2 hours of Zwift followed by a 1k swim – outdoors. Usually this is the wrong way round but quite atmospheric swimming in the dark.

CaherFull Member2 hours of Zwift followed by a 1k swim – outdoors.

I managed 30mins of kettlebells so well done!

Yoga yesterday morning 20k Night ride in the peeing rain on Thursday, bodyweight workout Tues & weds 

Had the gym all to myself today so, amongst other things, I experimented with a barbell for the first time in years. Deadlifts… happy days!

Day 86 (10 dec) – swim 3.8 km (2.3 miles) in 78 minutes, which given I don’t feel great is really bloody good. Quick scan of the lap data and most of my 100m’s are in the 1:40 range, but clearly I run out of energy and then do a 2:20 100m to recover. Need to work on that. Still haven’t got the hang od rehydration either whilst swimming. Hey ho.

walked Wombat later 3.4 km in 48 minutes. Done for today.

two weeks to go.

Just a 30 minute dose of Vinyasa yoga (deep stretch, baby!) with Kassandra. It was painful enough on my tight muscles but, without a mat, the hard ceramic tiles under knees and spine was a killer.

Not sure how I’ll fair tomorrow. A couple of brutal travel days ahead, starting at 6 am. 

Still plugging away! Managed my first run in over 3 weeks this morning, and it was slow. Not that I’m fast usually, I was just just slower than my usual slow…you could probably best sum up my running pace as ‘glacial’ 😳. I also discovered that my running jacket is anything but waterproof/resistant and has the hydrophobic qualities of a sponge.

30 mins on the Zwift this evening, weather looks better tomorrow.👌

Lots of lovely photos above. Good to hear everyone is still getting out.

I’ve failed to update for a bit, have still been doing the 30mins each day but managed double lurgy in November so have only really just got going again properly. Trot about after work monday, managed to pop out bouldering yesterday and hoping to get a bit of a ride today.

Weather has been quite mixed, couple of photos from local rides in the lovely frosty spell with a bit of snow at the end of November.

On sunday I decided to do sprints. Find a space, sprint along it, walk back, repeat, he said.  I jogged to my “space” as a warm up – about 12 minutes. 1st sprint, nice, walk back, second sprint, better, feels good to really let go, walk back, 3rd spr… ping,ow, ping, ooowwwww. I hobbled home and took some ibruprofen and looked up torn hamstrings on the internet.

The left leg aches a bit still but the right leg really hurts going up stairs.

So the rest of this week has been walking and yt videos for abs and upper body. I realy don’t want a reoccurrance so I’ll be sticking to that routine until I’m confident again. Skinny girls on the fingernail are no indication of the quality of the content and some of the accompanying music is horrific. Any recommendations for videos to follow are welcome. 

Took a day off and went for a walk by the sea. First time at the beach for probably over a year. We spent about an hour walking along the shore of the Bristol Channel when the tide was out. It was great… then the dog found something putrid to roll in on the way back to the car. It was a bit cool to have the windows open, but the rancid stench of dead marine life in her fur made it an easy choice.

But of a long update, as haven’t updated for a few days now.

day 87 (dec 11) – 3km swim in 60 minutes. Walked Wombat later 3.45 km in 43 minutes.

day 88 – nada, fail, fail, fail. Long long busy day, with my teams Xmas lunch in the middle, so I couldn’t even get out for a walk. Lunch was loads of fun though, so good for overall well-being.
day 89 – 2.6 km swim in 51 minutes

day 90 – had to take it easy today, 3.4 km walk in 44 minutes with Willa. Team Xmas do on the night of day 89 🙂

day 91 (dec 15) – 2 mile swim (3.32 km)  this morning in 65 minutes, which I think is quite quick for an old guy. Walked Willa the wombat this afternoon 4.2 km in 56 minutes. Done.

Only 9 days to go !

Gym sesh this evening.

I very rarely weight myself but for Zwift to ensure more accurate wattage you have to – it appears since October i have lost 6 kgs (103-97). Right, off to the gym on the bike (20 mile very convoluted round trip).

been a busy one this week, yoga Monday, kettlebell Tuesday, bodyweight wednesday, Thursday was xmas drinks with old friends so went for a 5k run before work, got under 30mins for 1st time, then skateboard Friday lunchtime, and today dropped wife n kids at panto then a nostalgic ride through the claggy mud & brambles of bridleways on the downs, was treated to an owl circling and divebombing below me

Just a decent walk for me. Maybe 7k. Initially to the bike shop to finally buy a new winter tyre. As I took the dog I just carried on along the riverside.

Does walking to and from the pub count?

Well that depends on how long the walk is and more importantly which pub! 🤔