Oh, and a couple of shots of the splatina my gravel bike has developed in the last week to really set your teeth on edge. I've done about 900 miles since the challenge started, of which around three quarters have been on this bike (and almost every ride has been off-road) and it isn't half tough on the bike.
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Birthday beerientiering (thanks Colin) ride today.
Well ive managed every day so far. We are now out of lockdown in Wales, so im hoping the weather stays decent. We had a bivvi out last week and a fantastic ride home.
I got home from work yesterday at 5pm and it was 13c! Thats really strange.
Im managing about 15hrs exercise a week and it this challenge has really helped me get out every day. I certainly wouldny have done it without this.
Im still alcohol free too for the duration of the challenge. I dont feel any different, apart from i have a little more money at the end of the month.
Ian
Birthday beerientiering (thanks Colin) ride today.
Cool - you've set up a group?
More VeloViewer squares for me. Some familiar tracks. Some unfamiliar tracks. A bit of bog 🙂
Post WFH head-torch walk in the fog tonight. A little bit of feel the fear and do it anyway.
(Still annoyed the IG integration has vanished)
Still managing everyday, a combination of walking, yoga and riding. And I'm noticing the difference too. I'm getting back to enjoying riding up hills!!
And it's stirred my creative juices too. Writing about biking again and two articles published in Cranked as a result 🙂
Cool – you’ve set up a group?
Yep. In its infancy, yesterday was the first "find".
Yesterday a 4 mile run, tried to beat my PB 5k time, but 4s short of matching it.
Today 21 mile doorstep loop - XC & tracks amongst trees in parks, and playing around on urban obstacles. Got a bit muddy in places
Still going. 55km road ride in the Fochabers-Dufftown area. A few sharp wee hills in there too. Picked up a lovely chicken pie in the Fochabers butcher too 🙂
Still going here - mostly walks during the week at the moment.
I missed 2 days early on but plan to recover them by getting out twice a couple of times.
I'm enjoying it - nice to be doing something positive at the moment.
Missed three days but started a week early so not too worried. The turbo is in use again though, horror of horrors. Run today 7-8k I reckon.
Did my fastest 1k in a looooooong time as part of the run this morning. The weather has turned to utter rubbish. Still not getting on the Yoga bandwagon though.
Still on a continuous streak. Gym session for me last night. And at 3.30 this afternoon finished a Teams meeting and quickly chucked my walking trousers on to get out and see some day light (finally we don’t have fog!). Might also do some Pilates later (not on a bandwagon - actually good for my physical well-being).
First "no wetsuit" swim of the season (I've chickened out with a neoprene vest though). A balmy 8-9c in Loch Pityoulish but windy enough for white horses.
Followed up with a 10km run home. Took me a while to get going - possibly related to body temperature?
I shivered just looking at that picture scotroutes.Managed 90 minutes at the outdoor gym yesterday.It was probably illegal but nobody said anything.Seems very busy compared to the first Lockdown anyway.I will go for a picturesque walk to Aldi's and back later.
Well after my Covid induced layoff I went for a half hour run this evening. Heart rate was a bit higher than usual but apart from that it was all good. Lovely to get out and about again.
Welcome back Jeff.
Afraid my 59 day run has come to an end with a persistent cough and a COVID test tomorrow. I’m so sad 🙁
@jeffl - good to have you back. Take things easy though. Six months later and I'm still not completely over the Covid.
@ahsat - bummer! Hope it's negative and the cough is just a seasonal thing.
Me - I was out with a couple of mates tonight, riding a loop round Rothiemurchus on the fatbike and then a couple of beers at the Old Bridge Inn. Both felt great.
Upper bodyweight yesterday. Lowered the volume due to a few little niggles. Then decided it was the perfect time to do clapping push ups. Managed 2 sets of 6 of them. Total was about an hour inc. warm up & cool down.
Today was going to be just a walk, 55 minutes, didn't track it so unknown distance. Kept a fast walking pace. Then decided to get the rigid commuter mtb back up and running - rear brake had stuck piston or something. Replaced it with SLX from a 26" bike with pointlessly new brakes on. Night ride this evening riding street obstacles with saddle fully up. Must have got used to hardtail as got plenty of rim dings on the front while riding down stair sets. An hour.
Had a lovely ride on the road bike yesterday - just went as fast as I liked around a few local roads. Only 45min (WFH, before lunch...) but really enjoyed myself.
Early finish today so I'll be out for a run.
8km run last night with a mate, I think I'm almost starting to enjoy this running malarky, the lack of faff and drivetrain cleaning certainly appeals. Although I think I will take the gravel bike out for a spin later, I feel I've earnt a pint at the Fiddichside 🙂
Thought I'd give my legs a bit of a rest today so launched into my first yoga session. Did 33 minutes with Abi. I can see how it might help with cycling and recovery and my wife joined in too so it was nice to have her company.
I'm really struggling sometimes to keep this going. I still haven't missed a day, but some days when youve been busy and you're half way through making dinner and just about to crack open a beer and you remember you still have to do some exercise, it's really hard to get motivated....
Having said that I've just forced myself out after having dinner and a beer and just ran my fastest 5k for about 6 months!!
