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I wouldn’t have done it if it wasn’t for this challenge.
I wouldn’t have done without this challenge
and wouldn’t have bothered apart from this
This is all great and shows what a wee bit of additional motivation can do.
After 7 hours on the road bike yesterday I did a 30-35 min gym workout following the mtb fitness plan. Wouldn’t have bothered were it not for this.
All my activity seems to have vanished off the strava group?
Did a couple of exercise classes tis evening which add up to about an hour.
Still have spaghetti arms, perhaps should do daily press UPS and tricep dips as the 1 min plank every day has paid off.
No fancy videos for me, but I'm still in. Long dog walk on Sunday and a bit of manual labour this morning, setting up a tiling job so heavy lifting and light demolition. Then 100 pushups and 100 squats this evening. Must get a proper pullup bar soon.
Day 5 of a headache so afraid it was “just a walk” for me again today. But where I probably would have just gone plop on the sofa, this did get me out of the door for an hour - which my head did benefit from (even if I didn’t have energy for anything more).
Managing yo keep this going still.
Mainly walking last few days,2 walks totalling a good few hours on Saturday, lazy walk Sunday because I was unwell due to excess alcohol consumption the night before. Today had a 20min walk at lunch and about 25mins of bodyweight stuff this evening.
Drumming wise, following my gig on Friday I did a bit of just jamming and messing on Saturday easily half hours worth. Sunday my head was not up for it so missed out. Tonight I managed about half hour ish of some focussed practise on the (electronic) kit working on some trinity music school exercises.
Another one in the camp of "wouldn't have even thought about doing this without the forum motivation" and that goes for both the exercise and the extra drumming I've added to it. Enjoying pushing myself to do something everyday so far and I started 5 days early.
Along the river to Stockton with a bit of dirt jump thrown in at the end.Chilly on the way back.I,m really struggling to get excited about the challenge this year.
Walk with the kids though the woods this evening, even found some swings.
I've started the Garmin MTB training plan. It seems to just be a road plan with a simple "go MTBing" time block thrown in every now and again, which is fine by me as short muddy rides are too much of a PITA in winter. So the scrap bike is on training duty. Let's see if it sticks when the nights are cold, dark and wet.
Tired today! Think it'll be a walk, which got me thinking I never have time to listen to podcasts - this could be a good way to kill two birds.
45mins on Zwift last night, first time I've been on since early June I think. Blimey I'd forgotten how sweaty and how much work it can be. Covid has definitely knocked the top end off...
This is all great and shows what a wee bit of additional motivation can do
Agreed, I was needing a bit of motivation. My lunch run now needs to be 6k instead of 5k to qualify, and I need to sneak in and out as we only get 30 mins for lunch, technically.... 😉
which got me thinking I never have time to listen to podcasts
Gossip mongers Jimmy, tremendous fun!
4 mile run done at lunchtime, then straight into a cajun chicken pannini. Guid. 🙂
Just done a pretty awful 7km run, hoping my legs are full of DOMS and it's not an injury. Easy day tomorrow, will probably just do a Z1-Z2 spin on the turbo.
Over the weekend I had a couple of hours on the bike each day. I got a bit fed up of the headwind, so yesterday I decided to do 45mins of weights and 30 mins walk with mini 10. I also decided to start relearning all my old kata. Not sure what inspired the kata, but I quiet enjoyed it. Really sloppy though!
Buggered my achillies over the weekend, looking like swimming for the foreseeable. God I hate swimming!
2 1/2 hour kayak on windermere early this morning. It was like glass then kettlebell routine this afternoon
Got out for a 20 minute walk and then topped it up with some stretching at lunchtime, might have half an hour with Kassandra tonight while the wife's out....
Was wobbling tonight but girded my loins and managed 40 mins weight circuits. Admittedly at a bagpussesque level of intensity but glad I did a bit.
Out on the bike for a bit of a local bimble. Glorious sunset but also attacked by brambles.
Really enjoying this 100 day challenge, as it's making me get off my fat arse and go out.
Another back garden trials session around midday, 40 minutes. Didn't think it was a particularly hot day but felt like I was melting. Then mid-afternoon I thought I'd have another go trying to get up 4 pallet height, just 18 minutes, wasn't feeling energetic enough for it. This evening did some light exercise and stretching. Then after watching a youtuber's 5 year handstand progress video did 3 x walking feet up wall into chest-to-wall handstand.
6k jog today, fortunately even in my young fit days this would have been over 30 mins!
A month left to the half marathon, fingers crossed actual training may help.
Easy recovery turbo and a bit of yoga. Weirdly realised that the only upside of teaching from home was my opportunity to turbo and yoga jump in the shower and be at my desk by 0900. I think the yoga really helps. (Hope so as my head is a mess and after 1/2 term it's 10 weeks with no let up)
Did 30 mins of core and upper body work last night (including a horrid battle rope/slam ball finisher). Felt pretty awful but I don’t ache today, so I think I was actually just really hungry and a bit tired when I did it.
