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Still on track here combination of road rides tai chi and yesterday tried paddle boarding. Both my sisters turned out to be quite a lot better at it than me.
D16
Lots of walking in circles and up and down doing a reccy for the band photo shoot
Day 16 (already?)
Mrs S is doing "dip-a-day" for October and, though I'll not be joining her every day, it started this afternoon in Loch Vaa.
Water was 12.4c so 30 minutes still possible, but that'll not remain so for much longer.
Garmin Connect has an outage, currently no sync to Strava. How can I be sure today’s ride even happened 😱
Still hanging in there, bike park fun yesterday followed by a long walk today.
Does going to a gig count? PJ Harvey tomorrow evening, not sure how I'll manage to squeeze anything else in other than some sit ups and press ups during the day...
Haven't been to a gig in years...
Rode Friday eve with StevenMenmuir, rode yesterday with my daughter, rode to the tennis courts today for an hour of smashing some poor wee balls about. Although I technically failed last Monday, this is still a motivation to do something every day. Run tomorrow I think.
Hung over after wife's birthday do last night, bed about 3am.... Then took daughter and friends to one of those aqua park things this afternoon for an early birthday do. Struggled through 30inutwa on the rowing machine.
Day #16 eMtb ride this morning 32 km in 1 hour 41 minutes. Love love love this bike, was smiling the whole ride.
Walked wombat later 3.5 km in 54 minutes, Wombat enjoyed it.
A wet uplift day at BPWDay 16: on my feet most of the day touristing around Salzburg inc. a hike on Untersberg.
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Hour and a half (13.6 miles) on the ebike in Derbyshire slop yesterday
After a week of covid joy, thought I'd test out my asthmatic lungs this morning with a gentle bike ride. Result of the test is it hurts 😂 Most definitely not what I'd originally planned for the last bike ride of my 40s. Still, I got out and it was gooood 😁
Walk and a gym session on day 15, social bike ride for 16. HIIT class tonight I think?
A wet uplift day at BPW
Me too,.. was probably 10 yards to your right in that photo.
Would have done this weekend anyway (cwm carn sat, bpw sun) but the point of this challenge for me is that I now must do something today when I really really dont feel like it.
I've also reactivated my zwift and did two evening sessions thursday and friday, again motivated by this thread.
Been away for the last 4 days in Spain. Bed at 2:30 am after a couple of quiet drinks (idiot) followed by a 6am alarm, flight back to blighty and train journey saw me get back home about 4:30pm UK time.
Short 11 mile spin on the MTB to try and quell my moaning guts seemed to do the trick.
17. Pilates with Nicole.
A glute burner of a session which she teased with 3 false ends to class. She must really hate beginners.
I spent 30 mins with Nicole today. It hurt.
Way too much disclosure 😉
I managed a walk to, and from, the pub with Mrs Fazzini. Well, it is my birthday.
Anybody spotted Houns yet?
18. Short sharp ride up and down my local hill. 1hr 10 mins. 👌🏻
@scotroutes - Nicole knows how to administer the pain! Kind of glad it’s not just me she’s hurting.
Day 17: walking round Munich (any fitness gains immediately drowned at Oktoberfest!)
Day 18: Reimer parkrun (Oktoberfest-affected)
Chances of me completing this challenge i.e. doing 'some' exercise every day: 51%
Chances of me getting the day numbers correct: 49%
Day 18 was a ride at Afan, the Penhydd trail. Every time I do it I'm reminded that they've not maintained the thing at all since the rebuild after the 10 year closure so the drops on Revelation are now crap as you land on a mess of jagged rocks. Knew I should have just done Blue Scar twice instead!
Now then, where did I get to?
Saturday was weights I think, Sunday was busy with dutiful son in law shenanigans so just an hour or so walk with the fam. Last night was wobbling as karate was cancelled again and I just couldn't be arsed with the weights or turbo and was too wet in the fields for a run so stuck about 30kg of rocks in a rucksack and did half a dozen hill repeats up the drive (250m ish). Tonight was 40 mins of weights/bodyweight and a bit of kata to warm down. Noticing a slight improvement, am on reps of 4 chin ups now as opposed to 2-3ish at the start (as opposed to 12-14 two years ago :\ ). Still totes swole, though bro... around the middle. Not lost any weight yet at all which surely can only be explained as fat morphing in to cast iron muscle
Sunday - Digging and mattocking at community garden and a walk
MOnday - out on the bike
Tuesday - finished work late so an evening walk
Today - managed to get out on the bike again up to Stanage.
40 mins or so of easy-ish running this afternoon.
20 mins swimming with Mrs S in Loch Pityoulish. First time in a wetsuit for aaages. I'd forgotten about the bouyancy, which felt really weird in the wee waves being kicked up by the wind.
My easiest day to date, half hour walk. Back at it tomorrow with more effort. Going to be a long haul.
Swim this morning 06.30 - try to do one swim every week - bike commuting Thurs and Fri.