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Road ride last night, run at lunch time today
Another fake commute this morning - watched the sun rise over the building site that will one day be our new office from a safe 5 mile distance, with just rabbits and squirrels for company.
I'm committed to the fake commute thing this week - as I'm working from home I'm riding as if I'm doing my regular bike commute of 20 minutes each way, plus the mandatory half hour. Means if I'm on the bike my minimum ride is an hour and ten so I actually get a half decent ride in each time rather than just half an hour.
Weights class today - puffing away red-faced being shown up by either sprightly septuagenarians and/or tiny teenage girls made entirely of muscle
Yup,I feel your pain stripey.I sense there's not many of us who are finding this a real challenge.
Due to a poorly wife I had to take my lad to hospital this arvo and be on parental duties this evening. Have snuck in a dog walk as todays exercise, partly feel like I've cheated, however hopefully only a small blip, as long as I don't catch the lurgy....
Managed at least an hour of procrastinating so far this evening and time running out... but gonna start something right now.... Maybe handstand practice in the front room again.
Proper dreich day so I kept putting it off. Eventually went out for a 5km walk down to the river and back which was actually really lovely.
Lovely, lovely club run. 4.5 miles uphill, 4.5 miles back down, 2 pints in the club when I got back. Top class.
Garage gym for me. Overdid it on the arms and they have been like jelly ever since!
Planned bike ride didn’t happen so ended up doing a dumbell HIIT workout and some abs exercises before I ran out of time!
Early doors walk up Bosley Cloud for me today. We're off tomorrow so hoping to tick a few more Wainwright's.
Also giving Stoptober a go....which for me will probably be much harder than the exercise challenge 😳
I missed my 30mins yesterday, it was just too grim out there by the time I finished work. I was also too shattered by the time I got the kids fed and off to bed that dragging the turbo out the cupboard really didn't appeal either. I shall do extra today...
Just came across this thread.
Was the Chris referred to in the original post Chris Walker who was killed in an avalanche.
If so I was with him that day and what a terrible day that was.
Sorry I've missed the start of this challenge but I'll get started now. In reality I have exercised most days since 16 Sept anyway.
Are you still raising funds for the CW Memorial Trust?
Themightysimmonite - no, this was my pal Chris Bell. Very similar incident, very close by and there was also one survivor. I can't imagine how terrible it must have been to be there. It was devastating for all his friends and family, I've never seen a funeral like it.
I've done some fundraising for Glencoe MRT at the Puffer but not on the 100 Day Challenge threads.
Themighty - can’t imagine being in a situation like that 😔
Garage gym for me. Overdid it on the arms and they have been like jelly ever since!
As anticipated my arms and shoulders really ache today. Big light on charge with goal of getting out on the bike after work. I don’t really like night riding so we’ll see how this goes...
Another lovely dawn ride this morning. Fitting something in tomorrow may be a problem
Another dreich day. I had to pop into town for something so just walked in and came back via the woods. Quite weird. The weather has kept everyone in so, apart form A9 traffic noise, it felt almost like deep lockdown again.
Quite weird. The weather has kept everyone in so, apart form A9 traffic noise, it felt almost like deep lockdown again
It's been pretty decent weather for a long time though, it's come as a shock 😆
The Spey was looking really low, not so much now 😉
I didn't feel very committed to my half hour indoor exercise last night having left it a bit late and felt tired. Didn't help when I jarred my right bum cheek from a heavy landing coming down from a handstand. Just about scraped half an hour.
Trials bike again this afternoon, hopping about up/off small ledges. Enjoyed, but tough on shoulders so 39 minutes was enough.
Been stuck at my desk since 8am, so a nice 10 hour stint of work 🙁
Struggling to get motivated but will do some sort of exercise. Once I'm out there I know I'll enjoy it.
*monkey* it's a weird cognitive dissonance, as for many years I was really pretty fit, and it came screeching to a halt about five years ago and what with one thing and another I've never quite clawed my way back and it's starting to dawn on me that aging is kind of happening... Nooooo can't quite believe it.
An hour on the MTB enjoying the last of the sun for a while, kept bumping into people I knew so rather less was actual exercise but there were some big-ass hills in there so I do feel very exercised!
p20 chucked me out of the door after work with my cx having kindly charged my lights and offering to make supper. As a result I extended it a bit to 1.5 hrs and explored some new tracks, got a bit lost and enjoyed the last of the day light. Even managed to not freak myself riding in the dark with my rubbish eyesight.
Not doing very well on this. Been going from bed to desk to dinner table to desk to bed most weekdays the last fortnight basically doing one and a half jobs.
However a new pooch has arrived and I'm now getting in 30minutes + every day walking him at least once. Not exactly hardcore but it's better than it was.
where are you if you’re suffering from local forest fires?
I'm in Colorado. The fires are not near me thankfully, but the smoke has been bad in Denver this year.
