Fully Paid

My Strava 60 day trial ended this month, but decided to bite the bullet and pay the annual fee. It seems to make a difference to my workout incentive; having a few achievable, but not too unrealistic goals.

Did actually achieve the final two, for this month - though the Arcteryx one took until the final day to complete.

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Pleased with getting them both; and have now enrolled in a few more for September. Mixing it up next month, with walking, cycling, workout, weights and Yoga.

It's A Heatwave!

An unreasonable, but perhaps not unseasonal, hot spell has hit the UK.
Averaging around 36 Centigrade /97 Fahrenheit, for the past six days; has led (at least for me) to a lot of unprecedented sweating from doing almost next to nothing. It's also left me feeling rather lethargic and withdrawn, plus a little annoyed with myself for not getting out on the bike - but it's too damn hot!
Perhaps that is an age thing, but, who knows? Although this blog is supposed to be about getting fit at the age I am!

I am walking a bit more than last month, which is a plus; and I did start the month with three targets; one of which I've completed.


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Another one I should, but the other one I have doubts about.

Another plus does seem to have been that I've lost some weight, about 2 kilos; which I put down to sweating a lot; that, and probably not eating as much - I don't get so hungry in the heat.


Hopefully the 'wave' will break soon, and I'll find the energy to get back on my bike Happy


Work (and no play?)

It now seems, as we enter August, that the Film and TV world is getting its act together; thus enabling me to get back to earning some money, after a long, long, 'sabbatical'. This is great news, and fingers are diligently crossed, that it all comes to fruition.

Downside:
Much less time to work on fitness.

So, I've set myself some challenges, courtesy of Strava.
50 kilometres walking, this month
20 hours, mixed, walking and cycling, over 28 days.
320 minutes of general exercise over 10 days.
Obviously, they'll somewhat blend into each other; but I'm finding that setting a few goals does give me a certain impetus to complete them, and they do all fit into my fitness criteria.