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Day 49 - part 2.
As I was only in the water for 10 minutes or so this morning, I did a couple of laps if a wee loop in High Burnside this afternoon, chasing waterfalls again.
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Hours walk and 77 minutes at the outdoor gym. Gorgeous day for the time of year. I think yesterday's stretchers were a good idea as well.Of for a pint of John Smiths now.
OK I fell off the wagon this weekend
Wife & I stayed in London for our anniversary, hit a few bars , spent a a fortune and missed out on 3 days of exercise !
Im back on it now, wet & cold nightride tonight to punish myself
Day 49, had to wait until midday to get past the tiredness that is quickly creeping in. Turbo session using wahoo systm app, 28.3 km in 60 minutes.
Headachy and sore from yesterday, am hoping the headaches are just the cold weather and nothing else. Maybe we could run this challenge again when it’s warmer and a little easier to get motivated to do. Just saying.
@stanley top effort sir. Hope it’s all going well.
Some great pics above, would love to try the loch swimming, but man that looks cold.
Maybe we could run this challenge again when it’s warmer and a little easier to get motivated to do.
LOL - I think you're missing the point 🙂
Day 49 - no chance today, Thursdays are always awfully busy and still haven't stopped. So no exercise today unfortunately. Planning a bike ride whilst kids are at school tomorrow though.
Day 50 - Half way mark, feeling good. Ride to top of the local hill today, twice. Felt decent afterwards so fitness is improving. Good to get out on the bike of course.
Day 50 - woohoo made it half way !
Swim today 2.66 km in 60 minutes, very lazy stretched out stroke and rate, yet according to garmin much quicker 100m rate than normal. Maybe slow is fast after all.
Day 50 - no breaks!
I'd pictured doing something truly memorable but household "issues" meant I couldn't get enough time away. I made do with a 36km ride on Zwift this morning then another Loch Vaa session with Mrs S and friends. After the overnight lows of minus 6C, the water temperature had dropped from yesterdays 9.1C to todays 8.1C. Time to start restricting time in the water I think. Once acclimatised, it's too easy to forget the physiological impact of the low temperatures so managing duration is critical.
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Lots of kudos to all those still participating, whether you've skipped a few days or not. Seeing/reading about everyone else's efforts keeps me going!
I was planning on getting some photos on the ride today, there are some wonderful views from the top of our local hill. Alas I am not in the habit of doing so, completely forgot until I came home.
tough week this one.
tuesdays commute to work was in torrential rain, so took the quicker route which is only 20mins, when i finally left the office just after six, i discovered my front light either succummed to the rain or i accidentally left it on - absolutely no safe way to get back, had to call the missus for a lift.... so now my suit is in the wrong place, my bike is in the wrong place and my bike shoes are still damp.
roll on Wed - back to Ju Jitsu and the colder damper weather is telling through my knee (broken 1 year ago, next week)
Thursday was out on the MTB reminding myself how to ride a bucking bronco with pedals, mostly sideways 🙂
Friday was a rough day at work and i failled to get into the gym before going home....frankly gutted that my first missed day was D.50.
now to pick myself up and get back on it.
Anyone else expecting to see the 2023 @scotroutes calendar on sale soon?? 🤔😉😉
Day 51 - pull up bar out and a calisthenics app workout. Approx 40 mins worth, not too difficult so think I'll have to step it up to the next level. It's very easy workouts at the moment and a long way to go before I have actual upper body strength.
Actually went for an actual bike ride today. Weird.
Second fail on Friday 😔 Wife’s car broke down so had to drive out to meet her and get that sorted and then girls had swimming club championships so the day just got away from me.
This morning was supposed to be a road ride with the cycling club but wet and cold so took the gravel bike out for a spin instead.
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Anyone else expecting to see the 2023 @scotroutes calendar on sale soon??
Have a look at the previous years, I reckon you might be on to something?
I can and have for some time now, only dreamt about what @scotroutes gets up to 😀.
My bad knee only kept me grounded for one day and I’ve been pedalling again for the last three days.
