First proper run of the year after lots of walking from the start of the month.
Felt better than I feared; got to keep it up every day until February now, then back on the bike.

Just back from a walk to the local park and back, really struggled to drag myself out of the flat today. The lure of a choccy bar from the petrol station on the way back did the trick!

Haven’t missed a day yet so still going strong.

Twodogs. I’m doing the sufferfest ones. Turn myself inside out for an hour then follow Abi’s instructions.

Nice fairly early start to avoid the crowds and the bizzies that are out in force around here annoying each other, 50km probably 80% road, saw quite a few other cyclists out, felt like shouting at those over-taking me “I rode up Alpe du Zwift in under an hour yesterday dontchaknow” but didn’t.

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30 minutes on the Concept 2 yesterday (didn’t save on Strava). 2:30 splits with one sub 2:00 to get the heart rate up. Currently 2:30 pace is endurance, very comfortable, and a heart rate of 120-130 bpm. Power was estimated from Powercal and broadly in line with bike riding at about 130-160W. I tried an app to send C2 power to phone then to Zwift, but it wasn’t stable.

Turbo/Rollers today. Want to start extending duration for exercises other than walking (normally 2-3hrs at 4 mph). An hour on the rollers is always fun. C2 is in the dining room. bikes are in the ice box garage.

Yep, I’ve watched quite a lot of Abi. Did some Yoga once too.

Managed to persuade myself to do the next Tour Du Zwift stage this evening, was meant to be a rest day after the STW race last night with a walk to make up my 30+mins but the wind and rain said otherwise! Surprisingly I felt really good and managed to make good time for the course and even had good power figures. Sadly it didn’t save in Zwift and so didn’t transfer to Strava so had to do a manual entry instead.

Still counts though right?

Did 35 mins on the treadmill yesterday and nearly fell into my old trap of pushing for the sake of pushing and was finding it really hard going. Not surprising really considering just how much I’ve upped my activity levels from the last few months in particular. So, knocked the pace right back and made it through the time but think I’m going to have a couple of real easy days today and tomorrow.

Walk the dogs and maybe do a really gentle spin (power zone 1-2 and no more!). Don’t want to blow having got so far into the challenge and with the weight loss going to plan as well.

Felt rubbish yesterday. So a one hour walk rather than row or cycle. Apple watch strava app of course.

Am quite shocked at myself that I am still on this. It’s getting dangerously close to the point like with not drinking where I have to continue so as not to lose the streak and be really annoyed with myself!

Yesterday was a rest day so took a nice slow easy walk with the dogs for 40 mins just to get something on the scoreboard.

Did 90 mins on the turbo today (which is about my limit before utter tedium kicks in, Netflix on the TV in the garage helped 🙂 so pretty pleased with that. Would ideally have liked to have got out on the road however a) it was bloody cold and b) the training plan called for 90 mins of Zone 2 power and I am such a weakling at the moment that I wouldn’t have been able to make it anywhere in Sheffield without blowing that apart. I don’t want to not follow the plan either because so far I am really pleased with my progress and don’t want to scupper it by going too hard.

Just me and the boy tomorrow though so not sure what I will get to fit in – maybe a Ring Fit session and then Sunday I want to do a 5km run and then back on the turbo Monday…

Am quite shocked at myself that I am still on this. It’s getting dangerously close to the point like with not drinking where I have to continue so as not to lose the streak and be really annoyed with myself!

LOL – that’s exactly why I’m doing it. 🙂

Sat on the turbo again today as it was a tad icy outside. Finished watching Anchorman and started on Wayne’s World to pass the time. Makes it a lot easier!

Made up for a day off yesterday (I know… it doesn’t work like that with an epic-feeling (but not actually epic) day of ski touring in the Pentlands. Beaut of a day.

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67 miles on Zwift today. My nether regions are in tatters

Still going. Have run half hour every day so far, sometimes a bit more. This morning looked nice and crisp so went off road round the country park. Turned out to be ankle deep mud for a good chunk of it, but still nice to be out in the sun in nature. One week left in January, feels close to a decent milestone. Well done everyone.