Day 29?: Busy day today, so after work I combined some errands with walking in the dark drizzle, instead of taking the car. I got more than 30 minutes of walking in, but also dropped tomorrow’s lunch (a bought sarnie) which exploded on the filthy wet pavement. Definitely couldn’t apply the 3 second rule. Pah!

I’ll do a  quick yoga vid before bed.

Hopefully some running/gym tomorrow evening.

Daughter’s birthday so just a 30 minutes home workout on youtube tonight.

Council Health Ride last night – celebratory Jelly Babies were shared mid way round as Ian celebrated 2000 miles for the year.

Some yoga with Kassandra tonight, and then real life yoga with Paul tomorrow night – one of our clubmates is a yoga instructor and does weekly sessions through the winter which are always packed to capacity.

Day 30: Just walking between the office and station today. Ride to work day tomorrow…and I’m working at home.

30 – paddleboarding with the girl today.

Didn’t bring our own paddleboard, wetsuits, boots, lifejackets with us thinking it’s a bit chilly now and she doesn’t take well to the cold. Day one here, ask what she’d like to do this week – paddle boarding, obviously. So we paid through the nose to hire board and wetsuit (no boots or gloves), 2hr minimum rental and after 1hr it’s too cold. One day I’ll learn: bring EVERYTHING.

2 hours of drizzle and mud today…………….   ace.

Stinking cold but managed an 11k walk with the dog.

I also seem to have tweaked some muscles or tendons or something in my inner thighs, doing squats last night! Long walks don’t seem to help…

Day 31: 1.5 hours before breakfast around the dam, through the forest, past the zoo and home for breakfast and trying to stay awake in front of the pc.

@munrobiker – do you do any form of sleep tracking? I wear my Garmin watch 24/7 and I’ve seen how a drop in HRV is often followed up with some sort of illness, resulting in poor performance.

Gym yesterday, treadmill run today.

My Garmin seems pretty good at working out when I’m going to struggle the next day(s). Well more than normal anyway. Sadly defo affected by alcohol (sleep score/HRV)

Fartlek today. Because I am still a child, I giggled when I read the workout name. I am not laughing now. More lying down in a pool of sweat. Still 50 mins on the Dreadmill is still more engaging then the same time on the Turbo.

I had every intention of running outside as it’s a balmy 16 degrees. Rain torrents – however warm – put me right off.

Day 31, escaped for a run while family went to the aquarium. It was planned in the wet but driving down there I was even doubting I’d go out in it. Glad I did, love being out in big rain as you get the place to yourself. 10km on the nose, including getting a bit off-route.

Day 31: finally arrived home. Just had time for yoga with Kassandra before some family birthdays celebrations.

Day 32: 1.5 hour singletrack heaven reverse loop. Good fun doing tracks you know backwards for a fresh perspective. Strava says I’m getting fitter… which is nice.

Longer dog hike this morning as normal route flooded. The brook we normally just jump over was impassible without a kayak or a bailey bridge! Dog didn’t seem to mind as she found lots of mud to roll in. Stunning views as the sun burned off the mist. A good morning to be out – esp as we had a power cut!

Multi day update

day #29 – 2.5 km pool swim in 51 minutes and 30 min stroll with wombat and my daughter

day #30 – turbo session on the Wattbike for 61 minutes indicated 30.6 km at 175w average, using the wattbike app and irritatingly Wattbike have a tech issue, so myself and countless others have rides stuck in the app, that aren’t being published to the Wattbike hub and not to Strava etc, frustratingly Wattbike haven’t published acknowledgment of the issue, well not that I’ve found. Hey ho

day #31 – 2.46 km pool swim in 48 minutes, early doors session as soon as the gym opened, not done that in a while, bloody hard to get going that early. Annoying developed a shoulder injury / shooting pain late in the day –  somehow from work. Probably how I’ve been sitting and moving, but annoying.

day #32 (today I hope 17 Oct) – shoulder too sore to swim, so 30 minutes of physio exercises, then lunchtime turbo session on the Wattbike using TrainerRoad which worked well, for 60 minutes at 174w, indicated 29.7 km

for the next few days my activities will be mainly yoga / physio exercises and walking,

won a watch today, lovely extended lunchtime dog walk, warmish, sunny.  Back home an hour ago and back at my desk just before the heavens opened !

No one wanted to go riding tonight. Can’t say I was that bothered as it’s going to be blooming horrible out there.

Hill sprints on the Dreadmill. Almost wished I’d gone out and got muddy!

I’ve had a couple of really lovely twilight/early evening runs recently and decided I wanted that same experience on a bike, so headed out quite late in the day for a wee local loop on the Topstone.

I wasn’t disappointed.

Sun had already set by this point, but the camera compensates.

Hunters “super”moon.

Day 33: out to the coast and back for a 1:30 spin before breakfast