Still going.Out on the e-bike for a trip along the Tees to sunny Stockton.Bloomin cold after dark.Weight training tomorrow.
Still going, however becoming a challenge as have knee pain, which is getting physio treatment this week coming, so giving the bike a break. Combination of swimming, yoga, some body weight stretching, plus dog walks will have to cover it for now..
I may have technically failed on Friday. Only managed a lunchtime walk and while I was out the house for 45mins I spent time with the kid so moving time was less. Heh-ho, the intention was there.
Climbing yesterday. Today has low grade options.
Still going. Lots of different activities; swim, ride, gym, gym circuits, Yoga, shoulder rehab, treadmill, turbo and some hilly hikes. Definitely enjoying it more this year due to a bit more variation. Next week looks the same. Probably need to get some longer rides in, but having a bit of a post dry trails motivation crisis!
Not really run much lately due to a troublesome knee. But strengthening in the gym and lots of pre/post run stretching, back up to 5 miles with no pain so far. Going very steady tho.
Oh and risked the scales this morning. A KG gone since the start of the challenge. Although I suspect that is more a consequence of knocking booze on the head in the week, and then not caning it at the weekend. Still need to lose another KG to get back to my pre-splatter bone weight. Should be doable by the end of the challenge.
Knee,elbow and occasional shoulder issues here to.Lol.The joys of aging.
Got out for a 10km run while girl was at hockey. Lovely autumn conditions put a spring in my step and inadvertently dropped some hilly segment PBs. As expected my ITB started niggling at the end but stopped before it came to much, so hopefully a good conditioning run in that sense.
Off geocaching now!
Good outdoor pool session this morning, finished just before the rain started 😁. Good to be back at it after a bare minimum weekend as resting the sore knees. Half way tomorrow…. 🤞
Knee,elbow and occasional shoulder issues here to.Lol.The joys of aging.
Yeah i'm falling to pieces here too, got locked in to a jumping battle with the coaches down at Manchester BMX, 4 of us , with a combined age of about 206 trying to be the first to nail all 4 jumps on the 3rd straight. My knees were in tatters yesterday and no better today, pump track with the lad on Sunday probably didn't help.
Nice night ride round the woods last Monday, a bit of rain had the trails running perfectly
Ketlebell on tuesday evening
Yoga on Wednsday
Then afternoon at Northampton bikepark with the family on thursday
20k on Local bridleways with the eldest 2 on Friday morning
Saturday 2.5hrs in the pool with the kids at the halloween inflatables disco , despite being hell on earth I managed to get 30 lengths in
Yesterday skateboarding in the morning
And yep got a dodgy knee and now elbow that hurts every time I pull up on a jump!
Perhaps next year,we could do the old cripples 100 day challenge.
Swam this lunchtime, 1.5km in various "reps". Was good.
I'm out, flu for last 10days. Totally flattened. Leaving it another week while my coughing subsides
Snot demon popped back in, but dragged myself onto the treadmill last night. Swim and Gym circuits today.
Read an article in the Guardian about how your exercise regime needs to change as you get older. It made a lot of good points, but it was a bit depressing so I won't bother linking it 😉
Missed about 13 days over the last three weeks due to COVID and life but picking back up again now. Karate last night, actual mountain biking sunday, decent walk saturday, 5 hours of concrete mixing and pouring Friday, Thursday bit of a walk but a bit naff, weds gym and double karate mon Tuesday last week. Just typing this to make me cycle to the shop after tea, rather than being lazy and jumping in the car, gym tomorrow.
Fun evening trying out the new Hoka Mafate 5s followed by a Q&A with endurance superstar Jenny Tough
Soaked on e-bike ride tonight.Still enjoyed it mind.Only concern were for the motor and battery which seem fine
Decided it wasn't fair to inflict the snot demon on a busy gym class in a not terribly well ventilated room.
So jumped on the turbo, saw there was a "Zwift Unlock" about to start. Beasted myself for 55 minutes to attain a podium chasing 256th position. Being competitive and rubbish is not a good combination. Wobbled off, did some weights and something between stretching and yoga for half an hour and took the rest of the evening off 😉
Meant to be riding tonight but it appears we are in day 3 of 40 days and nights of rain here, so I think I'll get soaked in the pool instead.
Stretching and body weight session this morning, on the back of a sore knee shockwave therapy session yesterday afternoon.