I’ve put a load of extra hours into work the last couple of weeks, so hoping I can get away from the computer at 4 today for a couple of hours ride.
And the first week is done!
Congrats to everyone who has kept on going and especially to all those who have pushed themselves a wee bit.
Yesterday and today was riding out to a "last night of Summer" bivvy and back again. My original site was scuppered by the strong winds but I found a suitable replacement at a small bird hide I'd had on my "list" for a while.
Time and life got in the way today, so an hours walk to town and back with middle child to pickup some glasses.
Gym yesterday and Zwift today. I'm trying the Zwift academy, not 100% on how it's meant to work but giving it a bash anyway.
I've been pretty solid with walks and swimming in torridon. Then took a few days off to heavy celebrate getting engaged but been back onit with running and punchbagging.
First week has been really enjoyable with riding for at least an hour on 5 days, one evening paddle boarding with the kids and today I’ve done an hour of weights which I know will be regretting tomorrow!
It’s really motivating to read what everyone else is doing and it’s great that we have a lot more STW’s giving it a go. Well done everyone.
Wow! Really motivating reading from those pushing themselves, both physically and just to do something because of time pressures. 3 hours riding today. Gentle but nice! Will try to up the intensity tomorrow!
Did @midlifecrashes kettlebell session from page 4, fantastic, really good mixed session, gonna be sore tomorrow! 😬
8km run with 300m or altitude gain felt ok while running but if it hadn't been for the dogs I'd have just had a snooze.
Yesterday's grim run was clearly just DOMS from the weekend, and I felt a lot looser today. So made the most of it with the first turbo ride of the season, and did one of the newer (to me at least) Sufferfest videos. Basically they've sorted out a bunch of short films and documentaries, and overlaid them with an erg mode aerobic workout. Today was a ladder type workout, 4x9min or so starting out at an easy pace with the last couple of minutes just under threshold. Not a killer, but certainly a lot tougher than the easy recovery spin I'd originally planned to do 🙂
The video BTW was a fairly interesting BMC documentary about Rohan Dennis' attempt at the hour record back in 2015.
Quick hour on the road bike whilst eldest was at cubs, blew the cobwebs away
12k steps yesterday, 6k of those on a 3 mile sunset walk. 1hr on bike today. Already quite tired.
Congratulations @joshvegas. What a place to celebrate 🙂
Managed to pack up early and do a couple of hours on the mtb. Even got up my steep local mtb climbs, that I haven’t managed for 10 months since getting COVID - so feeling pretty chuffed.
Commuting 40 minutes 10 miles. Last night planned a lunch time run, but felt stressed trying to sleep so went for a 45 minute lunch time walk instead of a run. Nice day for it.
An hour of skating on top of the usual days exercise today, and I can proudly say after 35years I can drop into a ramp safely thanks to the team at Projekts.
A proper mental workout, I think I'll be able to hit some bigger drops on the bike after tonight's internal talking to I gave myself!
2 back-to-back 30" fitness/weights classes today. I think I'm fitter but I could just be better rested or a more accomplished slacker!
Started doing a plank a day a few weeks back and THAT definitely made a difference, no more bum-in-the-air now!
50 lengths(25m) in the pool this morning. Haven't been swimming probably since last 100 days and the technique was all to pot. Fly in the ointment was killing my Garmin Vivoactive 2, it's been on my wrist pretty much the last 5 years but recently I've been thinking of sacking it, guess this does it for me.
Just a walk for me yesterday as it was a bit busy with the kids and after school stuff
I think the challenge has been cursed for me this year - first bike ride I got a wasp sting and all the others I've got punctures! It also seems the autumn gales have come early this year and have conspired to only blow in my face.
Anyway, here's what I've been up to -
Day 2 - Pedalled the long way to a festival then raved my nuts off for 7 hours.
Day 3 and 4 pedalling around on the gravel bike, just 30 minutes and 9 miles each day.
Day 5 - an hour and a half kayaking about
Day 6 - 20 miles round the Pentlands on the mince machine. Got a puncture on some rocks but also a KOM so woooo! Even did some yoga in the evening.
Day 7 - 13 miles sessioning the local DH tracks. Punctured god knows where. Think it might have been the valve.
Day 8 - 32 miles on the gravel bike with a glass shard in my tyre at mile 10.
Another 5k run at lunchtime followed by e few weighted squats etc and unloading the roof timbers off the delivery wagon
Lunchtime run, 4.1 miles in 30 minutes. Feeling the smallest hint of a cold coming, kids got it, work colleague got it, touch wood. Have been doing little bits of exercise just to keep moving/active to break up sitting down at the PC while WFH all day. Thinking about doing strength later unless this cold moves in for the attack now that I've been for a run!