Fitness 2016

[alfred russel]

After breaking my ankle July 3, I"ve been hitting the gym regularly (only 1 rest day since July 6), and doing a hand bike to try to keep up cardio, but I think i'm fucked. I'm supposed to be starting a mountaineering trip on August 8. My ankle is healing super fast, I've been taking off my air cast and walking / limping this weekend without much pain, but I can't really effectively train. I still want to give the trip a go.

AR, I was going to ask you for an update.

Sounds like good progress, maybe 20 days is doable? Good luck.

I think the ankle will be okay--I couldn't have hoped for it to heal more quickly. Every day it seems to get significantly better. But the guy I'm going mountaineering with spent the day going uphill with a 65 pound pack to train. I'd have been doing something similar. One month of barely moving my lower leg is going to be a big problem.

Just for the heck of it I tried indoor climbing today using just one leg (the other I kept away from the wall and in an aircast). Obviously didn't do anything hard, but even the easy stuff seemed hard.

[lustindarkness]

I went to give the new Chief Selects a little moral support and motivation this morning, they did not expect a retired Chief to show up at 0500 and run them into the ground.


But please don't tell them just how much I am hurting now, OK? Thanks.

[alfred russel]

I went to give the new Chief Selects a little moral support and motivation this morning, they did not expect a retired Chief to show up at 0500 and run them into the ground.


But please don't tell them just how much I am hurting now, OK? Thanks.

Awesome.

[Maladict]

Finished the second day, there's a butcher's shop inside my shoes.
Yesterday was unexpectedly bad because of the heat, today was even worse at 35 degrees.
I have so many blisters between my toes I could pass for a rural Pennsylvanian.

[Brazen]

I went to give the new Chief Selects a little moral support and motivation this morning, they did not expect a retired Chief to show up at 0500 and run them into the ground.


But please don't tell them just how much I am hurting now, OK? Thanks.

Awesome.

Way to show the youngsters

I'm just sitting here stuffing my face with junk and watching my waistline grow. I just can't get back into it. Doing a lot of travelling and long hours for work, which isn't helping. Nor is the fact the UK is yet to discover air conditioning.

[mongers]

Finished the second day, there's a butcher's shop inside my shoes.
Yesterday was unexpectedly bad because of the heat, today was even worse at 35 degrees.
I have so many blisters between my toes I could pass for a rural Pennsylvanian.

Good grief man, epic stuff. 

Should we pray for you tomorrow?

[alfred russel]

Finished the second day, there's a butcher's shop inside my shoes.
Yesterday was unexpectedly bad because of the heat, today was even worse at 35 degrees.
I have so many blisters between my toes I could pass for a rural Pennsylvanian.

Why do you need to do this when it is so hot? Can you start at 2 in the morning?

[Maladict]

Finished the second day, there's a butcher's shop inside my shoes.
Yesterday was unexpectedly bad because of the heat, today was even worse at 35 degrees.
I have so many blisters between my toes I could pass for a rural Pennsylvanian.

Why do you need to do this when it is so hot? Can you start at 2 in the morning?

We start at 4. The shorter distances start later and were moved to an earlier time because it's for old people and kids. But it's supposed to be a challenge, so I'm glad they didn't compromise too much.

[Valmy]

I have so many blisters between my toes I could pass for a rural Pennsylvanian.

Wait did a Dutchman just make a Pennsylvania Dutch joke? Woah.

[Savonarola]

Our office formed its own soccer team and joined a league (Alstom United! ).  We're about as good as you'd expect a team composed entirely of middle-aged engineers to be.  To make matters worse some of our team (the players from Brazil) takes their community education soccer far too seriously.  It's going to be a long season.

I must not have gotten enough potassium yesterday because my legs cramped up something fierce after running under the hot Florida sun for a few minutes.    I could barely walk after practice yesterday, it still hurts today.   

[Liep]

Did the longest stretch of singletrack I've done in a while, 20km. The 30km ride back and forth to the forest was hard too, those fat tyres are not meant for asphalt.

Also, I received my new hub for the city bike and I built my first wheel, it was tiresome truing it but overall okay when using a guide. I messed up the spoke placement around the valve hole though.
I'll await using the smiley until I've taken it for a ride without dying horribly.

[Maladict]

I have so many blisters between my toes I could pass for a rural Pennsylvanian.

Wait did a Dutchman just make a Pennsylvania Dutch joke? Woah.

Alas,  unintended. As far as I'm concerned all of Pennsylvania outside the two main cities qualifies.

[Maladict]

Third day done, wasn't a pretty sight at times.
Just had my feet all bandaged up, off to bed.

[mongers]

Third day done, wasn't a pretty sight at times.
Just had my feet all bandaged up, off to bed.

Good luck tomorrow.

[mongers]

Did the longest stretch of singletrack I've done in a while, 20km. The 30km ride back and forth to the forest was hard too, those fat tyres are not meant for asphalt.

Also, I received my new hub for the city bike and I built my first wheel, it was tiresome truing it but overall okay when using a guide. I messed up the spoke placement around the valve hole though.
I'll await using the smiley until I've taken it for a ride without dying horribly.

Must be a fun sort of ride those 29ers (? my assumption). 

Kudos for building a new wheel, I had a mate who was a natural genius at doing building and truing wheels, me not at all.

Also you've reminded me I've a ton of bike maintenance to do, or should I just prevaricate and go on an evening ride tomorrow instead?