You don't need to be an 'investor' to invest in Singletrack: 6 days left: 95% of target - Find out more
My hip has been ok for over a week now and today I was thinking that a gentle jog around the village might be on the cards very soon. I love it but find that it gives me more niggles than anything else.
Today I’ve just suffered an hour of weights and I cycled over to look at a job earlier this afternoon. Lovely weather again!
Day 31: very early walk in the cold and dark (thanks insomnia)
Did an hour in the home gym with a turbo warm up and weights, then the weekly club run tonight. It was only 10km but a bit of a hill. Lovely night for it though and we might squeeze in another next week before the clocks go back.
D31
Squats. Lots of squats
Missed karate due to a “poorly” kid (skiving little sod!), so 40 mins weights/circuits and bit of kata warm down
Very steady 30 mins in the gym today after a heavy weekend.
2nd ever 'club' ride. One more and I'll have to join 😂 16 miles of gravel, mud, clarts, stones and fast folks (not me, they were in the pub waaay before me). (Oh, I did 5 miles to join the group, then another 3.5 to get home.) Think I'll go for a walk tomorrow 😳
That looks like it beats my day in meetings SR.
30 mins on the turbo, would’ve been 45 but squashed a bollock sitting down after an interval 😖
I've done that, made worse by the saddle having a cutout made the quick recoil just as painful!
Went out on the Ridgeway above Cardiff today, only a short up and down as the wind on the ridge was rather strong!
Apart from the wind it was a perfect temperature, cool enough to keep sweat to a minimum but not cold enough to warrant anything more than a windproof long sleeve and a base layer.
Day 32: club run - I needed that tonight but wouldn't have gone for a run if it wasn't club night.
Only managed a walk tonight, still got back sweaty though, so it's done something. Bike tomorrow I reckon.
32. Feeling grotty still. Short walk this evening, but Kassandra saved the day with 30 mins of yoga.
Good effort everyone.
Still on track even if a couple of days have been longer dog walks. Last night was the first MUST have lights ride. Need to put helmet mount back on.
[url= https://i.ibb.co/YbxH763/PXL-20231017-175648445-MP.jp g" target="_blank">https://i.ibb.co/YbxH763/PXL-20231017-175648445-MP.jp g"/> [/img][/url]
Unfortunately, for the first time since 2017, I'm out of the challenge. I got a concussion right at the start and recovery from that, even though it's mild, has proved pretty difficult.
It's best if I try not to run down my already low energy reserves with the challenge, and I've decided not to race the Strathpuffer either so I won't be doing serious training as part of the challenge either.
Good luck everyone still doing it.
Take it easy post concussion munrobiker and hope you're feeling better soon.
Concussion is not to be taken lightly, can lead to all sorts of issues if you stress the brain out again. I'm living with the effects of doing just that and have done for 12 years now and it's not exactly pleasant! Rest up, do whatever gentle exercises you feel like doing and come back to full health ready for the New Year.
Just another Zwift session for me, weather forecast was horrible all yesterday evening and this morning but never arrived!
Yesterday was a recovery day with extended dog walks and thirty minutes of stretching in the evening.
Just got home from a damp and windy ride out along the local river bank on the fatty. Not ridden it in a while so was good to get back on it. First proper night ride of this autumn.
Take care of yourself Luke. Or, even better, get the Missus to do it for you 🙂
A wee run today, focussing on cadence, then stretches with Ash and a weights session. Fully expecting to be indoors tomorrow, hitting Zwift like a good 'un.
33. Feeling a wee bit brighter this evening, so headed out into the dark and lashing rain of Storm Babet with the pooch for an hour’s walk. It was very dark, especially under the trees near the river. So much so that I almost bumped into a sizeable cow (it was black) that was sheltering from the rain.<br /><br />
I hope to do something a bit more strenuous tomorrow.
As expected, yesterday was a walk, however tonight managed to get out for a pedal with @nobbingsford. Wind was OK til we got to the seafront (unsurprisingly)...having to pedal to stay upright going downhill is no fun 😂😂
Day 34: not going to have time for 'Thursday night MTB' so nipped out for a quick short run this morning.
Well I failed yesterday. I'm absolutely gutted.
I thought I was getting over my cold/flu/covid thing from last week but yesterday I went backwards. Literally passed out at lunchtime, with my lunch on my lap and my phone in my hand. Woke up an hour or so later in exactly the same position. Dog had left my lunch alone, which is good though. Just so tired yesterday and could'nt do anything, was also suffering with stomach cramps and diarreah through the day.
I'm going to keep going though, will try and get out to do something tonight after work, and try and get to chrismas having only missed one day. I am really gutted though. I thought I was going to do it this time.
@ads678 - don't force it. Maybe you just need a few days taking things easy.
Yeah, just pee'd off as I though I was over the worst of it, but it just seems to be dragging on!
