Tue: 5 mile cross country run, 50 minutes. 30 minutes basic trials here and there in village.

Wed: 1hr20 trials bike around old spots I used to live.

The mental exhaustion of the last week of dealing with that mental health situation at work has caught up with me today. Planned garage gym became Pilates in front of last nights bake off.

Still going here, been doing double sessions all week: weights+swim on Monday, run+turbo on Tuesday, then weights+swim again yesterday. Planning on turbo+run today.

Tomorrow’s a concern, though – not sure how I’m going to fit 30min exercise in. Might have to do a 30min yoga session or similar with the work laptop open (and pretend I’m working…)

I think it’s been said the occasional day here or there can be excused.

Earlier this year I was reading Ross Edgley’s The Art of Resilience , The man who swam around the British Isles – 1780 miles in 157 days! Didn’t finish the last 3rd of the book, but have often found myself thinking about it during this challenge; it does add a some perspective on what we’re doing, and has helped me push on physically. It’s also informative to someone who is interested in sports science but doesn’t actually know anything about it! And some amusing anecdotes.

Thu: 1hr ride to parents, to do hedge cutting. 30 minutes yoga in evening.
Fri: 1hr trials at skatepark, including the ride there and back, 50 minutes bodyweight exercise in evening

This week has seen me do the most trials riding in one week, with a couple of upper bodyweight sessions, but more importantly without my shoulders, arms, and wrists hating me for it. I sit at a desk working on a PC, and quite happy to do the same in my spare time too. So the more I actually break out of this and start using my body to do things, the better it gets.

Hope Mrs Scotroutes feeling better and makes her escape back home.

Trot around the woods for me today. Hopefully a ride tomorrow.

Bit of a fail yesterday – I had lunch with my colleagues in Madrid, it was great to see them in the flesh (we all WFH) but not ideal for exercise! Managed a couple of hours of walking, mainly with the dog, but that kind of feels against the spirit of the thing. But it’ll have to do 🙂

Best wishes for Mrs. Scotroutes, too!

30 miles of gravel riding today, on some new to us tracks and roads. Brutal northerly headwind. But actually felt the strongest on the bike I have for over a year! 🙂

I’m getting jealous not only of the landscapes you’re posting now, but the beers too! Though I did make up for it Saturday with a couple of generous glasses of red. Do like an IPA though 🙂

Sat: 10k run, bit late in the afternoon so carried bike light round with me and used literally in the last two minutes.

Sun: – easy day – after getting back from a trip to see Christmas lights in a pinetum for the kids, and I’d sat around for a bit, it was getting late, 40 minutes of yoga finished at 11:45 pm.

I like the snow and proper hills above from Scotroutes and Jimmy!

We got out to Hope today on the train and did a loop up broken road, Rushup, down to Peak Forest and then back up to the top and down Pindale.

Mon: 50 minutes bodyweight exercise in shed, 35 minutes cycling 9 miles in 3 rides, hedgecutting
Tue: 24 minutes for 2 rides total 6 miles, hedgecutting, 30 minute 3.6 mile run.
Mentioning the hedgecutting because it was hard work I’m not used to.

Grand stuff Scotroutes

Happy belated Birthday, Col.

What’s been this week? Not much. Lunchtime walks and a 40min blast round local roads yesterday. There’s an Innovation / Science park across the road with nice empty roads, makes for a nice 10 miler within lunch constraints, my equivalent of Zwifting.

Job Interview tomorrow so have been conserving energy. Will run/ride off any remaining nervous energy once it’s done.

thu: 44 minutes out on trials bike, used bunny hop bar, reach 40cm but failed to clear it 3 times consecutively.
fri: 1hr out on trials bike, bunny hop bar again and various small stuff.
sat: 1hr in shed of bodyweight exercsie, tidying the nut & bolt drawer during 2min rest periods between sets.
sun: cold 10k run should have worn gloves but still got sweaty. enjoyed though.

Nice photos all.

Thursday: recovery walk from the previous days ride
Friday: garage gym with weights or reps increased on most exercises.
Saturday: spent all day sanding our hall, stairs and landing (thinking I’ve sanded my fingerprints off as can’t unlocked my phone anymore) so 30 min yoga session in the evening
Sunday: bit of an epic across the moors in fresh powder. Realised I really was out there on my own after a while so bailed for bacon

Might have to use my ‘cheat’ pass today! Walked 30 mins to get my flu jab, but wasn’t going to count that as it was running errands and I planned to do pilates this evening. However now feeling pretty naff post jab with a very woozy head – don’t think pilates is going to happen!

Well done! One of my knees was having a little grumble after my run yesterday so I Went for a brisk 50 minute lunch time walk through the fields from the office today. Which didn’t help. Another 30 minute beginner yoga session this evening.

3/4s of the way through!

Wow Scotroutes. That is quite the set up. We are lucky to have ours up permanently too, but it’s a bit more of a bodge around other bikes in the cellar and nothing as shiny. Looking at the weather today, that’s what I’ll be doing later (overslept to do it before work – ops – think I was seeing off the rest of the vaccine).

Your right Simon – 3/4s of the way! Good luck with the knee.