The colours and light you have, at late afternoon this time of year is really special and is motivating me to get out for the last throws of daylight. The winter wildlife is returning to Norfolk, I’ve already seen fields full of Pink Foot’s and a Hen Harrier with the real bonus of regular encounters with a Barn Owl.
The second half of this challenge is definitely the hardest but most rewarding when next summer you realise that the effort you made has paid dividends. Keep on keeping on.
It's the weekend, so an opportunity to get together with a few of the guys and introduce them to a couple of spots they'd not visited before. Two gravel and two "XC" MTBs meant that pacing was a bit variable as the surfaces changed through the route. Only 27km and 360m of ascent, but it seemed more than that!
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Photos: Yep - I am making a special effort to document my days at the moment. I'll go back to being lazy about it after Xmas 🙂
Day 51, turbo session 28.1 km in 60 minutes. Easy spin on the turbo.
@scotroutes nice rainbow pic. Weather looks good there.
Well, I can't even get close to the majesty of @scotroutes scenery, but in a couple of spots I can pretend I'm back in the Highlands 😂 not a long ride but just nice to be back out 'properly'.
Eh?
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Day 52, swim 3.08 km in 65 minutes, much quicker than normal, which I’m sure is all down to this challenge.
Weather is total rubbish today, so not planning on going outdoors if I can help it.
Is that thisisnotaspoon in the pic above ?
Beautiful sunny and warm day here.Where the hell are you?
Saturday I took it easy, just parked at the opposite end of town to what I needed and walked the scenic way through a few parks. Did about 2 miles and was so much better than just nipping down an escalator and back up again if I'd used the car park above the shop I was going to! Would have walked into town and back but that's 4 mile and I was going elsewhere afterwards.
Today (day 52?) I've just done the longer route on the Tour of Makuri on Zwift. Got caught up in a decent group that pushed each other all the way round as it was a long way back to the next group, a proper workout and good fun. No IRL riding this weekend and no chance the next one either so a bit disappointed about that as I really like being out in the woods during the change of season.
Lots of kudos to all those still participating, whether you’ve skipped a few days or not. Seeing/reading about everyone else’s efforts keeps me going!
Says the guy who has the best pictures of the thread every time! Helps me keep going though so keep on getting motivation from everyone else.
Eh?
@scotroutes it's a little bit of random cross-country cutlery. Doesn't everyone have a piece of cutlery hiding on their trails??? 🤔🤔🤔😂😂😂
Beautiful sunny and warm day here.Where the hell are you?
Nowhere exotic - Surrey. It’s rained a lot and now just dreary, grey and miserable. Looks much better weather in @scotroutes pics.
It’s been damp and miserable all weekend but still managed a couple of hours out both yesterday and today.
I probably wouldn’t have gone out this morning if I not for this challenge, I went out, got wet but not cold but really enjoyed myself even if the weather was poor. Got me thinking, it’s very rare that I regret getting out on the bike even for just an hour. I always feel better for it.
Done a lot of pedalling so going to work on resistance training this week to make up for missing a few sessions.
Was warm and sunny in the NE earlier.Didnt really take advantage of it😐.Just and hours hike.Will pick it up again tomorrow subject to this sore throat I've got.
Day 52 - couple of mooches about the town. Probably around 3 hours total. Nothing strenuous just nice to get out, even if weather is a bit naff.
Day 52. Another day, another loch.
Headed round to Loch Garten for another dip. Caught some afternoon sunshine but the water is down to 7.7c - the coldest so far this season.
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I'll hit the home gym later for some weights and yoga.
Day 52. Another day, another loch.
Disappointing. Lacking cutlery 😂😂😂
There's deffo got to be a wild swimming calendar in the offing though
Hour on the MTB this afternoon once the rain stopped.
Quiet a hareem you have there Colin.Not bad for an old fella!
Day 53 - had all intentions of doing some form of specific exercise this evening. Then got playing the drums and now it's almost sleep time. I got my heart rate up in that near 90mins of trying to write and play something that doesn't yet exist, plus I did a bit more shuffling about at work/after work than I normally would.
Day 53 - 45 minutes on Zwift at a bit of a lick.