I'll get out for walks over the next few days and see how I go. I want to keep going with it, I'f I can keep it down to one missed day then I'll still feel thats a massive achievement after the last couple of years of letting myself go....
This is a great way of getting your mojo back, keeping it intersting is the key and the hard part sometimes, but finding new things to do or places to go makes it fun.
Draw up a list of things you want to do, could just be walks or random activities. That massively helps on the days you struggle. Does sound like you need a week of easy walks and the like though!
Another Zwift session for me today, don't really have time for anything more than that thanks to family stuff. Still ticking along though with only one day missed so far so well on my way to beating my 74/100 record.
Haven’t checked in for a while, so quite the war and peace update.
day 23 - eMtb ride 31 km in 1 hour 40 mins, great fun.
day 24 - swim 3.5 km in 74 minutes and a 2 km walk with Willa for 30 minutes
day 25 - indoor turnpbo session 28 km in 55 minutes
day 26 - swim 3 km in 63 minutes and later walk with Wombat 2.3 km in 33 minutes
day 27 - indoor turbo session, using the wahoo ride app which fubared itself on the stupid lock icon on the screen, failing to write the fit file correctly. But 52 minutes and 25.8 km, so all good-ish.
day 28 - had to take it a bit easier, 4.2 km walking in 41 minutes.
day 29 - walking with wombat 3.2 km in 45 minutes
day 30 - eMtb ride (pic below) 26 km in 1 hour 25 minutes, great blast round the trails and walked wombat later.
day 31 - indoor turbo session, 31.5 km in 1 hour.
day 32 - fail fail fail. An immensely insane day at work, not a moment to myself, constantly talking to multiple people all day long, left work stupidly late and no energy left for a damn thing apart from holding a beer.
day 33 - swim 2.5 km in 55 minutes, dog slow rubbish swim.
day 34 - swim, same 2.5 km as on the 18th oct (day 33), but in 50 minutes, 5.5 minutes quicker.
Still in the challenge, but max I’ll get is 99 days, which is still pretty good. Sometimes life just gets in the way, hey ho.
Generally doing pretty well withe the challenge. Full of cold but went for a 50 minute spin on the bike last night and a 5 mile walk today. Until today the weather's been pretty good, now I think the real hard work is going to start.
So far, Babet has missed us, other than a constant drizzle. However, I'd already planned an indoor day so did 90 minutes on Zwift (Stage 3 of ToW) and a 20 minute yoga session with Adrienne.
Now waiting to see what overnight/tomorrow brings... (some of that blue sky above would be nice!!)
Thursday night is cubs so hour and a half on the cx bike while the youngest was dibdibdibbing. Definitely feeling some benefit, getting a little bit of fitness back even chucked a couple of digs in on some little climbs.
Good luck everyone in babets path, hope it’s a (not overly) damp squib. Up in Comrie next week for half term, so will be reproofing all of our gear and repairing my wellies over the weekend!
Got out for a reasonable walk tonight. Was knackered whilst walking but I actually feel a bit better this evening. 🤞
34. Other than lingering catarrh, I’m feeling grand, so ventured out to the gym for an hour. Nothing too heavy.
I'm still in. Day 30 odd it's the washing of kit that's getting to me!
I took this way too seriously a couple of years ago. This time I'm just enjoying it. Sometimes it's an 80 mile road ride other times it's a half hour walk.
D34ish
Squats and body weight movements
Just raised the heart rate a little
Tour of Watopia Stage 3 today, the short route. Still took 45 mins though.
Given the weather, and I hope those worst affected are OK, I was worried that for today's activity I'd have to dig out one of Mrs Fazzini's 90s fitness DVDs 😂. Unfortunately her car broke down, so I had to take mine down to the garage for her to have, and I got to complete today's activity with a 4 mile walk home.
Went for an hours walk/run in the weather, genuinely couldn’t run into the wind with any up hill slope, effortless(ish) gliding on the way back though
Still going here. Today was a steady core session due to PT yesterday that left me pretty burst.
Day 35 - 2.6 km swim in 55 minutes, walk with Wombat later after work 2km in 30 minutes. Done for today.
A couple of hours on Zwift and then 30 minutes with Kassandra. Looking forward to getting outside at the weekend!!
35. A walk for an hour at dusk with the pooch. I’m planning some yoga before bed too.
D35, another decent week, today was a quick X Trainer session in the gym before leaving work.
but i might have a sniffle, there seems to be a bit of lurgy around... water and paracetamol and fingers crossed
Just another walk for me tonight. Not nice in the pissing rain and wind, I need to dig my big coat out!
Went for a cycle last night to see how badly the local area was affected by the flooding. Found the one and only route across the river, but not accessible by vehicles. Popped to nephew and nieces place, water was within about 4 foot of the front door but has thankfully receded overnight.
