Bit of a ride this afternoon after working in the morning

Weather not too bad at all.

^Is that bloke in his Wham shorts still alive.Guess he must of defrosted by now.

Day 98 – turbo session 28.8 km in 60 minutes.

The next two days are going to be interesting keeping this going, may involve some very early starts.

I like the woodland near Aviemore. It’s a really nice place to be.

Drizzly here most of the day. I got out for a ride this evening and delivered Christmas cards on a loop via bits of woodland.

Nearly there now!

Well, the wheels finally fell off!
Round 5 of the chemo has completely done me in. I’ve only managed one short walk over the last week. Side effects are now too numerous and too great to mention!

At least attempting this has probably slowed down the slide a little bit. Just one more cycle in January, then 20 cycles of radiotherapy and hopefully I can start building up again. Being “able bodied” again feels a long time off at the moment. But I’ll get there eventually.

Hope to see some of you out and about next year.

All the best to everyone here 👍

Aw @stanley, sorry to hear about that reaction. I know that Mrs S had a couple of bad ones too ( I had to deal with the consequences :-)  ). Hope it doesn’t spoil the festive period too much for you.

For day 99 I took the drone for a walk, surveying some old paths and tracks. It was too cold to be standing about in the open though. I either need to wait for warmer weather (which would improve battery life somewhat) or wrap up in extra layers.

Here’s a random overhead shot

This evening was spent doing some more Yoga with Kassandra. It was a de-stressing session as much as a stretching one!

so the plan was to celebrate D100 with a christmas deliveries ride… then my dad sent a pic of what im supposed to collect, and its not going to fit in a single pannier.

I dropped days for work, family and sick, but picked myself up and got back to it, I had a couple of training sessions canx at short notice and managed to motivate myself enough to go home, grab gym kit and head back out to get it done… generally impressed with myself, moreso now ive had a count on strava and find that ive logged 100 phys sessions total!

what i learned – its easy to overdo it, but having a focus that got me from ‘clocks go back’ to ‘winter solstice’ was good.

@stanley hope 2023 sees you bounce back to health. Having a positive attitude to these things can be a big help and sounds like you have what it takes.

Woo hoo, 100 days completed. To be honest I would (like most on here I guess) have exercised on most of those days anyway but where this has been great is in making me do something on the recovery days, usually half an hour of stretches or yoga, or even a short walk.

I’ve also gone out (not for long admittedly) on some days where the weather was miserable. And I know it’s an old cliche but once I was out I always felt better for it.

Happy Christmas everyone.

@ajaydoubleyou – the point of the challenge is it ends on Christmas Eve! It’s very easy to miscount, this is the first year I haven’t.

I’ve chipped away at it – mostly mountain biking the last couple of weeks. Those -9 days last week were pretty intense but I rode through them.

Finished with my traditional Christmas finish when I’m at my folks’ in Yorkshire – the descent from Cartworth Moor to Yateholme. Unfortunately my Strathpuffer training meant I had to combine it with some horrible intervals and now I’m wrecked. I’d better have a nap before I go to the pub tonight.

IMG_20221224_102233_TIMEBURST87 by Luke Bradley[/url], on Flickr

Well I’ve missed quite a few days these last few weeks but the habit and desire to exercise is well and truly in place. Got a last home workout done this morning before a couple of days of eating and drinking.
Will be straight back on with it and more drumming all being well.

Stanley, be proud of what you’ve been able to continue doing despite what you are going through. I maintain my stance that you are an inspiration and I hope your healing journey improves continually from here on.

Merry Christmas all 🎉

@ajaydoubleyou – the point of the challenge is it ends on Christmas Eve! It’s very easy to miscount, this is the first year I haven’t

Gah, I’d labelled two day 68’s!

Technically I’ve completed it now but all my Strava friends* will laugh if I don’t do a day 100. Early run tomorrow morning I think.

*pretty sure most have blocked me as I’ve posted every banal activity public this autumn so it counted in the stw group.

Woo and, indeed Hoo!!!

100 days completed without a miss.

Today was a wee ride up to a local hilltop which I reckon has one of the best views in the Strath.

Trails were damp, but not muddy, bumped into some friends, chilled away from the madness that is Xmas, and there’s surprisingly(?) not too many other folk on the trails. All in all, a good end to the challenge.

Looking back, it seems like this is a great way of forcing me to make the best of those last days of Summer, for getting me out when the weather goes a bit “soft” and for keeping me going when the Winter starts to bite. I’ve used all sorts of activities to keep it going, including those yoga, weight and stretching sessions that I know I need to do more of. I’ve entered a running event for 2023 and I’m hoping my current level of fitness doesn’t deteriorate too much before I start building up to that,

Big thanks to; Luke (@munrobiker) for first introducing this annual event to STW, @houns for (ironically) starting us off this year before disappearing into the void, all the other participants whether you made it through all 100 days or not – it was great to see/hear what other folk were getting up to, and @stanley for purely being an inspiration.

I would also like to thank Aviemore Tourist Board for their ongoing sponsorship :-)

Have been a silent watcher to this thread, well done all. Park run for me today and park run again tomorrow by insistent daughters. Should be fun. Choir today was nice (Dewsbury- there are dome decent parts)

That is an uncanny level of glove spotting skills!

That is an uncanny level of glove spotting skills!

Nearly missed them I was so distracted by the pie 😁

Merry Xmas folks!

Merry Christmas @scotroutes – loving the festive swimcap 😂

Well done to all. Read this thread in admiration, especially Stanley. Meanwhile I’ve sat on my backside and done zilch, BUT have been massively inspired. Thanks all.
As such I’ve entered a big run event in 23 way beyond my capabilities. Decided plagiarism is best option. 99 days to Easter from NY day. I’m on my own but that’s what I’ll be doing thanks to input and inspiration from from you all.

Yep, motivation is key and the thread has given me lots. The stories, pictures, commitment and of course, achievement.
99 days days should be a bit easier 😅.

Coming to the end of a lazy and unhealthy holiday so might well join in.