The PeeFans Sports Club

[Kupar 13,319]

29 minutes ago, LovesToWet said:

My January goals were 200miles on the bike and I've done 310, so I'm happy with that

You smashed it mate! Don't worry about the running ... I failed on my target of 35 miles (managed 33.4).

Here's to February!

[LovesToWet 3,782]

9 minutes ago, Kupar said:

You smashed it mate! Don't worry about the running ... I failed on my target of 35 miles (managed 33.4).

Here's to February!

I best think of some targets for February now.... 

 

Right, 250 miles on my bike (not going crazy as I keep hearing the weather will be bad) and I'll try 4 runs, so 12 miles. 

[harry_jones_1975 604]

Got out for the first time in over a month to take advantage of the ridiculously mild weather to fit in a 5k yesterday.  Still found a wet leaf mulch section on a hard standing footpath I had to walk through and was very breathless at the end as possibly starting come down with something but posted an encouraging 28 minutes 23 seconds. 

[Kupar 13,319]

6 minutes ago, harry_jones_1975 said:

Got out for the first time in over a month to take advantage of the ridiculously mild weather to fit in a 5k yesterday.  Still found a wet leaf mulch section on a hard standing footpath I had to walk through and was very breathless at the end as possibly starting come down with something but posted an encouraging 28 minutes 23 seconds. 

Well done for getting out there! It was lovely weather wasn't it? The sun was warm on my back at 11:30 on my run 🌞

[Kupar 13,319]

A little milestone today on my route back to running a bit further and faster. The first time since Christmas that I've run five miles without walking intervals. I'm not going to break any speed records but I was pleased with 41:53. 

180 press ups today too 🙂

[oliver2 4,403]

Just now, Kupar said:

A little milestone today on my route back to running a bit further and faster. The first time since Christmas that I've run five miles without walking intervals. I'm not going to break any speed records but I was pleased with 41:53. 

180 press ups today too 🙂

Damn, this makes me tired just reading it 💦

[LovesToWet 3,782]

2 hours ago, Kupar said:

A little milestone today on my route back to running a bit further and faster. The first time since Christmas that I've run five miles without walking intervals. I'm not going to break any speed records but I was pleased with 41:53. 

180 press ups today too 🙂

That's a lot of press ups, I struggle to do 20. Joys of being a cyclist, my strength is in my legs

[Kupar 13,319]

49 minutes ago, LovesToWet said:

That's a lot of press ups, I struggle to do 20. Joys of being a cyclist, my strength is in my legs

I can't do more that about 30 at a time. Today's were spaced out in sets of 15 throughout the day 🙂

[MidoriLemonade85 2,350]

On 2/23/2023 at 5:58 AM, Kupar said:

A little milestone today on my route back to running a bit further and faster. The first time since Christmas that I've run five miles without walking intervals. I'm not going to break any speed records but I was pleased with 41:53. 

180 press ups today too 🙂

You. Are. Amazing. ⭐️🏆

[gldenwetgoose 21,450]

It's been a while since I did any exercise (that didn't involve solely my right hand).

Today I've been WFH and it's been looking like a lovely day out of the window.  Blue skies, sunshine, nothing like the last few weeks.

On a whim I decided to get my bike out at lunchtime, for a quick ride.  I did get quite into cycling a couple of years ago but then over the last two years spent some time awaiting for a medical way forward.  Now, I have the answer to that question - I can ride but I have a very compelling reason to watch and control my heart rate.

So this is the first time I've ridden since last summer, but fortunately the chain lube had done it's business.  A quick pump up of the skinny tyres and it was ready.

I even remembered how to clip in and more importantly unclip.  Always a bonus.

Now all of that is probably making me sound like the expert - and I'm not.  Today's effort was a mere 6 miles, and at a moderate pace.   I've never been a racer, I just tend to cycle at a pace my legs are happy with in a gear that's not too hard going.  But I survived, and it's a start to gradually and very carefully getting fitter again. On sunny days anyway.

 

 

[LovesToWet 3,782]

15 hours ago, gldenwetgoose said:

It's been a while since I did any exercise (that didn't involve solely my right hand).

Today I've been WFH and it's been looking like a lovely day out of the window.  Blue skies, sunshine, nothing like the last few weeks.

On a whim I decided to get my bike out at lunchtime, for a quick ride.  I did get quite into cycling a couple of years ago but then over the last two years spent some time awaiting for a medical way forward.  Now, I have the answer to that question - I can ride but I have a very compelling reason to watch and control my heart rate.

So this is the first time I've ridden since last summer, but fortunately the chain lube had done it's business.  A quick pump up of the skinny tyres and it was ready.

I even remembered how to clip in and more importantly unclip.  Always a bonus.

Now all of that is probably making me sound like the expert - and I'm not.  Today's effort was a mere 6 miles, and at a moderate pace.   I've never been a racer, I just tend to cycle at a pace my legs are happy with in a gear that's not too hard going.  But I survived, and it's a start to gradually and very carefully getting fitter again. On sunny days anyway.

 

 

Well done for getting out. Hope you can do it more and build your health back up

[gldenwetgoose 21,450]

20 minutes ago, LovesToWet said:

Well done for getting out. Hope you can do it more and build your health back up

Thanks - The weather was certainly an encouragement.

I don't feel too 'unhealthy' - I'm a reasonably brisk walker and reasonably active, maybe a few kg heavier than I could be and would like to lose a few inches of waistline.  I have to keep an eye on max heart rate to keep blood pressure in check and no heavy lifting.