6.28 mile walking around the Somme tonight.At least it sounded like it.Probably quieter in the Donbass at the moment.
Treated myself to a rare away-day down at Findhorn, hoping to avoid the rain.
I didn't.
Good fun on the trails though, even if the beach was out of bounds due to the high tide.
Like yer fat bike!
Like yer fat bike!
It's not been getting much use recently so I thought I'd better dust it off before it snows!
Think we're about half way-ish now and I'm still in. Primarily down to somewhat lax adjudication on my part that has counted some dog walks and stretching sessions. However, it has got me doing something every day. And on many of those days nothing would have happened without the challenge. So, so far so good.
dog ealks and stretching definitely counts!
did Yoga on Monday, kettlebell last night and as it was my birthday went for a lunchtime skate today
Happy Birthday!!
Happy Birthday kimbers.Don't get to drunk,you have a physical challenge to complete!That's some skate park for a residential area by the way.
Happy Birthday kimbers.Don't to drunk,you have a physical challenge to complete!That's some skate park for a residential area by the way.
Cheers! Its Cantellowes skatepark in Camden which is a 10 min cycle from my work, the only problem is that its full of very very good teenagers making me look like a crap old guy- though Im not the oldest there- the music in the background is being played by a guy in his late 50s who is always there doing flatland BMX stuff
Missed a couple of days through a bout of covid - but back to it - had a good week so far - Sat 5k park run, Sun bike 28 miles, Mon 2.5k swim, Tues 10k run, Wed 28 mile bike, today 2.5k swim. My swimming is improving - aiming for 3k in the hour. Running is still dire though...
Good to get outside this afternoon, spookily warm though .. 😎
Pentlands Running last night, Yogalates today.
Strava tells me 197 activities this year which is good and I haven't logged all for the 100.
No no, it's all fine, perfectly normal. Carry on.
day 52 unseasonably warm night ride in the woods
5k run after work last night , damp but still warm.
my first run in s while as I was worried about my dodgy knee, but it held up fine and its a tiny bit stiff this morning
Park run this morning - done.
Golfie in the dark last night. Could have ridden in a t-shirt.
on my Thursday night ride I got half way round cursing my choice of long sleeve jersey and trousers, when i remembered my enduras have zip off lower legs, so did the second half in shorts.
I nearly died of heat exhaustion at the indoor BMX track on Thursday night, it was ridiculous. Normally in November it's baltic in there
Friday was (finally getting around to) a Dalwhinnie Distillery tour & tasting my daughter bought for me last Christmas. Rather than sort out logistics for travelling home afterwards, it was a walk into a remote loch for food and sleep before heading back out this morning.
A fine outing!
Still going here too. This past week has been a mix of Zwift races, dog walks and a barbell session at the gym on Wednesday.
Yesterday I had a go at the Moray Way, 8h 15mins, the last two of which were in the dark, a grand day out.
I think the plan is for a gentle 5k run today 😎
Also still going. The previous two weeks of travelling have needed to be a combination of the odd run or bike along with just getting out for a walk when the opportunity arrived. Nothing very exciting or intense, but all beyond what I’d normally have done.
Back to normal over the past few days, with a 10k trail run, weights and Zwift.
Diary reads Swim-Turbo-MTB ride-Yoga-Swim-MTB ride-Turbo with a couple of collarbone rehab/weights sessions chucked in between meetings in the day. The Yoga got me out of trouble after a very long day in London. Really did not want to do anything when I finally got home but thought, it's day fifty something, be stupid to miss a day now.
Just done a new to me Zwift route: Power to the Tower. Would not recommend 🙁
40 minute train to fail routine at the outdoor gym. Despite damp and cold weather my knee survived but my elbow pain/stiffness afterwards is a worry.I Might try the indoor pool this week for the first time in 25 years.Hoping it might help loosen things up a bit.
Still chugging along.
Still going.
Friday - night MTB at Golfie.
Saturday - yogalates and a family walk
Sunday - a wee local (birthday) MTB.
At this point, last week was a busy one for me so was knackered. Early night, 10+ hours sleep only ended by my alarm.
Today - a lunchtime stroll in the sun. Might do some stretching later if it fits in.
Good outdoor pool 2.5k this morning. Trying to avoid the Wattbike for a bit as it seems to be aggravating my sore knee, for some weird reason. It is setup identically to my road and gravel bikes, suspect it’s just the static nature of riding it for an hour plus, so once back on it will limit session duration..
