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This week has been a bit of a mix, road rides after work on Monday and Wednesday with a weights session in between, Thursday was a shopping ride and yesterday I managed to finish work by lunchtime so had a lovely ride in the afternoon.
Well over halfway now, great effort from everyone still in the game!
Parkrun here too! Beautiful morning. Very cold, but the sunshine was ace! Might go for a short pedal later too 😁 (then again, I might just watch cricket, footie, rugby et al 😂 I'm slow enough that the Parkrun completes my 30 minutes for the day)
Thursday night was30 mins of kata. Took yesterday off work and walked from Broughton Moor Forest up to Dow Crag and OMoC. Original target was Grey Friar but it was fairly icy on the top and so sacked it off. Stunning day though
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Today was an hours walk with family down Ulverston canal
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Day 56.
A Parkrun. Then another. Then another. Then another ...😂
Nah. Just jesting. Did the Dava Way 50km (actually 51.5km) instead. Felt pretty good at the end, actually overtaking a few folk as they tired. I'll try to get some photos up later, but have these in the meantime...
Well done Colin.
Lots of nice photos from everyone above too.
I got back from the Lakes and have been quite busy and dodging the bad weather. Managed to get out each day though quite a few have been walks or short runs. Did the RIde SHeffield Dig Day last Sunday.
Got out yesterday testing the work
photo from the top of Piper house so not quite the bit we worked on!
Headed out today out to Stanage, very busy in the Peak with the nice weather
actually 51.5km
Day 51 .5km??🤯 Thought you'd do better @scotroutes 😜 (terrible joke I know)
Fabulous effort. I struggle to run 5km, never mind 50 of the buggers!!! Well done.
@AndrewL where is that last photo from. It's stunning.
@fazzini - thank you, it's Redmires reservoir, I couldn't quite find the perfect spot to avoid the straggly small trees in the foreground!
Second time of trying to post this, love the stw site.
day 56 - turbo session wahoo app, 40 km in 75 minutes, which was as much as I could do tbh. Walked wombat later 2 km in 33 minutes. Done.
@scotroutes amazing effort on the 51.5 km run.
loving the pics on this thread.
Stunning morning, but bloody cold. Seriously need to re-think my winter footwear set-up. Very painful feet. Worth it for the sunrise though.
@scotroutes - Wow that's amazing. Well done.
Swim for this morning, 1600km or 1 mile in old money. Then about 3 hours of dog walking.
Day 57 - swim 4.04 km in 85 minutes. That’s my distance goal achieved 4 km - 2.5 miles. Now to speed it up, and get onto the running. Wasn’t the quickest session - felt flat and not full of energy, suspect that’s more diet than anything. Also any techniques for not getting cramp in my toes whilst swimming would be most welcome, as this always creeps in towards the end of a long swim.
walked wombat in the rain later for 2 km in 30 minutes.
@fazzini great pics, where is that ?
any techniques for not getting cramp in my toes whilst swimming would be most welcome
85 minutes is a fair time to be exercising at any appreciable effort. I'd be thinking about hydration and salt levels. You might be in the water but you're not absorbing it by osmosis 🙂
Day 57 - Did an hour on Zwift at Zone 1, supposedly "Active Recovery" pace. Boring as hell but it did spin my legs out a bit. Followed up with 30 minutes of stretches with Ash, and then a wee walk. My legs now feel pretty good despite yesterdays exertions. Just a shame about my toes/toenails!
Wanted to get out on the bike today but by the time I had chance it was windy and tipping down so went to the gym. Yesterday I spent a couple of hours helping my mate's mum move house which involved lifting lots of heavy furniture up four flights of stairs so I recorded it. Turned out to be the second most strenuous session of the week!
56. Barely scraped through. Still under the pressure from work, so just a walk to the bike shop and for a trim, a walk with pooch, then some press-ups.
57. Yoga with Kassandra, but went for 35 minutes of intermediate out of curiosity… Oh Lordy!
Day 58 - bit tired today, so walk by the thames during my late lunch 4.35 km in 50 minutes.
The Monday night club gravel ride saw a large group of 4 out tonight! Think 12 sensible people dropped out 😂. Bit breezy to say the least, and a few puddles including one I thought I'd need the RNLI to help with! Glad I got out though. Day trip to Edinburgh for work tomorrow so a walk is in order methinks.
Day 58.
An hour of dog walking - I'm counting because it's not even my bluddy dog 🙂
20 minutes yoga with Ash, an hour of weights and an hour of Zwift. Taking it easy on the latter, with just a wee uptick in effort for the last 5km or so.
No photos today, but here's one of me on the final descent on Saturdays run.
Day 58 - walk 4.1 km in 44 minutes, then 2.25 km walk later in 26 minutes. Very very tired today. Like above work could have completely got in the way today, but my colleague Marina told me to get up and get out for a walk in the rain. Weirdly quite nice walking in the rain, for once it was super quiet on the thames walkways. Still could have done with a total lazy arse day today.
I knew today was going to be busy and possibly a late night so I went for a run early this morning. <br />The street I was working on had a gas leak, everyone was made to leave their houses so I had a free afternoon. <br />Still very breezy but enjoyed a two hour ride mixing up as many off road tracks, trails and riverbank.<i>
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Day 59 - morning swim 3km in 61 minutes, took wombat on a very leisurely walk later 2.2 km in 32 minutes. Done ✅
Morning swim as planned.
Water at 9.5c felt much warmer than the 5c we've been experiencing at home.
Didn't stay in too long but had a good walk around the castle grounds this afternoon to round off the days exercise.
61. Walk and another 30 mins of Yoga with Kassandra.
Been a shit week for me, physically and mentally. No idea why but Monday just went rubbish. Was feeling really good after stuff I'd done last week, but then Monday everything just dropped off a cliff. Really sick of the bloody weather, I just want to not be wet!
Still got out for walks but nothing major until yesterday and didn't Strava anything. Thursday and today have been big walks because I was walking river banks inspecting flood defences for work. Then walked the dog when I got home as well. 25000 steps over rough boggy ground is bloody tiring!
Hopefully doing park run will kick me back into it tomorrow. 🤞