Took the dog out for a big walk in the shitty weather. Ground was like an ice rink, we (wife and I) both nearly went down a few times!

Dog was playing with another and running around like loons, when the went to stop they just carried on sliding down the tow path!

Day 70: in the shed. Strength session.

Day 70, and it’s happy birthday to me. I’m officially a pensioner now.

I headed out on the Fatbike to check trail conditions for the Monday evening run.

There are a few slidy patches but I reckon another 24 hours should just leave some very wet trails.

Mrs S is away sunning herself on some distant island, so the birthday celebrations were a bit muted

Still, off to the pub in a few minutes for some consolatory beers with a couple of pals.

Happy Birthday @scotroutes !

Just a Sunday stroll here, everything aches from pilates yesterday!

Day 71: First morning I’ve woken up really not feeling it. Skipped a longer ride and took Reeksy1 for an hour of gravel pootling when he’d finished his school work.

Was going to run in the stormy Glen but my new hockey dad running pal had to bail out, went to the gym for 6*500m intervals on the rower with 2min easy pace, plus 2km warmup, 7km total. The pain of rowing is as horrific as it is satisfying.

Day 71. I had a free morning so did a couple of hours in the gym (treadmill walking, weights, yoga). Being a Monday, I was also out for the club run. 11km over some very wet but snow/ice free trails.

Someone at the club suggested we do should do Marcothon, a 31 day running streak in December, so I might overlap that with this challenge.

https://runabc.co.uk/marcothon-back-in-2024

Multi day update

Day #67 – turbo session for 51 minutes at 183w indicated 26 km

day #68 – 2.46 km pool swim in 48 minutes and 1/2 hour walk with Wombat later

day #69 – wattbike turbo session for 1 hour 20 minutes at 177w, indicated 40lm.

and then the wheels came off. Two events have scuppered me completing this challenge.

Sunday accident at home leaving me with horrible lacerations and cuts on my lower legs, I won’t be able to go near a pool for weeks. The thought of getting sweat from cycling into these cuts is not appealing either.

monday got a cold and bacterial infection in my lungs, now on steroids etc and I did ask the GP if it was possible to continue the challenge and she didn’t recommend it. So that’s me – I’ll watch from the sidelines for a week or so and get back into it in Dec. I do like the idea to run every day in Dec…

some great pics posted and belated happy birthday to @scotroutes.

35 mile graveler today. empty dry paths for the most.  ace.

Another CrossFit for me and after previously being delighted that I can climb a rope, do a few pull-ups and do some ring dips today I have found that my wall walks are rubbish and toes-to-bar laughable.  However I do recommend giving this stuff a go as it is sort of (perverse and with a dose of pain) fun to try 🙂

Just a lunchtime stroll today but also did bootcamp with the cubs for their activity badge (there’s a bunch who’d benefit from 100 days of exercise).

Monday was yoga then some crunches, bicycle something’s , press and planking.

Tonight was an hour or so in the gym.

I might try that running thing in Jan, reckon I’ll struggle over the Christmas period though.

@walowiz – nightmare, hope you’re better soon.

Day 73: overcast humid 30 degrees made a couple of hours technical singletrack hard work. All this exercise is paying off though as I got some PRs on tracks I’ve ridden hundreds of times before.

Been out for emergency bike laps round the Uni campus. Hill running tonight won’t be happening as it’s starting earlier than usual.

Wife’s birthday yesterday so extended the dog walk before heading off to the pub 🙂 Plan was to do something cardio when I got home but really couldn’t be bothered so dug out an old 30 min YT Pilates Core Video. Feeling that today!

Out tonight so just time for an hour on Turbo. Don’t really feel I’m trying that hard at the moment, but still not missed a day.

@ads678, thats exactly how I was, just take it easy, extended dog walks are definitely the order of the day. Not a cop out! As I found out, you can only recover if you take your foot off the gas.

The weather here today has been pretty awful for outdoor exercise, I got home and used my stationary bike in the garden for an hour which I strangely enjoyed.

Cop out but did something extra and was still a sweaty mess was when I got in!!

It all counts!

Day 74: Steamy early morning mixed local ride of 25km. A bit knackered but still gave it a nudge in a few spots.

Day 74 – feeling like I could be on the cusp of a cold but stuck with it and went for a frosty run in the sun.