Monday, (64?) was a session on MyWhoosh.

Tonight had parents evening so not much time after. Didn’t really want to go out in the cold but managed a run walk with the dog around the field. Brrrr!

Day 66: An MTB ride around the local frosty trails of Roslin Glen.

Day #66 – actually outside on a bike, multiple trips back and forth to the local ish MOT garage on my Brompton.  pool swim at lunchtime for 2.82 km in 55 minutes. Then walked the dog for half an hour early evening.

Day 67: Rain finally stopped but the gravel was pretty soggy. Couldn’t be arsed with crossing a 40cm floodway so shortened my ride a bit to 25km-ish.

Instead I narrowly skirted Death and got to see the wonky-eared roo again (i’m calling it Twitch).

Hoping to get a big ride in tomorrow.

33 according to Garmin. I’m 48 so happy with that

Bastard! I’m 41 apparently … even though i’m younger than you!

What’s your VO2 max?

Ah, @ads678 must have a really, really old watch then 😉

That’s great – you can definitely be happy with that.

Mine is about 8 under my actual age. Still a rather big number 😉 VoMax is 49 or 50 but really only every get that on the turbo so it’s basically cheating. Still not missed a day but lost zero weight in the last 4 weeks. Pretending it’s muscle mass 😉

Also having trumpeted my ability to achieve a zen like state on the treadmill, one of next weeks workouts looks a bit challenging. That’s going to be a long time going nowhere quite slowly. I did manage a 55:30 10km at 1% incline last week. It hurt tho, this one I think is going to be fully testing and possibly overwhelming my boredom threshold!

@Alex – I’m not sure I could handle 15km on a treadmill. 10km would likely push my patience!

I like to use the treadmill in the gym to try and improve my speed outside by doing intervals. Takes a bit of the boredom away as well, mixing it up. Usually do 3 or 4 minutes of running fast (for me i.e. 5mins per k) then a minute walking at 6kph/10mins per k. I even managed nearly a k at 14kph which is something like 4.15min per k. Did 5k last night on the TM in 27.26 mins, and actually think I could go faster.

If I can take some of the speed or raise my pain threshold outdoors by going harder indoors then i’m happy. I guess I’ll really see next spring when you get the warm sun on your back. Got to keep it up til then though….

I’m enjoying running, but I know that at over 100kgs, I have to take it easy so I don’t kill my calfs or knees!

What day are we on now? 70ish?

Brisk 30 min walk, 30 mins going reasonably hard on the turbo, 30 mins Yoga. A day of 30s 🙂

Proper ride tomorrow so that’s Friday-before-the-pub sorted.

Weekend weather suggests turbo/treadmill are going to see some action.

@scotroutes – I see on the other thread you’re getting a treadmill? Mind me asking which one? We spent ages trying to match our requirements to our budget!

Yesterday I did an hour of weights and today I managed to get out for a sunset ride after work.

Nice pic @sandboy and @scotroutes that’s proper snow you’ve had there!

We didn’t need a folding treadmill so that narrowed the field a bit. Still went full rabbit hole on YT reviews etc. We really didn’t want one with a big screen as the plan was to cast to the spare big TV as I knew I’d be using Zwift so didn’t need anything on the treadmill. That meant we were left really with just a couple of choices. Ended up with the Reebok FR20Z which was their lowest “smart” model.

Did have an issue with the incline thing, but the support (from Sweatband) was surprisingly good and engineer came and sorted it in a couple of weeks. It’s fine to run on, doesn’t feel that much ‘different’ than Gym/hotel versions. In build programs are pretty weak but use zwift/garmin for that. Must have done 300km+ on it since Jan. And it was only used as an expensive clothes horse between about April and September:)

no idea what day we are on…… still not missed.

12 mile monday with mrs t.

34 miles tuesday in the snow… horrible wet stuff

14 mile yesterday in bitter cold wind

40 miles today mostly offroad, up to Emmerdale farm set.    icy bitter cold ride. proper cold.

I had to wait at home today for a delivery so missed the chance of getting out in the decent weather spell before Bert arrives.

However, the delivery was my new treadmill, so I got that built up and did a couple of runs on it – a 10km and a shorter run to set it up with Zwift.

It’s a bit of a beast, and fills the remaining space in my gym. I hope Mrs S gets good use out of it!

Went for a night ride in frozen Pentlandia.  Bikes are guid.

Yoga tonight, after a few runs this week, outside and in the gym, and in preparation for another 10k tomorrow with Park run in the middle.

Day 69: 11km/475m walk with Mrs Reeksy while the boys did their mtb coaching.

Yesterday in the FoD, Having to navigate around the forestry work (lost a good trail :() – Having decent waterproof troons and shoes makes such a massive difference this time of year. I hate cold, wet feet whereas in this gear I’m toasty toed and dry all the way round.

Been out with the dogs this morning. Absolutely filthy. So it’s “Fatman to the Shedmobile” for a long turbo and post pedaling Yoga.

2, 1 hour intensive Zwift sessions separated by half an hour. First time I’ve done such a thing. Odd how some days you have so much energy, especially as you get older. Pleased with that.