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There's only one way to go about this seriously. So I'm hopefully getting a new bike tomorrow. No excuses.
I’m just getting my last couple of days of crappy eating and drinking in
I’m just getting my last couple of days of crappy eating and drinking in
Been a tough and calorific few days, but I'm nearly ready too.
There’s only one way to go about this seriously. So I’m hopefully getting a new bike tomorrow. No excuses.
Nicely done.
So what's the deal with this - if it's not on Strava and visible to the 100 day STW club it didn't happen, or is there some spreadsheet we fill out ?
Who’s up for posting their starting stats on here (whatever you want, whether it be waist size, ftp, weight, body fat%, resting heart rate, etc etc) then posting your stats after 100 days?
Steady Tiger, I don't even know you.
ftp
I don't even know what this means 😬
whatever you want, whether it be waist size, ftp, weight, body fat%, resting heart rate, etc etc) then posting your stats after 100 days?
I'm in - weight and waist size are the only metrics I can reliably measure before Friday and repeat on Xmas day.
Last year it was pretty informal, it's up to you how you want to log stuff.
I had bits on Strava that would have gone on anyway, other bits like a walk, climb etc I just remembered. We updated eachother on here and tried to encourage everyone, and all remained jealous of scotroutes photos.
Bloody hell! Nae pressure then?
Nae pressure then?
Have I missed something? Are there prizes this year?😀
I’m with @AndrewL, never had Strava, all my rides are recorded on my old Garmin.
The whole point of this challenge for me is to try to maintain a reasonable level of fitness when the natural tendency is to do less as the autumn/winter approaches.
This year, the plan is to do a little less pedalling with a little more weight/resistance training to hopefully build some strength which as I’m getting older seems to be fading far more than my overall fitness.
I’ve been riding and doing weights on alternate days with at least two recovery days a week for the last fortnight and so far it’s working well.
Best of luck to everyone having a go, it’s definitely worth the effort!
plan to give it a go... ive sent houns my deets.
I'm in. After a crap year or three for cycling and a woeful SSUK trying hard to achieve mid-pack in a race where no ones racing I need a kick up the arse.
I've devised the closest thing I can find to the (fairly horrible) SSUK course by linking together all the hardest climbs locally out of the Thames Valley to track how many meters I can climb in 3 hours. So that's a few solo rides sorted. 3x gym sessions and 3x lunchtime rides with colleagues and it should be achievable. Commuting most days too, not intending to count that, but gives an easy tick in the box if life gets in the way of actual exercise.
I gym, cycle and/or swim daily anyway. I assumed most did on here
Are you new? We just talk about bikes.
85.3kg this morning after coffee and toast.
34 inches around the belly button when exhaled.
Lets see if I can make room for Xmas dinner.
’m just getting my last couple of days of crappy eating and drinking in
Eh? 100 days of exercise, no one said anything about avoiding crappy food or drink!
That.
Exercise is an enabler!
That’s true! But I need to.
And no, I don’t want anyone to send me their deets, post them on here if you want
Dropped out last year due to builders and achilles tendon issues.Others are going into this with similar issues, so I,m going to join the old crocks cohort.Any ideas about successful completion of this challenge whilst carrying old injuries would be gratefully recieved.
PS, I hope Mrs Scotroutes is now OK.
Just do what you can each day, doesn't have to be a big effort or anything. Most of my days will most likely be local walks and stretching sessions!
Start weight: 86.3kg. Just want to get that down by the end,no target just a downward trend would be good!
Yup...got a feeling lots of my days might be similar.MSK guy at my local surgery might have some tips for me.
Henry is in. And he will need someone to walk him. I’m in and will endeavour to spend longer on two wheels rather than feet.
Picture of Henry in action possible.
Just measured the blubber mountain: 93cm in circumference. Disgraceful. 5k run/wobble for lunch. This is going to hurt.
Started today at 84.8kg and 24.5% bodyfat, supposedly.
I'm now 20 miles into a 45 mile gravel ride, and have just had a "Small Breakfast" at a cafe/farm shop.
I may have done my 30 minutes but it won't have helped 🤣
I skipped breakfast today. Already on the beer tho!
I'll track my 30+ minutes of activity later on.
30 minute river swim done this morning. A good start, only 99 days to go!
105kgs & somewhere around the 36-38" waist for jeans ect...Could cost me a fortune if I lose too much weight!! Although I do have stuff I would like to fit me again.