Still going here, mostly bike rides with a couple of local walks round the woods.
1Kms lunchtime swim - got a 1 hour Zwift workout this evening to add to the excitement.
After yesterday's outdoor gym work I was struggling with aches and pains through the night.So today was a one hour ebike ride along the Tees.Got wet again but it's only water or so I tell myself.
Monday night club run. 10.5km including some unfamiliar (and up-to-now) unmapped tracks.
Cold/drizzle, so Amazon "winter bike" down to Kingussie and back including lunch
Happy Coosday
Cold/drizzle, so Amazon "winter bike" down to Kingussie and back including lunch
Happy Coosday
Cold/drizzle, so Amazon "winter bike" down to Kingussie and back including lunch
Happy Coosday
Missed last weeks Bootcamp at the Gym. Back last night, full on noodle arms today.
Not sure the MTB night ride is happening later. Absolutely filthy out there.
So it'll be "Fatman to the Shedmobile" 🙂
Flu jag earlier today so it’s going to be a longer dog walk today methinks…
I had my flu jab a couple of weeks ago and didn't experience any side-effects other than a strange "after-taste" for a wee while afterwards. I've had that same sensation previous years too.
^^^ I usually get a reaction of mild /moderate cold symptoms for up to 48hrs, starting about 8-12hrs after the jab, here’s hoping not this time 🤞.
45 min walk just done, dog is happy.
Fine after my jab.Went out on my e-bike for an hour or so.
Just back from an outdoor swim in Storm Claudia - weight lifting class tonight.
I managed a decent swim and yoga class yesterday, the day after the flu jab, as for once I had really no side effects, bar a slightly achy arm.
Today was a brisk 50 min walk with the dog, absolutely Baltic here in hilly south Lanarkshire with a cutting east wind and air temp of 3 degrees.
hoping to test out the dodgy knee on gravel bike on Sunday. Not sure what tomorrow will be yet..
Snow on the ground at street level today but managed a 60km gravel ride punctuated by cafe/pub stops.
Yoga / yogalates the past 2 days. Got out for a ride at lunch of local road laps. What day are we on?
I'm on day 892 😉
Park run this morning - conditions in West Yorkshire - filthy. Still 1st in my age category - this means basically no-one else in my age category turned up. Still a win is a win............
Badminton, Zwift, Run, MTB, Zwift, Trail Run...this is my life now, I'll be lost after Christmas 😳
Just scraped through today with a crispy frosty dog walk, after less than 3 hours sleep last night after a dodgy Chinese takeaway 🙄
Did an "expedition" with cubs yesterday - 5/6 mile walk across the Pentlands to the Bonaly camp for an overnight stay in a freeze box. Was on my feet almost the entire day, 23000 steps.
Tired today so a 40 minute yoga session before hosing myself down of camp fire of the aroma
PS must be day 62 for us mere mortals?
^Well done.I seemed to get tired after 16,567 steps yesterday.I blame the Omelette meal at the Corner cafe for weighing me down.
Icy walk today😎👌
Monday - a 25 minute run plus small kettle bell session, mostly legs. Never ceases to amaze how you can run and cycle plenty, but do a seemingly "light" weights session and my legs are in bits.
Tuesday - swim. 1250m with some reps/burst to try and build speed.
Today - running tonight in the snowy Pentlands.
Not updated in a while but still going
Saturday b4 was skatepark with the kids, sunday skatepark again, Yoga Monday, , quite a bit of riding around and then skateboard again wednesday(fell over) , night ride on Wednesday was great, skateboard on Thursday, kettlebell workout on Friday, Yoga saturday, Muddy ride round the woods on SUnday plotting route for next weeks cub hike, cheeky lunch skateboard on monday and then yoga last night
20,000+ steps around the parks this afternoon.Feels a bit more tiring than doing it in summer.Mind,I think the temps were sub zero.Must try and break out of my,hiking,cycling,weights and stretching straight jacket and do some other activities.
PS just remembered my e-scooter is back from the repair shop tomorrow.I can wrestle that about like one of the local drug dealers.
freezing 5k run last night, I think the cold made me faster
I'm oot.
Had a day off last week, ended up working a 14 hour day, the Mrs did the school runs and at the end of it just wanted a beer and to slob on the sofa.
Garmin still says i need 55 hours to recover from the weekends BMX sessions and i'm back at the indoor tonight.
