Exerciseathon keeps exercising

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New thread for us to keep on keeping on.

@roonetta
@BezMills @OublietteBravo @SophieLion @bonfirebash

Hello!!!! Thank you for tagging me. Clearly you've all been very busy exercising if you filled up the last thread!

Thanks for the new thread. I really, really must start exercising again properly. I keep finding excuse not to. Especially as I’m currently living in a smaller space due to building work (my house is currently missing 2/3 of the roof. The frame for the first dormer went in today).

New thread!

We needed the heavy rain we had recently, but it has polluted my swimming spot, so I'll be having an enforced week off. There is a timed swim on Monday evening to check that swimmers have the chops to swim the Solent before the tide gets nasty (2.2k in 90 minutes more or less). Since there's no chance for me to do my own timed swim locally, I'll have to do that one. I know I'm up to it, just need to turn up and get my head down. It's going to be bang on high tide then, but I've no idea what direction the falling tide goes there, since it's round the back of the island. Probably going South? Lol I'll find out on the day, or I can always ask someone who knows the beach.

I'm used to my local spot where I know which way the main tide flows, but the bay might have a contra-flowing eddy so you just get in the water and see what it's actually doing, rather than what you think it should be doing.

Nobody is booked in for my evening class (16 turned up for my Instructor covering my class on Sunday) and only 1 for tomorrow. It's kind of demotivating but it is what it is. I run the class as well as I can, and that's all I can do.

Hi Sophie and Oubliette, hope all is well for you both.

That's very frustrating about your classes, Bez. I'm very impressed at the swim plans. We get awful run off here too so with so many recent downpours I'm very reluctant to risk even a dip.

15,000 steps and a class at the gym. I don't know whether to have a glass of wine or go straight to bed 😴

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good morning @OublietteBravo @SophieLion @MotherForkinShirtBalls

My classes were duly cancelled by the gym. New policy is to cancel any class 24h before the session, if there are not 2 or more booked. On the one hand the gym saves 20 quid and I can plan my day knowing what's going on rather than coming to the gym and finding I don't have a class (this can still happen as per last Friday when 2 people booked then simply no-showed). On the other hand, people do book at the last minute, or on the day, and they expect the timetable that they were shown when they signed up for $$$ to be actually available for them! I'm glad I don't run a business (well I do, technically!).

Busy day today so I was up early for a run. It was hard but I feel great after it.

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Hi @SophieLion and @OublietteBravo 👋👋👋. Hope all is good with you 😊

Urgh, people are the worst Bez. So rude to just not show up. You are very calm, I would be spitting feathers 😡

Day 2 PRE done ✅

I think I'm on day 83/200 but will have to check back on the last thread. Thanks for making a new one Motherforkin ❤️

Ooh I did myself out of days, I'm actually on 85/200 🙌

30 min Pharrell ride. Very humid here but loved the music

The humidity is a killer at the moment bonfire . Another great playlist!

Day 3 PRE done ✅

86/200

Early run this morning. Shorter than planned as the dog hurt himself so we ended up at the vet.

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Run today but short as manic day. I'm away with work from tomorrow for a week. I don't think I'll manage to do much exercise but I got some resistance bands in case I wake up early (west coast US so my sleep will be all over the place) and feel enthused...

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I was at 75 days in the old thread after my boxercise training. Last week I didn't swim due to dirty water, so just got a heap of work done. On Friday I finally did the Simplistic Mobility Method training, which was a lot harder than expected. In a good way. I got all kinds of interesting DOMS over the weekend from that.

On Saturday just rest and family time, Sunday I taught my class and then it was DD (5 stb 6) birthday party. The usual screaming kids and minor drama, but overall quite fun.

Last night was my Test Swim for the cross-Solent swim I'm doing for Wessex Cancer Trust. I am happy to report, I smashed that. it was roughly 2k, with a reasonable current against the first leg. I did upstream in 30, down in 15, giving my time as 45 minutes give or take. 2 years ago I did the same route with similar current in 1 hour (45 up 15 down), but that was breast-stroke, which I think really suffers against the current because it's quite draggy. I am going to plug all the numbers into my spreadsheet which can calculate my water speed, ground speed and current speed. Yeah I'm like that.
Today no major plans, might dip, definitely doing mobility.

78 days

What happened to the dog motherforkin? Is he ok?

Which time, Sophie?! A couple of weeks ago he fell on the beach and grazed his haunch requiring 3 vet visits, antibiotics and a cone of shame. Within 2 days of discharge (Saturday evening) he had somehow broken his dew claw needing another two visits, more antibiotics and a bandage of doom. Luckily neither required general anesthetic despite vet 1's suggestion. I think he was pre punishing me for being away this week 🙄

19 hours of airports and airplanes so today is a rest day. I was very motivated and found the gym after I checked into the hotel so I'll see if I get up early enough to use it tomorrow.

I was awake early this morning so went down to the gym and did 5km on the cross trainer.

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Poor pup motherforkin 🥺. Glad he is on the mend.

Well done on your test swim Bez!

Day 5 PRE done ✅

87/200

30 min east coast hip hop ride
5 min barre as a warm up
10 min stretch

I was wrecked on Tuesday after my big swim! Did nowt on Tuesday or Weds. Today I've got my BC class as usual. I'm learning new tracks and have just been told to switch to the License Free music as the gym is cheaping out on paying PRS/PPL

This isn't helping me at all, but I'll get used to the new music and move on with my life. I can see at least one of the other instructors not being happy, but that's not my circus and shrug.

I've managed to acquire a place in the Pier-to-Pier swim next Saturday, which is 2 miles but with a push from the tide. I'm well up for that, I love swimming with the tide, you feel properly good at swimming!

Day 6 PRE done ☑️

88/200

5km on the cross trainer again today. I needed it after sitting in a conference room for 7 hours.

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I hear that @MotherForkinShirtBalls

I sit at a desk for a living and the exercise is the saving of me.

Last night taught BodyCombat, had a rare old time. A couple of times the new music threw me off, but mainly I didn't really notice or care.

79 days

5km on cross trainer between meetings and dinner. Travelling home tomorrow so it will probably be Tuesday before I'm in any state to do anything else.

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Hello. Can I join in with you please?