THE CURSE STRIKES AGAIN! Went to get out the big bike for more DH laps but the sidewall of the rear tyre was slashed. Took the hardtail out and lost my bloody tool roll from under the saddle somewhere. What a pain in the hoop.

I’m with mogrim – the Strava challenges all seem so small as to not be worth bothering. Looking at the ones recommeded for me there’s “Climb 978m in a week”, “Complete 50k of activity” and “2 activities a week for four weeks”.

Covid has finally reached my home with my daughter testing positive today. What home workout videos are recommended for my 30minutes a day if I end up isolating?

Ok today this seems hard. First day in the two years I’ve done this where I’ve had a full, long day in the office and couldn’t cycle in due to timings and needing to be smart. And now I’m on the train home thinking how am I going to fit something in around also having a pizza and it being Friday night and just wanting to sit still!! I have already walked 10,000 steps as part of my commute; but given previous rules this doesn’t feel like it counts. Arghhhh…is the end so soon?!?

It’s looking like 9 pm Pilates…

What home workout videos are recommended for my 30minutes a day

I downloaded the first kettle bell app in the play store. it’s just called kettlebell, allows you to set a time and it will generate a workout.

I’ve also done a ascending/descending push up/sit up and squat. Do 1 of each, then 2, then 3 etc up to 10 then back down to 1. Takes about 30mins iirc.

This is the stretching routine I did, only 25mins but a bit of plank or some extra stretches will see you right.

I’ve started this way too hard! 100km sportive at weekend that was really 140km when we rode there and back, gym on Monday, long commute Tuesday and Wednesday so 2 hours a day, fast 5km run Thursday for no good reason and today 3hr15 on mtb. Week on Sunday I have a 95km gravel event so it’d be good to have an easy yoga day next week!
If I keep this mileage up I might actually be ok when the xc season comes back round

135 minutes at my outdoor gym.This is the most I’ve done since the start of the challenge.32 minutes each on push up and pull down machines.Also 160 sit ups and dips.I may struggle to walk tomorrow.
On a lighter note a bag lady came and stood near my whilst exercising.She then started to set bits of paper on fire!Thankfully,she moved on after a while.By about 7.00pm, behaviour in the gardens was going down hill so I made my exit.
Not really feeling a great enthusiasm this year for Lukes challenge…guess I,m going to have to force myself.I’ll try and keep his poor mate in mind and MTFU.

Ashat, did you get your 30minutes in?

Yes thanks to YoKaiser’s video and some Pilates in front of GBBO at 9 pm. Actually it was ideal – I clearly was very tight from the week at the computer, but was really quite tired.

Good news about the C19.

We are off biking and walking this weekend.

4 mile walk with a mate this morning, to walk off the Big Breakfasts we’d eaten at Hassop Station.

Can someone confirm my maths that today is Day 10?

Back on the game now, managed to get over to the gym this morning for an hour. Hoping to get over for tomorrow morning,then a road ride in the afternoon.

Yoga on Thurs with a new and somewhat different teacher. Ran yesterday and today. Generally feel very drained – someone taser me to life!

6.5 hours out hike-a-biking Ben Macdui and the Loch Etchachan descent, then over the shoulder of Bynack More. That’ll do for today 😁

I was out marking the course yesterday for my club’s race tomorrow, lovely 4 hour hike in the mountains near here. And the rain held off, which was a surprise given the drive to the start! It was pretty cold at the highest point (just over 2100m) with an unpleasant wind, but at least it wasn’t raining 🙂

Today was a 45min Sufferfest video, a bit easier than it should have been as I seem to have messed up the FTP set up… still, hard enough and I was a very sweaty mess at the end of it.

Sounds plenty tough to me stabiliser!Munro,it was a long time out there but I’ve been building up to it all summer.Trouble is it gives me a massive appetite which I don’t always feed with high quality food.It seems also, I do a lot less cycling because of weight training.Still anything to get away from the building sites.

First day I’ve missed, as I’ve twisted my ankle and can’t put weight on it. Reply missed getting out, it must be said. Surprisingly so.

I’ve had to have one day off so far. Done a few short rides, a few walks and a bit of supping all at very low intensity keeping heart rate down. Ended up on Thursday absolutely bone tired – I’d done 2.5 days work and the 30 mins each day on top just (I guess) wore me out. Still managed to walk the kids to school in the morning though.

The delights of long covid! (Or whatever it is)

Feeling much better; did 35 minute walk round the football pitches yesterday while eldest played, plus two 10 min rides to a park. Just hoping that I can keep this up this week.

The “short, gentle” ride today was more “up all the hills” but one of the group is in his 80s so he often walks up the hills and today I joined him. Have started taking the spatone and hopefully that will gee me up a bit.

Gym in the sunshine with the worlds road race on my phone for me. Not bad

Just finished an hour on the road bike, wind’s picked up a bit from the morning,and mostly headwind home.

13 mile walk on Arran, couple of corbetts and a wee recce of the Mauvais Pas on A’chir ridge, for a future climb.

Then 5 hours in the Galloways navigating around a course for MRT training.

Soaked all weekend, phone succumbed to the rain too. Great weekend though.