Yes I’m in, wi be good to have some extra motivation and I need to start getting back my lost fitness from this year. Gently though.. does an ebike count??

Recently got my hands on a cheap smart turbo and have been enjoying the Sufferfest with a couple of runs and the odd box fit class, guess l probably do something about 4/5x a week already. So throwing in some yoga, which lve tried to take up unsuccessfully before, l should be do able to get to 7x… In please.

Another road ride today, only out for an hour recovery ride but the temptation to work hard to warm up was difficult to ignore!! MTBing with the boy in the morning so tomorrow is sorted too. Does anyone know anything about cumulative fatigue from riding every day? I’m pretty good at knowing when to go hard and when to take it easy but would appreciate hearing any experiences.

Does anyone know anything about cumulative fatigue from riding every day? I’m pretty good at knowing when to go hard and when to take it easy but would appreciate hearing any experiences.

Massively depends on what you’re riding, how old you are, etc. My general rule of thumb is to have at least two easy days a week, and if you’re only doing the one sport you should probably make that three. I’m not a coach though, but at 49y.o. it works for me 😀

I’m in. I hate the mud so may stick to the lanes though.

It’s mostly been road rides of between 20-50 miles but also some MTB rides of 10-20 miles, very little elevation due to living in Norfolk.

TBH it doesn’t sound that much, although as usual that does depend on the intensity. I’d be aiming for something like a couple of interval rides per week, a short but hard tempo ride, and a long easy spin on Sunday. The other days I’d be looking at yoga/recovery spins. Basically make the hard rides hard, and the easy rides easy.

Where I definitely think you run the risk of burn out is doing 7 rides a week while trying to keep the pace up – you really should be aiming for a couple of days of proper hard rides, and the rest a lot easier. A bit of variety FTW 🙂

17 miles on the sussex roads and climbed up onto the downs today. Nice and gentle on the ebike. Maybe a walk tomorrow, definitely some stretching and core.

New gym opens across the road tomorrow and it’s an open day today so going to see what I’ve signed up to. Don’t think we can actually use the machines today though so will have to think of something else to do for my 30 mins

Today’s lesson;

When walking out through floating ice, push it aside with your hands, not your legs. We’re both now suffering from cut shins, knees and thighs.

Blimey did you swim in that?
I was freezing on the north downs this morning, only managed 1hr 10 mins.

Shivering just watching that!

We did a cold 50km road ride this morning – normally we’d do more, but the forecast was sub-zero and making the most of a mate’s birthday we did a shorter ride with a proper cafe stop in the middle. The fourth member of our group is from Southern Spain, and chickened out of the ride due to the temperature. He will be reminded of this repeatedly in the future 😀

IN! Thanks for setting up

 And I’ve come to the conclusion that walking is great.

Agreed. Did a 8km walk round Rothiemurchus in the snow this afternoon with my wife. It was exercise, a welcome break from cycling, sociable and very enjoyable. Mixing it up is the way I best enjoyed the 100 day challenge and meant it didn’t need to be exhausting to the point I couldn’t carry on.

Thanks mogrim, that’s more or less what I’ve been doing since September and I’m definitely getting stronger. I really hope I can keep it going but at any time I’m feeling jaded I will most certainly take a few days off pedalling.

I wouldn’t want to do more than 4 days of any given sport / week, although I must admit I’ve been running this week 6 days… Mixing it up is key, otherwise you’re definitely going to burn out.

And one thing that’s been amusing me all afternoon after watching @scotroutes’ video: how we end up finding similar idiots who are prepared to do stupid things in crappy weather… He’s there with his wife and 3-4 other friends swimming in an icy loch… I’ve got my mates that are all prepared to do running ultras at a week’s notice. And it ends up seeming normal 😀

Given that for the last year I’ve done nothing I think by my standards its an alright start. On the 1st 1.5 hours path and track ride which reminded me how much skill I’ve lost. Then a real mud fest which generated as much effort in the cleaning of the bike afterwards followed by 5 mile walk in the afternoon with Mrs W. She’s on a bit of a mission as well so thats getting both of us in the groove hopefully. Yesterday another hours walk together. Today is going to be the challenge. I’m working from home and she’s in a school. I’m going out for a ride and looking for a yoga vid to do when she gets back. Will try one of the links posted earlier probably. Might even weigh myself.

Yesterday I managed bike ride, 15 mins brisk walk and then 2hrs long walk. Today I managed 15 mins of a daft exercise vid my wife did, killed me. I think I need a rest day.

A couple of hours out on the bike. I’d fitted Conti Spike Claws which were pretty much essential but rigid singlespeed wasn’t the best option on the rutted ice tracks I was on much of the time.

Snaffled a beer when I was out too. I think I’m in debit now so my next ride will have to include stashing a couple of cans. #beerienteering

Lovely bright sunny lunchtime today with roads dry and ice free. So my boss overran a meeting by half an hour, and I had to resort to circuits and stretches at 5pm by which time we had freezing rain.

Snaffled a beer when I was out too. I think I’m in debit now so my next ride will have to include stashing a couple of cans.

@scotroutes Beerobics counts as exercise. 🙂