After a tiring weekend, I was hoping for a big sleep last night to recover. By body had other ideas and kept me awake twitching until 2am, so I'm even more shattered today. A lunchtime stroll had to suffice but with a view of "exercise I wouldn't have otherwise done", I was absolutely for lying in a dark room and closing my eyes so it counts. Whether the evangelical Alaskans I met on the stroll were real or a hallucination I don't think I'll ever be sure.
Quick trot about after work yesterday
Out on the bike today with some blue sky patches and a bit of sun.
The great thing about this challenge is that it makes me do stuff I would usually avoid. Last year it was running once or twice a week and this year I have joined my CrossFit weirdo sister for a few sessions and today, maybe 43 years after the last time I did it, it turns out I can still climb a rope.
Nice colours on the muddy dog hike today. Those woods you can see never really dry out even in summer. Right now they are about as close as they get. That's still pretty muddy and the 4k and esp extended 5k loop do feel like hard work. Expect the dogs do about 3 times that tho.
Day 59: Strangely for me I rode in the afternoon for a change. Pre storm humidity was horrific but managed to get a PR and 11th overall on a really tough 4.5km strava segment.
Plus had a tiny snake and a small bird attack my front tyre (separately). Both survived as far as I could tell.
That photo of reeksy's snake brought back some memories from when I lived in Australia - I bunnyhopped what I thought was a log once then my mates pointed out it was a particularly deadly snake.
This last week's involved my first trip to the pumptrack for 4 years on the new pumptrack bike. I'm still terrible at it and it's still really hard.
I did up a mate's bike which she'd not ridden since 2014 and we went for a really joyful blast around Whinlatter.
Minced up some mountains with a bunch of pals.
Also a bit of yoga, fast gravel rides, some nice MTB stuff. Keeping at it.
Some great pics above.
Day #59 - turbo session on the Wattbike for 52 minutes at 180w indicated 26.4 km. funny thing is doing nearly an hour exercise every day is taking its toll, I’m knackered more often than I’m not. But the exercising is getting somehow easier. Also did about 50 minutes of walking today too.
Day 59 - wednesday Pentland Fun Running
After a cardio-free day of weights and yoga yesterday, I headed out for a 45km gravel/road ride today, making the best of the weather before it gets a lot colder next week.
Just back from a 1Km swim indoors! Horrible, like swimming in a sauna. Much prefer outdoors.
Day 61: Ran my 6km loop again. In the opposite direction. Getting slightly quicker... still a lot slower than i'd like.
Solo parenting means time is limited. Took the kid to swimming and ran around in the dark instead of doom scrolling in the car.
It's funny how, when you do 30mins for the sake of doing 30 mins, it can sometimes feel like an age.
I'm a couple of days behind...
Yesterday was a yoga session with Kassandra (thought she might be missing me) and am intervals session on the turbo, trying to help my VO2 Max.
Today was a weights session in my gym and then a walk up/down a local hill trying to spot/develop a descent for running. Fairly successfully I think.
We should see the hills changing colour early next week as the temperatures are due to plummet.
Eek!
Did a bodyweight workout after cubs on Monday
5k run on Tuesday evening
Did skatepark at lunch Wednesday and Thursday
And just did 2 hour night ride round the local woods, it's a bit weird, masses of leaves down, but there's been so little rain they've not compacted down and it's very hard to find the trail!
A random discussion last Monday evening was enough to make me organise an ad hoc club run today, from Kingussie to Dalwhinnie. 26km of mostly good track, including some old military road. Surprisingly, 8 other idiots signed up for it too and we had a grand day out, with one very short shower but mostly just a bitterly cold headwind.
Think I recognise that, Colin. Is it called Phones or something? Up the hill, down to a loch and round to DW. Nice little detour away from the main road.
Solo parenting so used it as an excuse to go to GT with the bairn. An over-the-bars a few weeks ago has shaken her confidence, and she now knows she can get hurt sadly. Still, riding bikes innit.
@jimmy - Yep. We ran from Kingussie Station, up towards Ruthven Barracks, then along the old military road to Phones Lodge, up over to Loch Cuaich and then down the aqueduct to Dalwhinnie. It is also a fine gravel ride 🙂
( I just noticed that the photos are in reverse order!)
@scotroutes it was as a gravel ride I did it, after breakfast at the newtonmore grill (obvs)
Day #61 - lunchtime pool swim 3.04 km in 57 minutes, fastest I’ve done so far., even though my pace slackens off in the last km, still very pleased with it. 30 minute relaxed walk with Willa and daughter later and done.
day #62 - turbo session on the wattbike 61 minutes at 176w indicated 31 km. Done for today.
@scotroutes great pics.
@reeksy love Noosa, spent a lot of time there, lovely part of Aus.
Been a shocker for me this week. Floored by a bug (no energy, brain fog, aches, snot!) so missed 3 days.
Day 56: Played football for 35 mins with U15s; coming down with something.
Day 57: Lunchtime walk for an hour, feeling grotty.
Days 58-60: Out of action.
Day 61: Out with the dog for about 5 k. Plus a bit of wood splitting.
Day 63: 6km run around the block.
@reeksy love Noosa, spent a lot of time there, lovely part of Aus.
It's a great spot but overrun with tourists these days. We only really go there for mtb as the Tewantin trails are good fun.
A very wet and slippery White Peak ride with friends today...
Not much time today but went for a walk while the girl played hockey. Went down Polton Glen and matched back up to put some strain through the system. Back to running tmrow evening, all being well.