Just got a new bike so will hopefully some impetus for this, first ride will be after work about 3:30. Probably ust walks Saturday and sunday as away visiting family.
My wife is going to try and do it as well, she won't be taking it as seriously as me but it'll be nice to have some enchoragment.
I’ve done 5 rides since last Saturday. I really wanted a rest day today. I’ll do a 30 minutes run walk later today to start.
I took a day off exercise yesterday - my first for a couple of weeks - so I'd be starting "fresh".
Right, my abysmal stats:
86kg
26% body fat
110cm waist (around belly button)
All on a skinny frame (apart from stomach!) so not a good look.
Actually concerned about having loose skin around stomach once lose weight.
Day 1 done! Sunshine also helped with the motivation 😁 if anyone lives in/near new mills and wants to team up for some rides, I'd love to! Just moved from Manchester and have no friends 😆😭
May as well join in.
10.1km ISUP paddle in 1:40:30 6kmh with 2 portages.
I'll not be looking at any body stats - I do this purely to get me fit for the following year.
Like a few other folk up there, I'm coming in hot having ridden the last two days already, and doing 50 miles and 10,000ft of ascent on the MTB last weekend. So I'm wrecked. Still, start as you mean to go on - 20 miles on the hardtail in very mid-October weather-
I'm in. Fabulous idea. - 5k run/walk tonight.
Stood on the sad step this morning and it read 19st on the nose. Spent 10 mins of lunch planning a ride for the weekend. Details and progress to follow.
Record my activities on Garmin/Strava but today's activity - 2300m swim in 51:42.
Hopefully I'll get out for a test ride on the new stead, if not, we are dog sitting this weekend so will fit in a walk instead.
If four hours doom scrolling counts I,m top of the leader board.😄
Just completed a 45 minute walk. Might try and up it to a jog.
Half an hours weights,stretching and exercises.Got me sweating and raised my morale.
Careful with that running rick.A walk is far safer for us old timers.😁
Ride out after yet more painting and before work.
I'm no marine biologist but I'm not entirely sure the moorland environement is the natural habitat of this creature.
So after failing miserably at summer chub club, I resided to trying harder at this.
Started Monday as next week is busy at work.
Mon- zwift, tue- weights, weds- bike ride, thurs- just some exercises, today- another round of weights.
I started the summer quite close to 17st and it's slowly come down but plateaued at 16,3. Today weighed in at 16st, this week has been tough though. Was absolutely knackered on weds.
Gentle start for me, woke up feeling rubbish so dogs got longer walk but next three days have a fair bit of riding so was probably for the best.
I'd planned a Zwift session for today (Zwift Academy Baseline) but thought I really had to get out and about to kick off this seasons run. So, I took a walk up one of the local hills. It's actually the summit of tomorrows Aviemore Triathlon, so @molgrips should be putting in an appearance here tomorrow sometime 🙂
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I'll pop up a link to a wee video later.
5 hours+ driving up to Edinburgh and back for work, and I was less than mobile this morning. Short pedal early doors. I'm aiming to pedal every day, and will be back in the office full time for a few weeks soon, so commuting by bike or walking too! Now, if I could just stop drinking wine, eating crisps and chocolate, and thinking about food all my waking hours, I'd be half the size I am 😢
Faced with the prospect of the next 48 hours stuck in a van doing 1000 miles across Europe, I thought I should make the most of a nice afternoon here in Wales and get myself to the top of the hill. Wasd a bit of a struggle but glad I did it. Stunning views today and means I can do some Yoga on the ferry tomorrow and that will have to do until we reach an overnight stop near Chamonix.
Good luck everyone.
Anyone else looked at the list of members in the Strava group and wondered what their STW username is??
Im in, joined the strava club…
Frustratingly ill be starting with walk tonight.
Don't worry about that.This is a marathon and not a sprint.We'll all be doing plenty of walks I should imagine.
Doing the second stage of the Zwift: Get Rolling series tonight, it's a special one where everyone is dressed as dinosaurs!
Should help with the motivation.
Careful with that running rick.A walk is far safer for us old timers.😁
I'm not that old 🤣. Running for 30 minutes might be easier than getting the bike out.
Good day to start today, Pilates first thing then 10km XC along the coast with the dog at lunchtime.
Perhaps Luke could remind the newcomers how and why this all started.