This week hasn't gone well. Missed Sunday and yesterday. I've been finding it difficult getting up to do Kettlebells, and working out at night effects my sleep. Just got to get on with it!
Garage dweller- doing more than nothing is the point, glad to hear your dog has broken the cycle for you.
Yoga again tonight, 3rd night in a row. Levitation tmrow.
Missed today, just too busy. Double flagellation tomorrow then.
Wattbike today, 10 min warm up, 20 min test and 5 min cool down. It was rather demanding. Need to fine tune a few things with it but its proving to be 'enjoyable' so far.
Correction,I see a lot of people are struggling with this challenge.Hour along the river today,weather was nice,having three broken spokes not so nice.Need to think carefully about nutrition and sleep as tiredness plus never ending lockdown can make me grumpy.I wonder if exercising everyday is actually good for us?
wonder if exercising everyday is actually good for us?
It definitely is for me as I got stuck in a real lockdown/WFH rut...not getting out of the bed till 8.30, being unorganised and from June onwards not going out for a walk as much. This has really helped me sort that out. However I am quite happy to just include a half hour walk up the hill on some days which I think means my body is doing ok.
That said, I’ve woken up with a sore throat after last nights ride - ha!
Same here^^, went out last night after work for a quick 20 miles and woke up this morning with a sore throat. Hoping it doesn’t develop into anything else as i could really do without any set backs. Might have an easy one today.
I wonder if exercising everyday is actually good for us?
I think it is, but you do need to mix it up a bit (or just stick to walking) and don't try and go out hard every day. Following my own advice, Wednesday was hard, yesterday was an easy hour on the bike, today's a swim and the weekend will be harder long distance stuff assuming the weather cooperates.
wonder if exercising everyday is actually good for us?
It certainly is for me, but you do need to listen to your body.
If you're knackered, as little as a 30 minute stroll will make you feel more awake, will clear your head and give you some fresh air.
I like to have rest days, but those rest days are just lower intensity than normal. Today I am shattered, but having gone for an early run in the rain means I'm a lot less shattered than I would have been if I'd have stayed inside.
I agree with lunge.
And I'd add that variety is essential, and makes it easier.
Even if You're just concentrating on one thing, like running for me at the moment, then you've got to mix it up a bit.
What works for me is fast run, long run, recovery run.
The fast run could be 5k or intervals or anything that pushes speed a bit.
That tends to make me run lighter the next time and makes the long run easier. I always need a recovery run after a long run to shake my legs out a bit, and that tends to be somewhere nice of road and no push for speed or distance. Sets me up bit too go again.
Don't have to stick rigid, but very rarely do consecutive long runs.
I agree with the above! I'm using this challenge to try and get me physically moving in lots of different ways, or at least more ways than I have been.
Today was upper body strength day. 3 sets each of 5 pull ups (pronated grip), 5 dips, 6 bodyweight rows (suppinated grip), 8 push ups (feet raised 12"). All fast up and slow down.
Sometimes I pair two exercises ie pull ups & dips and have 1m30s rest between them, but today paired each exercise with 3+ minutes housework as the rest period! Stops me getting bored with resting and cutting it short. With warm up + cool down. Total just over 1 hour.
Walking today, Saturday and Sunday will be pushing the exercise remit. Going away for the weekend on the motorbike, which if you believe motorcycle folklore is definitely a physical endeavour 😬
Four hours on the #gradventourer doing my best Pancho Villa impersonation.
Golfie trails this morning. Beautiful day, jumped in the river afterwards which was blimmin freezing, but my skin was tingling all the way home. Which was nice.
Spent all day at the coast doing my first field work for months and months. However decided as that was work it couldn’t count (my own stupid rule!), so after 12 hours out the house and 14000 steps I came straight in and did half an hour of Pilates whilst the pizza dough proved before I allowed myself the first beer of the week. I’m really tired now!
Last few have been quite good, apart from a rubbish run where my calf flared up again. Done quite a bit of cycling and got my son for some good mtb rides. We haven't really been out proper riding for a few months so it's nice to get him out again. He seems to be enjoying it again. Good session at Leeds bike park, then Lady cannings today.
Feel like I've earned my chicken kebab and couple of beers this evening.
It has been really hard to fit something in each day but it does seem to be becoming a habit. Which hopefully is a good thing.
20km and 4 more Wainwrights ticked today....minor domestic with the gf crossing a river, but a mega day in the hills nonetheless.
Sciatica playing up today made my foot hell, but it strangely cleared up as the rain stopped so I've just had a 2 mile stroll round the village
Sciatica into your foot isn’t a good sign MCTD. Are you getting some treatment?
Forecast here for the weekend is dire. I don’t mind some rain but getting soaked for the sake of it isn’t fun. Looks like turbo and garage gym, around doing some prep on redecorating our hall, stairs and landing.
If wallpapering counts then I'm sorted for today 😉