My plan was once it got a fraction warmer to set up my turbo trainer in the garage again and use that to rebuild the cycling ability I had a couple of years ago, albeit in a controlled way.  But yesterday was too nice to waste.

Thanks for the encouragement!

[Hightower 607]

One of the benefits from strongman comp training has been slowly evolving into a small building. Axle press PR of 7 reps of 100kg from the floor and 10 from the shoulder.

[Sophie 24,364]

I'm not sure if this counts as "sporty" so feel free to tell me off for being naughty and breaking the rules.

I did some errands on the bike today with my daughter, well, we went to two shops. It was really nice to get out on the hybrid and just have a ride with her, backpacks on our backs, jeans and a hoody. No lycra or anything, not even any padded shorts. Locked our bikes outside, went into the shops to buy some things (including chocolate, VERY important!) and rode home again. Did a little over 5 miles according to Google maps. Much nicer than taking the car!

[Kupar 13,319]

4 hours ago, Sophie said:

I'm not sure if this counts as "sporty" so feel free to tell me off for being naughty and breaking the rules.

I did some errands on the bike today with my daughter, well, we went to two shops. It was really nice to get out on the hybrid and just have a ride with her, backpacks on our backs, jeans and a hoody. No lycra or anything, not even any padded shorts. Locked our bikes outside, went into the shops to buy some things (including chocolate, VERY important!) and rode home again. Did a little over 5 miles according to Google maps. Much nicer than taking the car!

It counts. Definitely 🙂

[LovesToWet 3,782]

I haven't gone out to do any exercise recently, this was due to several family difficulties and loses recently. The only form of exercise I've done is walking back and forth to my local hospital, sometimes several times per day. 

I finally had the chance to get up and get out for a ride today. I set my bike up last night, got out all my cloths and left them in the bathroom. I even made up a sports drink and got out some snacks. Sadly the only thing that I didn't get ready was motivation, I think I've lost it somewhere between sanity and stress. Oh well, maybe next time. 

 

Oh, if someone has found my motivation, and you please send it back before all the comfort eating I've done makes my belly not fit into my cycling gear anymore lol

[Sophie 24,364]

I don't know why, but I really want a hardtail mountain bike. I have no need for one, I already have two bikes, I live in the middle of a city so there are no trails and I don't see myself flying off jumps and things anyway. The closest thing I get to a trail is the potholes!

I have a Trek FX1 equipped with knobbly tyres which is my go to bike for commuting around town and just having fun. It's what I ride when I feel like being a bit of a hooligan, riding down stairs, popping wheelies, that sort of thing. It does everything I need it for so I really wouldn't benefit from a hardtail, yet I still want one lol.

[LovesToWet 3,782]

7 minutes ago, Sophie said:

I don't know why, but I really want a hardtail mountain bike. I have no need for one, I already have two bikes, I live in the middle of a city so there are no trails and I don't see myself flying off jumps and things anyway. The closest thing I get to a trail is the potholes!

I have a Trek FX1 equipped with knobbly tyres which is my go to bike for commuting around town and just having fun. It's what I ride when I feel like being a bit of a hooligan, riding down stairs, popping wheelies, that sort of thing. It does everything I need it for so I really wouldn't benefit from a hardtail, yet I still want one lol.

I've got a hard tail and 2 road bikes and if I could, I'd get a gravel bike. And if I get a gravel, I'll probably want a full suspension or a flat bar road bike or something else, you know what they say... N + 1

That hard tail does look nice. I think K you should get it just to survive the pot holes. 

[gldenwetgoose 21,450]

^^^ You had me trying to work out if that was exactly the same as my last (N+1 -1) bike...

We have a cycle to work scheme through work and having got a road bike last time around, I decided on a hybrid for the more casual trips when the scheme came out again.  Mine looks identical, give or take - but is a Boardman MTX.

[Sophie 24,364]

4 minutes ago, gldenwetgoose said:

^^^ You had me trying to work out if that was exactly the same as my last (N+1 -1) bike...

We have a cycle to work scheme through work and having got a road bike last time around, I decided on a hybrid for the more casual trips when the scheme came out again.  Mine looks identical, give or take - but is a Boardman MTX.

Beautiful bike.

I have a road bike too but I opt for the hybrid for more casual trips. There's no technology on it at all, not even the cheapest of the cheap bike computers. I feel much safer leaving it outside a shop for 10-15 minutes while I pop outside. So I'm really not sure why I want the hardtail.

[LovesToWet 3,782]

@Sophie You should definitely get it (whispering quietly.... Get it, get it, get it, get it) lol

[LovesToWet 3,782]

My first ride in a month, definitely needed it to burn away from stress. It was just a commute but it still worked

[harry_jones_1975 604]

Just running along platform 4 then up and over the footbridge at Cambridge Station last night had me still wheezing 30 minutes later.  In other news my local half which I had my heart set on this year clashes with another occasion I have to be at so I cannot make it grrrr.

[Kupar 13,319]

I need the imagined help of all my virtual but real PF Sports Club friends this morning to push myself to run 10k for the first time in ages. And truth be told I did walk 0.1 mile after 4 miles. But I made up for it with a bit extra at the end, and finished 6.36 miles in 54:03 (8:30/m, or for those of you born after me, 10.24km at 5:23/km).

So thank you @Chrissy89, @Sophie, @LovesToWet, @gldenwetgoose, @Bacardi, @harry_jones_1975 and anyone else I've forgotten who posts here x

Edited April 5, 2023 by Kupar
Error in conversion - doh!

[harry_jones_1975 604]

Great effort Kupar. I have now been issued with a blue inhaler so need to suss out how it works before I try any gentle runs.