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Me, earlier
I spent much of today taking some photos of the flooding - at one point checking out my planned route for tonights running club.
This is the 18th tee at Dalfaber Golf Course...
And looking along the fairway...
Made it out for dip-a-day in the enigma that is Loch Vaa (water level has risen a whole 7cm in a week 🙂 )
And then 11km with running club tonight, trying to keep up with the young 'uns.
D24
Disappointed as migrainey so will try and catchup and double a day
Not great but it is what it is
24. Was hoping to make it 2 days in a row on the mtb but life got in the way. So, another full body pilates vid, this time with Isa Welly. Decent.
I reckon I’m starting to loosen up a tiny bit. Less rigid fridge; more wobble, like IKEA chest of drawers.
Some great efforts being posted on here (put mine to shame).
25% tomorrow… yehudi!
Gonna try the MTB again tomorrow after loosing track of time today. Had to settle for a 30 min cardio blast in the gym, treadmill, ski machine, rower.
Day 25 is a lap of the Twrch trail at Cwmcarn. I've struggled to get round it the last few months but today I managed it pretty easily, even got from the tollbooth to the top picnic table in a few seconds over 45 minutes! My fastest time for that was back in 2017 at 27.57 (and in the middle of a 45 mile ride) and I've struggled to get under the hour the last two years due to complete lack of fitness. Really good to see and feel positive progress from all these cumulative days adding up. Might even set myself a challenge of getting into the 30-somethings by the end of this.
Up and down a ladder all day and I have just cycled to the supermarket and back. Feeling a bit fatigued but can’t remember the last recovery day. Next one could be tomorrow!
Edit, those pictures of the golf course!! Incredible that down here we’ve been enjoying summer.
Went for my first ever bike ride with a cycling club yesterday (strictly off-road gravellish based;non of that chain gang stuff for me!! I'm too unfit and waaayy too slow 😂). That was part of my self-help - getting out there and getting through the anxiety. I survived. It was good too 😁
Today, instead of driving to the office to pick up a couple of things I'd forgotten last week, I pedalled there after I'd finished WFH for the day. Tomorrow will be walk only as I'm away for the day at HQ.
1 hr of boxing circuits today. Tmrw will be a relaxed day!
Struggled last couple of days, just seemed to be really busy. I actually nearly forgot yesterday. Managed to fit in some yoga before bed.
Just a walk tonight. Hate this bit where it's starts getting dark early, just starts to get hard to get enthused. I need to start trying to do stuff in the mornings.
25. Post-work ride around the Abergavenny Alps. Warm enough to wear a t-shirt, even after sundown.
A nice way to mark the 1/4 mark.
Hate this bit where it’s starts getting dark early, just starts to get hard to get enthused.
And this is precisely why I keep joining this challenge.
D25
Still headachey and not at all enthused
Bit of quad skating - skills practice and some roller disco
Copacabana anyone? 🫣😵💫
This challenge is great motivation to keep going until the days are getting longer. Another 5k on the gym treadmill today, not my favourite thing to do but at least Garmin told me I only needed 23 hours recovery this time. On my first attempt I think the Garmin formulas were taken by surprise and estimated four days to recover!
D26
Cadence drills, again
Still, it's drizzly and cold and dark and without this challenge and that Moog film, I wouldn't have gone so thanks 👍🏻😁
Day 26
7.5 km run at an easy pace, checking out the damage to the tracks from the weekends deluge.
30 minutes post-run yoga with Kassandra.
And another trip to the crannog in Loch Vaa.
There's been a distinct lack of cycling happening, which I really need to put right!
26. Chilled today. I just did an hour walk in the dark and mizzle by the river. Pretty nice really. Turned the head torch off and just kept the water to the side of me. At one point I was startled by a loud splash - a leaping fish or diver perhaps? Not sure, but it livened things up momentarily. The dog decided not to roll in cow sh!t for a change, which was kind of her.
I may do a bit of pre-bed yoga. I kind of like it.
Day 25: club run
Day 26: walk to/from shop - not the nearest shop as that's only 5 mins away but one far enough away to give me a 30min walk. I was only going to the shop for chocolate biscuits but it still counts, right?
MTB ride planned this evening, possibly solo as the rest of them have gone down with the lurgy I had at the weekend.
bodyweight workouts Monday & Tuesday, then only just managed to squeeze in yoga before bed last night as work eas manic followed by school open evening for the mid kid
lights on charge for a soggy ride tonight
As predicted, an easier day yesterday. Extended dog walks and a thirty minutes of stretching in the evening has done the trick.
