Multi day update
day #29 - 2.5 km pool swim in 51 minutes and 30 min stroll with wombat and my daughter
day #30 - turbo session on the Wattbike for 61 minutes indicated 30.6 km at 175w average, using the wattbike app and irritatingly Wattbike have a tech issue, so myself and countless others have rides stuck in the app, that aren’t being published to the Wattbike hub and not to Strava etc, frustratingly Wattbike haven’t published acknowledgment of the issue, well not that I’ve found. Hey ho
day #31 - 2.46 km pool swim in 48 minutes, early doors session as soon as the gym opened, not done that in a while, bloody hard to get going that early. Annoying developed a shoulder injury / shooting pain late in the day - somehow from work. Probably how I’ve been sitting and moving, but annoying.
day #32 (today I hope 17 Oct) - shoulder too sore to swim, so 30 minutes of physio exercises, then lunchtime turbo session on the Wattbike using TrainerRoad which worked well, for 60 minutes at 174w, indicated 29.7 km
for the next few days my activities will be mainly yoga / physio exercises and walking,
I've been quietly in from the start, it started at the end of a very lazy week post biking holiday so gave me the push to keep the training up. Mix of MTB, turbo and walking/golf with a couple of stretching & weights sessions in there. Weekly pilates is on a short break too but starting back next week 🙂
Interesting chat on the HRV, mine dropped to unbalanced a week and a half ago and is now a couple of days into reporting low. No illness emerging but feeling very tired. Looking at what I'm doing it hasn't changed at a point of overly high intensity in the 25 days (to that point), the first day was nice and sunny, I had a day off work and just couldn't get the bike to move forward and cut the ride short. Apart from that I can still turn up on the bike/turbo close to where I'd expect but just can't shake the complete tiredness. No real point to this, just interesting that others were reporting HRV down at the moment too.
No plans to take a break though as lunchtime walks feel a sensible "rest day" at the moment but wondering if it is going to be forced on me at some point.
No one wanted to go riding tonight. Can't say I was that bothered as it's going to be blooming horrible out there.
Hill sprints on the Dreadmill. Almost wished I'd gone out and got muddy!
Cold seems to on its way out so took the wife and dog for a jog. Just a slow 4.3k but felt ok.
Weather's been glorious in Leeds today. T-shirt weather!
I've had a couple of really lovely twilight/early evening runs recently and decided I wanted that same experience on a bike, so headed out quite late in the day for a wee local loop on the Topstone.
I wasn't disappointed.
Sun had already set by this point, but the camera compensates.
Hunters "super"moon.
My HRV has apparently plummeted overnight and my Garmin watch was telling me it was to be a day of rest. The sensible thing then was just to do a little weights and some yoga. However... it may be day 33 of the challenge but it's actually day 500 of my own exercise streak so I was determined to get out doors. I headed out for a little jog/walk and ended up with another 12km 🙂
It's a sign!!!
I've a pretty busy day tomorrow, so I'll take that as a "rest" day.
Just a short walk today round Dodd Woods at Bassenthwaite (great bowl of soup afterwards from the cafe).
Day 33: I was tied to the house this evening, so just the mins with Kassandra.
After 8 days of a hacking cough leading to headaches I've managed two short run of 5km each in a lovely little wood in the mull of Galloway. No photos but Thursday's run had a glorious low autumnal sun through the trees and this mornings early run had the dogs looking up trees after squirrels then running around trying to find the next one.
Pissed I won't get 100 until 24th jan. But it might aid my argument for time off for the festive 500. Also my head is in a much better pace now I've managed to get a run in.
Day 34: Reeksy1 on an away trip. Reeksy2 riding at Noosa so I dropped him and spent a couple of hours sweating my eyeballs out and watching a little bit of the Hillclimb.
Thursday I did thirty minutes of press/sit ups followed by another thirty minutes of yoga. Unfortunately, I couldn’t finish work early yesterday so had to make do with a run after work.
I had planned for an early morning ride today but woke up to heavy rain, it’s still raining now but I’m determined to get a ride in at some point even if it means getting wet and muddy. A sign of things to come!
Thirty minutes of press ups and sit ups is impressive @sandboy. I'd be taking a zero off that 🙂
Pretty flooded by the Wye, but trails just muddy and good fun in the sunshine. So far this week 4 runs/30km, one Zwift tour of Watopia thing that ended up being a bit of a race and this MTB ride. I think maybe an easy day tomorrow, legs were pretty dead after "broken mile" run last night.
The ground in images below are not meant to be underwater!
Still too wet outside so did a Zwift race, 40 minutes of zone 4. Utterly knackered.
Wussed out of park run this morning as it was lashing it down. Went to the gym for an hour instead.
Taking my daughter and a couple of friends to Alton towers tomorrow. Does walking round there all day count?
Was going to walk or run today in the weather but ended up playing tennis, slightly randomly. Another activity where I didn't ride a bike, bu I did also go to look at a new (2nd hand) bike nearby. It's lovely, mint condition, exactly the bike I'd buy... But that's nother activity logged where I didn't ride a bike that I already have. I said I'll sleep on it.
It’ll count if you go on the ghost train
It's fright fest or something, so the whole place is a ghost train at the moment!!
Edit: just buy it @jimmy and then ride it home!
2.5k in the pool in my usual 58 mins, then a yoga class.
lovely sunny afternoon so road bike out, maybe for the last one of the year before swopping to gravel bike. A glorious 23 miles on mainly dry roads.
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^^^ hahaha 🙂
I am actually n-1 having sold the eroad bike a few weeks ago, as it was just gathering dust. However I think one of the gravel bikes will cover any winter road ventures …
The rain didn’t stop until late afternoon by which time a ride wasn’t an option.
I was determined to exercise outside so did my usual run in torrential rain which wasn’t too bad because it is very mild. Running in the rain isn’t as bad as cycling and I was straight in the shower as soon as I got home. Followed by enjoying the football knowing I was done for the day.
If not for this challenge, there’s no way I would have run in those conditions, I believe this is what makes all the difference come Christmas, being motivated when at any other time it wouldn’t be in my mind.
Very well done to everyone who’s still going, it great to read what you have been doing and the photos are as good as ever.
Edit, The sit/press up is a little workout i did sometimes as a warm up for rugby training as a teenager and have done it a few times a week since then.
@ads678, I’d definitely be counting a jaunt around Alton Towers for a day. I think you’d be surprised at how far you walk.
As promised (to myself) I've limited day 34 to some weights in the gym (though I might manage a sneaky wee Kassandra later).
Day 34: a couple of hours walk up and around a local hill that I haven’t ventured up before.
It was lovely but I’ve got to get out on a ride soon.
Wet and windy here again today, I got out first thing for a run so I can enjoy the day knowing that I have done my bit.
The forecast is better for the coming week so hopefully I’ll get some pedalling instead of running.
After Covid and Flu boosters yesterday, this was all I was good for. As ever, whenever I do some yoga rather than just saying I'll do some, it makes me realise how much more I need to do it. Hips with the flexibility of a railing! Still the challenge made sure I did something rather than just moping about feeling sorry for myself.
In non 100 day news, I finally finished editing my last vid for Molini. Here's a screen grab. I was really tired on that last day - so I'm thinking about trips next year and hoping this kind of challenge will get me in better shape. I mean smashing beer and wine every night while we're away might also be contributing, but no change of me giving that up!
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I wrote a thing: https://www.pickled-hedgehog.com/a-weighty-problem-2/ about the challenge. Well I get to it eventually 😉
It does have the odd sweary word.
Day 36: a lazy hour gravel and tarmac local lap. Attacked by two separate magpies. No blood drawn.
