Day 12: still got lurgy-lite so did another yoga vid (yoga for weight loss!), plus I got just shy of 10 k steps outside at work.

Out for another brisk 5km post-lunch walk with Mrs S today.

Smile!

And I’ve a post-dinner date with Kassandra later.

Skipped velodrome with a tummy bug. Decent walk with Henry dog through the deer park to listen to the bellowing. Ride tomorrow. If I can get up early enough

FIrst time trying some yoga today.

Now I understand why folks keep recommending Kassandra

Appropriate weather for Day 13. Did a 43km loop on the hardtail – first time taking it on singletrack. Ran into a mate and an accomplice in the Boneyards (very techy and best avoided in wet conditions) so tagged on with him. The heavens opened and it got a bit hectic. I now have a bruised sternum and shin, burped a front tyre and the other guys beat a hasty retreat. Fought horrific headwinds and sinking gravel for the rest of the ride. Type 2 fun.

I’ve managed to walk or cycle every day so far. Today I’m trying a wee run…

Trot about after work, probably should have taken the head torch as the steep muddy descent through the woods at the end was not done in optimal visibility

Still in

Nice, though shame about the trail of coal behind it.

I need some Ti

Just back from a 65kms fast road ride. Had me shower and now drinking the best cup of tea in the world.

Walk up the moor today. Managed to bust my thigh muscle which is typical as was planning a ride tomorrow.

Day 13 was an few hours or doing sketchy stuff in the woods.

Terrible photo of terrible drop technique as proof.

Day 11 got skipped as I was driving back home and absolutely exhausted after the number of thunderstorms which hampered my journey somewhat. I plan on banking that and doubling up another day… see how that works out.

Just back from an hour on the road. First night ride of the season and I loved it!

I feel much safer riding road at night and had it not been for this challenge,I’d be sat watching Strictly for the sake of it!

Day 14 and 1.5 hours with the kids sessioning flow trails. Reeksy2 getting to grips with his new bike but everyone is a bit frazzled.

@scotroutes – good effort, looks a fantastic route as well.  Oh and the running with Ash YT recommendation was useful. I’ve started doing his 10 and 20 minute post run stretches.

Not close to some on here, but I’ve run (all on treadmill this week) six out of seven days for around 30-40 mins each session.  Not sure I’ve ever managed that before. Back on the Turbo this PM for an hour or so. Plan is to see out October doing similar stuff to this week (hopefully with some added actual riding MTBs again) then join the Gym on the monthly package in November and see if I can get 2 or 3 classes in a week.

If I’m at home, I reckon I can make this a habit. Enjoying it so far. It’s working away when it’s likely all to go to poo.

Day 14.

Today, gym then swim. Got a little Zwift session lined up tonight.

Day 14: Still got lurgy. I’m hoping it peaked (or troughed?) today as I was feeling pretty sh!te earlier on. I ran out of paracetamol, so saw a local medic here who gave me some large tablets that taste like Vim amongst a bundle of other assorted meds, but no paracetamol!

So, taking it pretty easy again: a 40 min walk after work. Meh!

Volunteering with my club’s race today – 4km/800m climb to the top, where I was on chip-reading duties. Lulu enjoyed her walk, and I had fun too.

@mogrim – nice wolf 🙂

Back on the turbo for me today. Felt pretty good and the hour passed mostly painlessly. I do think my days of 2-3 hours (four horseman on Zwift for example) are probably over, but I’m pretending it’s quality over quantity.

4 (Zwift) runs lined up next week plus,  if Physio gives me even grudging approval,  go ride MTB with the – not fixed but how bad can it be – elbow. Not ridden for two weeks and not ridden in UK for nearly 4. That’s the biggest gap in about 20 years. I don’t even care if it’s raining and filthy and dark, I’m riding my bloody MTB this week!

@wolowiz- as per earlier in the thread, we bought a Smart (ish) treadmill last year so Zwift connects to that on BT and then I use a Zwift foot pod for cadence. When we were on hols, I managed to connect Zwift on my phone to the treadmill in the hotel Gym, it’s just a bluetooth connection but Zwift does seem to have a limited set of devices it can work with.

It’s not like bike Zwift as you have to manually change the speed/incline. There’s no reason Zwift couldn’t control the treadmill but there are definitely safety issues so I guess they don’t want to get sued! The experience in Zwift is defo “second class” compared to the bike one, but it works well enough for me because I’m following the “Cyclist to 10k” programme – did that last year and it definitely got me reasonably run fit and I lost a chunk of weight I’m not sure I’d have on the turbo.

@mogrim that’s a great pic.

Cheers! She’s certainly a very photogenic dog 🙂

And as a suggestion, to liven up an already lively thread: how about we have a weekly “best photo” competition? I know @scotroutes will probably win most of them, but as an idea to get the rest of us to post photos? No prizes involved, just as a bit of fun?