Just home from a fast 20 mile road ride after work, looking at my Garmin, my numbers are looking a bit better already!
Biked!!!
Yep - got out this afternoon after dusting off the fatbike (and fitting mudguards). Lovely Autumn afternoon, descending into dusk. Had the lights on approaching home.
Someone on the "Autumn" thread was complaining about everything being grey. Far from it here with shades of green, brown and red.
D27
Beatsaber-ing at super fast speed
Its ridiculous
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Half an hour paddling this morning on an unbelievably gorgeous Coniston water, to go and fix my broken boat. Just missed the best of the mist whilst inflating the kayak but it was stunning and mirror flat
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1:30 on the bike tonight including a molten lava sunset light show. Not a bad old day boat disasters aside
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Also got hissed at by the biggest fattest adder I’ve ever seen, was buggering off by the time I got a photo though
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Lovely photos above
Condolences to those with lurgy, I've had a dose of one of the viral things going round so have done a bit less these last few days. COuple of short rides after work Monday and Tuesday and only really felt like a little walk yesterday.
Was off today but trying to repair render on the house for some of the day. Got out for a ride later on, encountered some brave souls about to go for a swim in the murky depths of the Barbrook settling pond - I like a swim there in the summer but it is always a bit like swimming in water with bitter beer like clarity.
Day 27 was my first night ride of the season, out in the FOD as the cafe stays open late so felt rude to not have a slice of cake and a brew to escape the mist and drizzle! Have found out that one of my lights has a battery that hasn't survived the summer very well though, half the runtime it should have.
Today is another Zwift session as I'm short of time thanks to family stuff.
Day 27: mtb (short, solo)
Day 28: lunchtime walk in the rain
D28
Stretches and just making conscious movement
Day 28
Morning 10km run with Mrs S and chum, following the Aviemore 10km route. She was so chuffed to get round in what is her fastest 10km since chemo.
30 minutes Yoga with Kassandra. I can just about make a reclined pigeon for the first time ever!!
Afternoon (well, early evening) dip-a-day in Loch Garten. Water still holding up at 11C but we were cooling down very quickly while getting dried with air temps around 7C and the sun dipping below the trees.
Far from it here with shades of green
Was that the green of the loch?? 😉 Never grey in that part of the world for me! 😁
Last 3 days and 3 walks is best I've managed. Been so tired for last 3 days. Very odd. Maybe a covid 'hangover'. Got the thumbs up for being good for another year from the asthma nurse though. Apparently I'm now in total control of my asthma 🙏🏻
Feeling shite again, full of cold, completely bunged up, maybe worse than I was a couple of days ago. Think my bike ride last night has sent me backwards.
Managed a 6km walk tonight though, and squeezed in a pint of Guinness. Well, it's good for you innit!!
28. Feeling stiff as a board after yesterdays gym sesh. So only managed to do 30 mins of yoga with Kassandra. Her vids are decent.
Hopefully out on the bike tomorrow.
A full week of cycle commuting, with no car trips at all this week. Biblical rain on the way home today, but after about 30 minutes it just became fun, so added an extra few miles in to enjoy the deserted lanes and cycle paths. Nothing better than a warm shower and toasty clothes after a wet ride.
Have also managed to get some decent walks in this week - last night was 2 hours.
Feeling good, and a bit happier for it.
I'm out due to covid striking. But I'm being looked after by the reason I've got myself back into shape, so I'll take that as a win.
Keep on going you lot, Covid has scuppered my last two attempts!
Just done a 4.5k run(ish) with Sandy my small Labradoodle. First time I've got her jogging with me, worked ok, not sure she was completely convinced but we'll try again. I was slow but that's good cos I'm still feeling crap but hopefully building up slowly will get rid of the cold....
Woke up this morning with some energy, so Rising Sun Parkrun it was, although, I forgot my barcode so I'm now an 'unknown' near the bottom of the results list 🤦🏻♂️. 3 weeks since my last run thanks to covid, work, biking etc. but historically I would have found a mental excuse to not do it, so I'm taking it as a win that I even bothered to get out there. Off for a walk now to see if Aldi have any of their bike gear left 😁
29. 7 mile walk with the pooch up and around the flanks of the ‘Loaf.
