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Day 83 (7 Dec) - 4.06 km swim in 82 minutes, not fast but steady. Good to be able to complete that distance. Walk with Wombat at lunchtime 3.3 km in 44 minutes, nice to get out at during the daylight and actually see where we are walking.
day 84 - 2.48 km swim in 49 minutes, bit quicker, missed out on 1 length as there was a H&S issue that meant they had to close the main pool. Walked Willa later 2 km in 30 minutes, so it counts sort of.
I must confess my euphoria about not being that tired has evaporated, I’m absolutely friggin exhausted. Managed to get ear ache, and now have that feeling of over tiredness you get from Classic over training. But only a few weeks to go.
Day 84. Shit nights sleep due to lurgy but thought I'd best try for a wee run this morning. Felt OK running at Zone 2 so managed 13km. Amazing how much of the snow has melted in the past 48 hours.
Followed that up with another 25 minute stretching session
now have that feeling of over tiredness you get from Classic over training
So have an easier day. Recovery is important.
Day 85 (9 dec) - ignored the sensible advice above in the pursuit of going for it come what may, did a turbo session using the stoopid wahoo app for 1 hour 25 minutes, 43 km at 185w, which was harder work than I expected.
Walked Willa later 47 minutes for 3.4 km, bloody windy and cold. Done.
I missed about a week or so (work and travel). Hope it offends nobody if I keep posting; I find this whole thing pretty useful motivation and missed it when I couldn’t keep going.
Got in the gym this evening for a decent sesh and feeling it now. I’m in West Africa and it’s humid as flip. Meh, I don’t have Prince Andrew’s medical condition.
Day 86 (10 dec) - swim 3.8 km (2.3 miles) in 78 minutes, which given I don’t feel great is really bloody good. Quick scan of the lap data and most of my 100m’s are in the 1:40 range, but clearly I run out of energy and then do a 2:20 100m to recover. Need to work on that. Still haven’t got the hang od rehydration either whilst swimming. Hey ho.
walked Wombat later 3.4 km in 48 minutes. Done for today.
two weeks to go.
I was motivated by the last time you guys ran through this. I dont post on here but i record pretty much everything i do on myfitnesspal or on my apple health. What it did for me is amazing because if i look at my apple health app now my average daily workout total for 2023 has been 1h37. I log my morning dog walks, my lunch break walks + my weights routines. Ive even recently added a weight vest to my morning dog walks to up the intensity and get the heartrate up.
Never been stronger.
Dont just do it in the run up to christmas. Do it all year.
Day 87. Lurgy is clearing (at least I got a better nights sleep). Walked a lap of Loch Morlich with Mrs S after lunch. Then did the club run this evening. With a warning that I was a bit off colour, I actually ran off the front a bit and ended up doing really pretty well!
@TheLittlestHobo - You're correct to say that it good to make the effort for the full year. This annual challenge comes along a time when it is perhaps a little bit easier to lapse into too many "days off" with weather playing a part and the the festive season at the end of it. It's a good way of helping provide a little extra motivation to not just carry on exercising, but to do "a little bit extra".
My VeloViewer stats for the year so far...
Weather has been honking so to get out was a real treat today...
Loch Katrine/Loch Arklet some great light and sunshine! Cold though.😎 70 odd miles all told with a couple of recovery drinks in the pub at the end.👌
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@scotroutes phones are ace! Was discussing this with my chum today no need for a camera anymore.🙏
Just a 30 minute dose of Vinyasa yoga (deep stretch, baby!) with Kassandra. It was painful enough on my tight muscles but, without a mat, the hard ceramic tiles under knees and spine was a killer.
Not sure how I’ll fair tomorrow. A couple of brutal travel days ahead, starting at 6 am.
Still plugging away! Managed my first run in over 3 weeks this morning, and it was slow. Not that I'm fast usually, I was just just slower than my usual slow...you could probably best sum up my running pace as 'glacial' 😳. I also discovered that my running jacket is anything but waterproof/resistant and has the hydrophobic qualities of a sponge.
Lots of lovely photos above. Good to hear everyone is still getting out.
I've failed to update for a bit, have still been doing the 30mins each day but managed double lurgy in November so have only really just got going again properly. Trot about after work monday, managed to pop out bouldering yesterday and hoping to get a bit of a ride today.