A couple of niggles had me considering stopping the challenge last night to recover from them. Issue with arch of left foot. Seems fine during general activity, but sore after bike rides/runs and possibly exacerbated by downward facing dog yoga pose (stretches that area). Dull ache in right elbow for a few days this week. But have reduced that before by stretching just need to find the right stretch. Despite this, trials rides yesterday & today. Cut short to half hour yesterday by fall, and ~40 minutes today.
Struggling a lot here.I have been living with a tight chest and wheezing for two weeks.As an asthmatic I need to be careful with this.Still,I've managed a few hikes,bike ride and weightlifting this week.I do feel exhausted though.
Missed Thursday again due to work and 'big shop' commitments. Need to rethink it, maybe get up earlier and do circuits before work (never going to happen!). Road ride yesterday and hung over run this morning. Probably a hung over MTB tomorrow morning!
Did a very wet and windy 30 miles on the road this afternoon , I would never have gone out but this challenge meant I went and now showered and warm with a beer in hand so glad I did.
I’m back 🙂
COVID test was negative. I still feel a bit meh and have a bad head but thankfully the cough has largely gone. As soon as I got the text, we went out for a half hour walk. I will take it steady for the next few days, but plan to carry on, and that means I’ve only missed 2 days whilst I waited for the result.
Struggling yesterday and today. Lack of motivation and planning. Did a lunchtime brisk stroll yesterday, might go out for a beerienter after dinner as motivation. Otherwise it's yoga, and a run tmrow hopefully.
Apparently, motorcycling doesn't count so I did a 90 minute singlespeed beerienteering (actually ciderenteering) ride to Boat of Garten as it was getting dark.
Running and hiking for me this weekend. Got my fastest 10k at 46.53 on Saturday which I’m rather chuffed with! Really loving this challenge as I would never have exercised this much normally and it’s made me try loads of different types of exercise.
5 mile walk here. Tricky day recovering from a multi day migraine and whatever bug I’ve got but nice to be out and blow the cobwebs away.
Agree with you @jodafett - I’ve done so much more, with more variation. Very good 10k time
Another week complete. In fact, that's now 2 whole months. Keep up the good work folks.
@ahsat when I get a migraine, vigorous exercise is one of the few things that can relieve the pain - until I stop.
I did another couple of hours road cycling at a nice, easy pace. Got a bit wet, stopped for a coffee and a scone.
I also came across a big flock of geese in a field. With one white goose amongst them. Looked a bit of an odd one out!
@scotroutes - can totally relate to that. Had to give in this afternoon when I got back from the walk and it rapidly returned and take sumatriptan, which I desperately try and avoid but sometimes is the only answer.
Went for a "lovewhereyoulive" run this morning - sun was out, ground was filthy and slidey, just great fun. Although my back is very sore since, I think from trying to keep upright.
Hopefully be ok tmrow, otherwise a stroll might be all.
Couple of hours hiking today(urban).Due to this lurgy I,ve had, my legs didn't feel like they belonged to my body.At least for the first half hour.I envy the fitness of some of the folks on here.Neil.
Some sort of indoor exercise this evening, just winging it, incorporating elements of yoga and bodyweight fitness, isometrics, nothing too intense. Wanted to keep heart rate down after hopping about on bike for previous two days, and arms also needed a good stretch. Forearm stretches felt good as did those which made locking out elbows difficult. Core exercises, and passive hangs. Managed to break a sweat at some point. Arch of foot still an issue is problematic as to what exercises indoor or outdoor I can do.
Sirromj-Did you get to the bottom of your chest infections?How did you eventually shift them.
I've not missed a day but a few too many recently have been 10pm beginners yoga sessions. Probably need to up the effort to see a bigger improvement in aerobic fitness, but my flexibility, core strength and posture have improved by mixing things up.
Lucky to be able to get out at lunchtime some days so I see daylight, or working days at home would be grim.
Been a bit quiet posting recently but still plodding along, not missed a day yet. Cycling mileage is increasing, keeping the distance on hikes and runs down to alleviate an aching knee, still enjoying the yoga and am doing press-ups to try and keep my new found swimming fitness - did 50 yesterday, most ever and nearly as many as my age! Keep going everyone, the end is getting closer ...
Love this thread, thanks. Not been adhering but thinking of you folks doing all this has certainly nudged me into doing more and going out when I might not have otherwise, and strava currently has me at +920 fitness points compared to last year, if I've read it right 🙂
Day whatever.
Off loch swimming again this morning. Loch Vaa this time where the water temperature was 7C. Managed 15 minutes of slow breast stroke (keeping the head dry is a good thing).
Changed into running gear for a 10km run home. I couldn't feel my feet to begin with so god knows what my technique was like. It also took me ages to get properly going and it was the toughest 10km I've run in a long time. Maybe running back from a cold swim isn't such a good idea.
The weather for the remainder of the week looks "interesting". I should get a ride in tomorrow then might have to resort to indoor fun for a day or two.
Hahaha. I’ve just done a Pilates - Yoga fusion video that was so hard I collapsed in a heap laughing. My god that was tough - cycling hamstrings aren’t designed for some of those moves.
keeping the head dry is a good thing
Definitely! Loch swimming in September and I was getting ice cream headaches if I put m head under. I need to get an insulated cap!
Ahsat,how did you manage to recover from the lurgy so quickly?I've had this cold/chest infection on and of for three weeks.Its severely curtailed my exercise choices.Without the fallback position of a brisk walk this challenge would have been over for me weeks ago.I wonder if many of you are battling on with illness and aches and pains?