Another full week of commuting under the belt; got the car back from the garage, but I'm feeling like I've turned the corner in that almost inevitable battle to take the easy option when you look outside and it's grim. Some serious rain, and flooding up to the bottom bracket in places, but wet shoes dry out. Well, eventually. Like Merak, I've got washing everywhere.
Have also been doing 20-30 mins dumbbell reps daily.
Thursday was just a to ride to and from the supermarket and yesterday was an hour of weights as the conditions were not the best for cycling!!
Was hoping to get a ride in this morning but having just been out with the dogs, it’s still raining and the ground is sodden. Hoping it improves later.
Day 35: evening walk round Harrogate in the rain
Day 36: parkrun
15km run earlier. It was tipping down but I've an event next weekend so forcing myself outside was a good way to test the readiness of my kit.
Archie's not wrong.
As dreich as it looks.
Passed the 15km chafe test.
Then a 10 minute dip in Loch Pityoulish with Mrs S.
Might have an easy week so I'm ready for Saturdays run.
Well thanks to the absolute pillock that mentioned one of Mrs Fazzini’s 90s fitness DVDs, guess what I did today? 🤦🏻♂️ Yup. The prime, pillock himself, did one of those DVD workouts. My knees hurt. I also forgot I was getting my hair cut, so a near 8-mile walking round trip to the barbers was completed also. Did I mention I'm a pillock?? 😂
Edit:
Passed the 15km chafe test.
You have to love it when total strangers post pics of their kegs on the internet. 😳😂
You have to love it when total strangers post pics of their kegs on the internet
Coming to a Classifieds near you soon...
36. 50 km on the winter road bike. The tail end of this cold and a light headwind made it tough in the latter stages.
The autumnal Monmouthshire countryside was looking pretty stellar, which was a welcome distraction and, sitting here with a mug of tea, I’m definitely drinking in the type 2 fun.
90s fitness DVDs, guess what I did today?
In fluorescent leotard and leg warmers I hope (was that the 90s?)
My Strava log looking ok even if some of the blobs are small
Ha ha - that’s gas! Loving the 90s vibes, including the use of the word pillock. Last time I heard that one was when Gareth Southgate took a penalty in 96!
i’m hoping you got a 90’s hair-doo. A nice set of curtains perhaps?
Had to miss yesterday as zero time due to work, at 6pm still windy and persisting it down so I bailed. Did push 14 mile run today, way out my comfort zone. Frustratingly Apple Watch only recorded half (separate thread). Miffed with watch but happy and vindicated with 14m.
Day 36 - indoor turbo session on the wahoo app, 32.5 km in 61 mins, at a constant 175w.
an hour is the most I can manage on the turbo, even with a tv to watch, music, it’s so dull. How do some of you manage 2 hours on the turbo ?
D36
First Zwift session in a long time
All sorts of new stuff on there. Kind of missed it, kind of haven't 😆
This week went well (I'm on -1 after missing a day week before last) with the normal running and biking. Two things of note though - one was Boda Borg with the family - a bit like the Crystal Maze but without Rocky Horror man. Great fun and a good way to leave the real world for 4 hours without entering cyberspace.
The other was Jason Paul's yt video ranking parkour moves by difficulty. I've started a quest with my daughter to master the 23 beginner moves by spring.
bodyweight yesterday
skateboard this afternoon, can almost olie....
Failed to keep it up (ooer missus) but back in the game now & getting swooped on by a macaw* during yesterday evenings run was a first.
* yes a big blue & yellow parrot
A slow 20 miles on the bike to help clear my slightly 'foggy' head. May have had 1 or 2 glasses of wine too many watching the rugby last night.
Glorious in the sunshine. Chilly out of it.
D37
An explore round town
76 miles and a circumnavigation of Loch Katrine whilst being trolled by folk who'd hired ebikes doing 18mph up the hills thanks for that..
Cullen Skink @ Stronachlacher raised my spirits but the streaky bacon I prepared for my breakfast was a mistake. Reflux anyone? When will I learn.
I'm making a wood shed tomorrow so a nice wee walk will do me.
Stick in folks.👌💪🏆
Day 37 - eMtb ride, brilliant sunshine, muddy and slippery but really good fun and great to be outside.
34.5 km in 2 hours
later walked wombat for 3 km in a leisurely 42 minutes.
Been steadily ticking the days off with the odd jog/turbo/circuits during the week.
Yesterday I did 8km run in the morning and a load of walking in London to go to a museum and to my bro’s house for the rugby. Clocked up 23k steps!!
Out today with the kids shopping at Oxford Circus so clocked another 12k steps.
Got ikea tomorrow on the way home so will try and do a gentle turbo as it’s circuits on Tuesday and my legs are wrecked as I don’t normally walk much more than 5k steps a day.
Mentally it’s starting to get a bit wearing having to think a few days ahead so I can get recovery in but I’m certainly noticing physical benefits of weight loss and more energy.