Weather has been quite mixed, couple of photos from local rides in the lovely frosty spell with a bit of snow at the end of November.
On sunday I decided to do sprints. Find a space, sprint along it, walk back, repeat, he said. I jogged to my "space" as a warm up - about 12 minutes. 1st sprint, nice, walk back, second sprint, better, feels good to really let go, walk back, 3rd spr... ping,ow, ping, ooowwwww. I hobbled home and took some ibruprofen and looked up torn hamstrings on the internet.
The left leg aches a bit still but the right leg really hurts going up stairs.
So the rest of this week has been walking and yt videos for abs and upper body. I realy don't want a reoccurrance so I'll be sticking to that routine until I'm confident again. Skinny girls on the fingernail are no indication of the quality of the content and some of the accompanying music is horrific. Any recommendations for videos to follow are welcome.
I’m full of lurgy and really struggling.
Monday morning I went out first thing for my usual run and it was hard going but I carried on and finished but felt rough for the rest of the day.
Unfortunately it’s been just extended dog walks for me since then, feeling a little bit better now so I’m hoping to get out for a gentle ride tomorrow.
This time last year I was off my feet with flu, which meant I failed at the final hurdle. I’m determined not to let that happen this year.
Took a day off and went for a walk by the sea. First time at the beach for probably over a year. We spent about an hour walking along the shore of the Bristol Channel when the tide was out. It was great… then the dog found something putrid to roll in on the way back to the car. It was a bit cool to have the windows open, but the rancid stench of dead marine life in her fur made it an easy choice.
Day 90.
Hit the gym for an hour of weights earlier and then spent 25 minutes with Ash doing some leg conditioning aimed at improving my running resilience.
As regards balance, I'm definitely stronger on my left foot, even though I'm basically right handed. Still, that gives me something to work on.
But of a long update, as haven’t updated for a few days now.
day 87 (dec 11) - 3km swim in 60 minutes. Walked Wombat later 3.45 km in 43 minutes.
day 88 - nada, fail, fail, fail. Long long busy day, with my teams Xmas lunch in the middle, so I couldn’t even get out for a walk. Lunch was loads of fun though, so good for overall well-being.
day 89 - 2.6 km swim in 51 minutes
day 90 - had to take it easy today, 3.4 km walk in 44 minutes with Willa. Team Xmas do on the night of day 89 🙂
day 91 (dec 15) - 2 mile swim (3.32 km) this morning in 65 minutes, which I think is quite quick for an old guy. Walked Willa the wombat this afternoon 4.2 km in 56 minutes. Done.
Only 9 days to go !
Gym sesh this evening.
Well I'm quite shocked but got a 5k PB this morning according to Garmin/Strava. Parkrun says differently, but I'm taking it 😂
I very rarely weight myself but for Zwift to ensure more accurate wattage you have to - it appears since October i have lost 6 kgs (103-97). Right, off to the gym on the bike (20 mile very convoluted round trip).
I did manage a ride yesterday, a very gentle hour and half, my breathing restricted due to completely blocked sinuses!
Out again this afternoon for another ride which was a little easier but still lots of snot. I definitely feel better than I did and now confident that I can get through the next week.
Tomorrow, the plan is to meet up with friends for a dog walk on the beach which will be fun and also a chance to aid recovery.
been a busy one this week, yoga Monday, kettlebell Tuesday, bodyweight wednesday, Thursday was xmas drinks with old friends so went for a 5k run before work, got under 30mins for 1st time, then skateboard Friday lunchtime, and today dropped wife n kids at panto then a nostalgic ride through the claggy mud & brambles of bridleways on the downs, was treated to an owl circling and divebombing below me
Just a decent walk for me. Maybe 7k. Initially to the bike shop to finally buy a new winter tyre. As I took the dog I just carried on along the riverside.
I’ve been plodding away at this reasonably successfully this year - in previous years I’ve seemed to get lurgied around day 15-20 and fallen off the wagon. I managed a good mix of Zwift, 20km off-road commutes, and hill days until the last couple of weeks, when we’ve hit the pre-Christmas manic phase at work. I’ve ended up recording a lot of my late evening dog walks for the purposes of keeping my tally going on Strava, when I spent 4 days in the last fortnight building raised beds and prepping wild flower planting areas at the local primary school, which I couldn’t realistically record, but which felt like a good outdoor workout!