An hour of weights yesterday and out today on the road bike. Bright and sunny but definitely chilly compared to last weekend! Beautiful autumn countryside under huge Norfolk skies,
I love this time of year.
Surely rest days are as important for increasing strength and fitness as actual exercise itself is?
If you're doing 100 days if exercise in a row I'd wager a large chunk of that is junk hours/miles/kgs.
Active recovery counts on any given day. There’s no way anyone is going to go flat out for 100 days.
The whole point of the challenge is to give you the incentive to go out when you would otherwise stay indoors as the weather and daylight deteriorates. The true testament to the challenge is the increased fitness come springtime.
If you'd read any of the thread then you'd see lots of low stress activities - yoga, lots of walking, easy swimming and so on.
D29
More gentle moving
but the combination of winds, rain and sleet put me off
Softie 😉😉
Surely rest days are as important for increasing strength and fitness as actual exercise itself is?
If you’re doing 100 days if exercise in a row I’d wager a large chunk of that is junk hours/miles/kgs.
Active recovery counts on any given day. There’s no way anyone is going to go flat out for 100 days.The whole point of the challenge is to give you the incentive to go out when you would otherwise stay indoors as the weather and daylight deteriorates. The true testament to the challenge is the increased fitness come springtime.
I'm rubbish at quoting/formatting on STW so who knows how the above will turn out but, as an example, tomorrow I will walk to/from junior parkrun where I volunteer most Sundays. I've got into the habit of driving there even though it's only a mile but this challenge has nudged me to walking there back. So it's still a rest day after 5k parkrun today but it's 30+ minutes of walking that I wouldn't have done otherwise.
another week done
mon evening road ride on the commuter in sports mode (no pannier)
tues a quick go on the treadmill and a couple of weights machine in the hotel gym
wed night ju jitsu
thursday night bike ride
friday gym after work for x-trainer and a weights circuit
saturday nice gentle walk out near the coast and yoga and core session (breathe and flow)
cant believe its D29 already
My first Fail day, family stuff just took over the whole day and had no energy or time to do anything. If I was stretching things I could count 3 hours of cleaning a very dusty bedroom or walking my mum's dog (that's more a short walk with stops for pees, sniffs and me picking up poo) but it's not what I call exercise.
Still, 28 days in a row is by far a new personal record for this challenge!
15km trail run yesterday in the lakes with 450 other idiots - well organised lakeland trail from Glennridding - weather was great too. Tough in a good way. Bike today
Lots of turbo this week due to busy family and kids. Nearly didn't do it yesterday but ended on a weighs session fro 30 min in the garage just before the rugby!!
I’m still in, getting harder to commit, but no way quitting. Mostly running and some bike (weather permitting). My rest days are 30 min walks, not many of them but certainly needed.
Bike today, cold but beautiful. Keep it going everyone, nearly a third done.
one problem, I’m eating lots more so no weight reduction benefit.
Out on the bike this morning on a mini tour de waggonways 😁 Stunning morning and very chilly in places ❄️
Extended dog walk this morning was going to be it for the day but due to the beautiful sunshine, couldn’t resist a nice and easy hour out on the road before the rugby.
I came across a few Chestnut trees and now have a pound or two of sweet chestnuts which will be going in the oven very soon. I love this time of year!
Ride round ashover yesterday, lovely and sunny but ground quite wet.
Rerun of weather today, even a few spots of frost. Ride from Hope over to Ladybower and back.
30. Got lurgy-lite, so nothing too cardio.
Just an hour walk by the river and 25 mins of pilates brutalisation by Nicole.
skateboard & basketball yesterday with the kids
then this afternoon had an hour to kill while my daughter was in dance class, found a new a skatepark, managed to fall over in front of the teenage girls there; they didn't acknowledge my graceless tumble not t even to laugh
Friday was a 2 hr walk up the fell. Saturday was a no show, eldests birthday so it was a trip to morecambe and Lancaster for trampolining and retail therapy. Swimming with the kids today, will do a bit on the chinning bar when the kids are in bed. Probably. Being a bit lax at the mo, need to up the tempo and get some more running/bike time in
Another Zwift training senior followed by a gentle run in Stage 2 of the Tour of Watopia to make up for missing yesterday. Will be doing something outdoors tomorrow and hoping to tick something off the Hit List (stuff I wouldn't normally do) this next week.