Anyone else looked at the list of members in the Strava group and wondered what their STW username is??
I'm Rick M. Currently in 26th place! My aim is to not drop below this.
@molgrips should be putting in an appearance here tomorrow sometime
It's a 9am start so I should be there around tea time...
Yeah go on then-
The challenge was started by my old racing partner Chris. He did it to keep some momentum up for the following year's races - we did 10, 12 and 24 hour races together and he used to do the Celtman mega triathlon.
Back in 2012 he was killed at the age of 24 in an avalanche in Glencoe. I didn't know about the challenge until after he died. Now a few of his friends do it every year, although as some of them have had kids and I'm the only one still racing the numbers were dwindling so I started a thread on here to help with my motivation.
I hope everyone enjoys it. And if you're new to it, remember it's a long time so don't go too nuts. And anyone watching what they eat will regret it come early November when you'll be relentlessly hungry all the time.
Nearly forgot but managed to squeeze in a quick jog, will be out for a ride in the morning, should really try & keep this up after Xmas too 🤔
Edit- 32nd out of 40 & I only managed 31 minutes, come on you slackers!
Easy turbo ride to start off - should be a fairly decent ride tomorrow, then a proper long mountain run on Sunday so not too concerned. And I don't upload my virtual rides to Strava.
As promised
And yeah, 90 mins on Zwift too.
2 walks (school run, around 50mins each) and around some app related core and upper body exercises of around 30 mins.
Day 1 in the bag 😁
I’m in, just did a 1hr ride to the supermarket to pick up something my wife wanted instead of taking the car. Good luck all!
Went out for half an hour on the new bike and just made it in before sunset after an hour and a half.
Wasn't going to include my dog walks as that it seems like cheating myself.
Do private activities (not that sort) show on strava club thing?
I think it's more or less accepted that normal dog walks don't count. If you extend the dog walk to include an extra 30 minutes of walking then that's more than you'd normally do so that's fine.
AFAIK Private Activities don't show on any Strava Group/Challenge lists.
Wasn't a criticism of anyone else saying about them I was just weighing up tracking them, think I'll only record the extra walks. .
Started off easy with a 40 minute fast walk before work. Stopped to watch the swimmers in the Forth and thought sod that!
Well that got me out for my first run in years. Any other time I'd have just flopped onto the sofa, but I took the dog for a run. That's a good thing, right?...
That’s a good thing, right?…
You'll find out tomorrow!
First run in ages tonight. Quite enjoyed it.
I wonder if the two new runners will be able to walk tomorrow?
Can confirm I'm still able to walk.
It's only a 30 minute run, not a marathon.
well, i somehow managed to ignore the constantly growing list of potential excuses on day 1,
ditched work a little early and got changed into gym kit... no socks..... knowing my trainers probably wont thank me (final potential excuse ignored)
10mins on the running machine (first 'run' since i broke my leg, when the later physio included a little bit of walk/jog)
20mins of weights circuits
i want to do this for the mental health benefits first and physical fitness second
considering relaxing my strava security for the extra motivation of joining the challenge on there....
I could do with finding a cheapish gym for the winter.Do such places exist ?I like to use the outdoor gym but a wet autumn would end that.
despite my strava settings, my name appears in lights on the leaderboard.
slight shame that its picked up everything else this week.
define "cheapish gym"... usually a balance between pay as you go and monthly subscription, with the better value depending on how much you use it
Im in the very fortunate position to have access to a gym through work
My legs are still working. Mind you, it was only a 12-minute-mile shuffle.
Got out the new bike last night for about 20k.
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Today and tomorrow will just be walks as I'm away visiting family and don't have anything with me. might take mums and sisters dogs out.
Day 2, turbo session (not able to get out on a bike yet), 20.06 km in 45m 51s.
Good to hear how this all came about.
Taking it steady, as advised above and combining this with kicking booze for 100 days and improving my diet, but not necessarily restricting calorie intake.
Just completed a walk. 1hr 11 minutes...
Strava upload at some point.
It's dog walking and yoga for a while. Tested covid + this morning.
Tested covid + this morning.
Hopefully you can still exercise. It’s derailed a few attempts at this in previous years!
I managed a lovely 60km ride round the Pentlands today. Took some lovely photos but don’t want to steal scotroutes thunder! (It has nothing to do with me utterly failing every attempt I ever make at posting photos on here!!)