovery ride)
One thing I did find though, was that I was exercising for the sake of it. Which sounds a bit odd but I’d end up doing 3.5 hours of sometimes mediocre exercise spread over 7 days when I’d rather do a solid 3.5 hour ride in one go on Saturday or Sunday.
As above, you have to do both. But have a plan. Just absent mindedly doing some random stretching / yoga / weights won't keep you motivated through the winter*, . Also depends on what you count. To me it had to be something with exercise as the purpose so walking the dog, commuting or Livingroom yoga didn't count.
e.g. take up a gym routine of free-weights Mon/Wed/Friday, do your normal big ride at the weekend, do a shorter recovery ride the other weekend day, then you've only got 2 days left to fill with something else.
*depends on your brains wiring. I can't motivate myself without a routine. Some people can, some people do it with a goal, I just like to know at at 6:00 on a Monday I'll be in the gym doing Routine A, same as last week, same as the next week.
*waddles into the thread*
Yep, am going to set it up with mrs_oab to do it together this year.
Set it up munrobiker.
*waddles out thread again*
I'm in again....
I was rubbish last year, dog walking actually got in the way(!!), but this year I've slowly been doing abit more and have been going to the gym on and off with a couple of mates, one of which is an ex squaddie and can be brutal! I'm riding more with my son as well so hopefully there will be enough chances for me to be doing things with other people as well as filling gaps on my own. I need to shift some weight and actuially really want it, but I struggle with motivation when its dark and its just me.
Might see if Mrs Ads678 wants to join in as well...
I'm up for trying again this year - in a better place mentally than lastbyear and have a variety of options to help the physical side
I'm going to attempt more activity. Last night's biking was harder than it should have been. Mywhoosh has been updated for some indoor biking.
I'm up for it.
Definitely need something to motivate me and keep me accountable. Had a poor year of exercise which has meant IF i ever do get out on the bike it is more hard work and less fun.
Hopefully this will allow me to build a routine and some decent habits I can carry on (although didn't work last year!)
I’ve been out of action for 3 months with broken bones galore. I’ll give this a go.
begin a new thread
Anybody mind if I try the 75 hard challenge alongside this?I need to do more than just exercise to sort myself out.I know it's not a very logical thing but I think I might be benefit from it.Avoiding the autumn sniffles will probably be my biggest issue.
I’ve never heard of the Hard 75 before. That sounds a pretty brutal regime. Definitely not something that I could achieve, or would want to try, but good luck with it.
No objections from me.I hope tagging along on the new thread helps.
It's as hard as you want to make it.Think for most on here it wouldn't be a problem at all.Thanks for your encouragement though.