Still maintaining the streak. (Not done that ftp test I promised yet though).
Zwift has been my saviour throughout this challenge, plus rolling around the living room floor with free weights.
Has anyone managed a full 53 and counting where all activities are outdoors?
Day 53, turbo session using wahoo systm app 28.3 km in 60 minutes.
Likewise the turbo setup has been invaluable in staying on track through this.
Also walked the dog for 1/2 hour & then did the blasted bloody physio exercises for 15 minutes. Neither of which I was interested in, or wanted to do.
Hungover trundle in to town to collect the car yesterday followed by a dank and brooding walk round grizedale with the fam.
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Was lying on the bed before, seriously considrring sacking it off but made myself get up and do 45 mins on the weights. Bloody wide awake now!.
Day 54, very early doors swim - 2.2 km in 48 minutes. Overall pace about 10s per 100m fast than normal. But I felt quicker this morning, despite exercising every day for approaching two months.
Quick look at the metrics recorded by garmin and ok, 500m of this swim was at 1m 45s pace, not olympic standard or remotely "fast", but much quicker than I have been going.
This kind of goes against the widely held belief that you should have frequent genuine rest days in-between training days. Now I know I'm on the road back to fitness and all that, but I'm still surprised. I'll take the win though.
Very atmospheric pic @thestabiliser
I'm still at it - not done as well as previous years but I'm plugging away. I've done a bit of yoga because my body seems to need it but I've ridden my bike a decent amount too.
It seems a lot wetter than previous years. It's good in a motivational sense but do we think we'll ever get frosty clear winter days again now the climate's wrecked?
Plenty of Edinburgh gravel-
Spent a weekend tearing about on our old tandem for our wedding anniversary, pedalling from social engagement to social engagement for 20 miles. Included some spicy moments with a failed cotter pin.
Some nice sun in amongst the rain clouds on the edge of Edinburgh-
7.5 mile round trip to get some Georgian food when I should have driven-
Several very, very wet days riding in the Lakes-
A severe lack of photos here from the last couple of days, but I'm still in it. There have been a couple of days where I've been doing 30min recovery rides, but as I'd almost certainly have just taken the day off I'm counting them. Otherwise it was a 60km road ride on Saturday, and a tough 32km trail race on Sunday. First time I've had a bib number on since July and it was great 🙂
30 minutes of stretching, yoga and weights in the backyard.It seems I need 2/3 easier days a week.Mind,with my achilles issues, that's probably a good thing.
Out on the bike tomorrow.Hope @stanley is OK.
The day started off badly. I'd planned a ride from Rhynie to Dufftown and back - for the magazine I write for. However, the road was closed at a bridge and they were pouring concrete today so other plans had to be made. As a result, we did two wee loops from Rhynie - one to the Cabrach and one to the Suie. That's 730m of climbing for 43km of cycling.
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This evening I joined Mrs S for her dip-a-day. We'd been planning a moonlight swim for a while and it all came together tonight. Full moon, calm, not too cold (air 8.5, water 7.3)
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Thanks @monkeycmonkeydo,
It's been a tough few days following the chemo last Thursday. This is always the hardest week.
I have managed to do something every day though... Quite a few ebike rides and easy walks in the Peak. Going out for "picnics" has been great for my motivation!
Day 54 - squeezed in a session of my calisthenics app workout on the pull up bar. I should stop calling it calisthenics cos it's really just bodyweight workouts until I become strong enough to actually pick myself up. Started on the next level of difficulty and not too bad, don't want to push my luck though as my wrist is still recovering.
I can also sense frustration kicking in now, as per previous attempts at this. This is normally down to putting these sessions of exercises before doing anything very hobby specific i.e. drumming. I simply don't have enough time to do both most days. Maybe I need to find a way to do a more physical drum workout to get my cardio improving alongside the drumming.
@stanley - Mrs S was going through chemo last year and also had tougher weeks. Like you, she felt it was important not to "give in" to it so tried to do a little exercise most days, even if that was just a very short walk. Just getting outside for fresh air was a huge lift for her.