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Me, earlier

24. Was hoping to make it 2 days in a row on the mtb but life got in the way. So, another full body pilates vid, this time with Isa Welly. Decent.

I reckon I’m starting to loosen up a tiny bit. Less rigid fridge; more wobble, like IKEA chest of drawers.

Some great efforts being posted on here (put mine to shame).

25% tomorrow… yehudi!

Day 25 is a lap of the Twrch trail at Cwmcarn. I’ve struggled to get round it the last few months but today I managed it pretty easily, even got from the tollbooth to the top picnic table in a few seconds over 45 minutes! My fastest time for that was back in 2017 at 27.57 (and in the middle of a 45 mile ride) and I’ve struggled to get under the hour the last two years due to complete lack of fitness. Really good to see and feel positive progress from all these cumulative days adding up. Might even set myself a challenge of getting into the 30-somethings by the end of this.

Went for my first ever bike ride with a cycling club yesterday (strictly off-road gravellish based;non of that chain gang stuff for me!! I’m too unfit and waaayy too slow 😂). That was part of my self-help – getting out there and getting through the anxiety. I survived. It was good too 😁

Today, instead of driving to the office to pick up a couple of things I’d forgotten last week, I pedalled there after I’d finished WFH for the day. Tomorrow will be walk only as I’m away for the day at HQ.

Struggled last couple of days, just seemed to be really busy. I actually nearly forgot yesterday. Managed to fit in some yoga before bed.

Just a walk tonight. Hate this bit where it’s starts getting dark early, just starts to get hard to get enthused. I need to start trying to do stuff in the mornings.

25. Post-work ride around the Abergavenny Alps. Warm enough to wear a t-shirt, even after sundown.

A nice way to mark the 1/4 mark.

Super sharp shooter EP on the turbo trainer

Troooo playaaaah

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Still headachey and not at all enthused

Bit of quad skating – skills practice and some roller disco

Copacabana anyone? 🫣😵‍💫

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Cadence drills, again

Still, it’s drizzly and cold and dark and without this challenge and that Moog film, I wouldn’t have gone so thanks 👍🏻😁

30 mins kata and chinning bar, couldn’t face weights and press ups etc. A little bit light weight but will do a decent bike ride tomorrow, might even chuck in an interval or two

26. Chilled today. I just did an hour walk in the dark and mizzle by the river. Pretty nice really. Turned the head torch off and just kept the water to the side of me. At one point I was startled by a loud splash – a leaping fish or diver perhaps? Not sure, but it livened things up momentarily. The dog decided not to roll in cow sh!t for a change, which was kind of her.

I may do a bit of pre-bed yoga. I kind of like it.

Day 25: club run

Day 26: walk to/from shop – not the nearest shop as that’s only 5 mins away but one far enough away to give me a 30min walk. I was only going to the shop for chocolate biscuits but it still counts, right?

MTB ride planned this evening, possibly solo as the rest of them have gone down with the lurgy I had at the weekend.

As predicted, an easier day yesterday. Extended dog walks and a thirty minutes of stretching in the evening has done the trick.
Just home from a fast 20 mile road ride after work, looking at my Garmin, my numbers are looking a bit better already!

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Beatsaber-ing at super fast speed

Its ridiculous

Lovely photos above

Condolences to those with lurgy, I’ve had a dose of one of the viral things going round so have done a bit less these last few days. COuple of short rides after work Monday and Tuesday and only really felt like a little walk yesterday.

Was off today but trying to repair render on the house for some of the day. Got out for a ride later on, encountered some brave souls about to go for a swim in the murky depths of the Barbrook settling pond – I like a swim there in the summer but it is always a bit like swimming in water with bitter beer like clarity.

Day 27 was my first night ride of the season, out in the FOD as the cafe stays open late so felt rude to not have a slice of cake and a brew to escape the mist and drizzle!  Have found out that one of my lights has a battery that hasn’t survived the summer very well though, half the runtime it should have.

Today is another Zwift session as I’m short of time thanks to family stuff.

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Stretches and just making conscious movement