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Juneathon day 7: bike!

A couple of weeks ago, I attempted an introductory ride with the Amersham Road Cycling Club. Unfortunately, my plans were thwarted very early, when about 10 minutes in to the ride my chain snapped spectacularly, knocking out my rear gears. Today I managed my first proper ride, though, and it was really good fun!

We...

Juneathon day 6: various ways to rush...

A fairly varied day, really. This morning, I took the girls to see Mrs H doing the "Color Obstacle Rush" at Dorney Lake. Timing meant that we were in a bit of a rush ourselves (getting packed is always a challenge) so had to leg it to see them set off! The day was then rather...

Juneathon day 5: "rest day"... (I wish)

We have three kids between 7 and 13, and they each do different activities on a Friday. It can get rather complicated! Despite not formally "doing some exercise" today, I've still managed to walk just under 13,000 steps / 6 miles (mostly dashing to swimming, or round the shops, or whatever). Then we had friends round for...

Juneathon day 4: a bit extreme!

I usually have a pairs PT session on a Friday morning, however this week we had to bump it to Thursday - today. With the weather being so utterly beautiful, we decided to cycle the 6-ish miles to Deep Mill where we train, which was a delight.

Once we got there, we had a...

Juneathon day 3: yoga!

With another full day on site with a client, Juneathon options have been limited. A horrendously late night last night hasn't helped matters either! However, current logistics often allow me to head over to a blissful yoga session with Yoga By Ellie, aka Mrs H, and this evening was one of those!

Ellie is running a good number of...

Juneathon day 2: lucky I got it in early...

I was hoping to manage a run today, but decided to do an early weights session anyway, with my friend Holger. Starting around 6:30AM (fools), we worked mainly on chest and back, with sets of bench presses, flys and so on, for about 45 minutes.

Lucky we did, as it turned out; the rest of the day has been rather...

Juneathon day 1: let's do this thing!

It's late, and I've an early start tomorrow, so let's keep this quick! I managed a quick lunchtime run at work in Rickmansworth - not sure the distance of 3 miles on Strava is right, but hey! Then, this evening, I had an hour of Wild Training in Hervines Park, Amersham. Apparently, according to my FitBit, I've done nearly 9 miles, but...

A short and shameless plug for Mrs H's new YogaByEllie website!

I've written a number of times over the last few years about doing yoga, either with Mrs H or other local teachers. Well, I can now officially un-mask Mrs H in her own right as the Ellie behind Yoga By Ellie!

She's actually been teaching yoga...

Janathon day 31: all over, in more ways than one...

I am a broken man. The combination of minimal sleep over the last few days, plus yesterday's upper-body workout, has left me absolutely shattered! You know that thing when you become run-down, and start getting colds, headaches, delirium etc? That.

It's not all bad, though:

1. Boom! I got our tax returns out the door on time.
2. Despite the pain...

Janathon day 30: a pair of pairs...

Friday is pairs PT day. Last Friday wasn't, though, due to illness, so in fact this week there has been a pair of pairs PT sessions. The first one, on Monday, concentrated on legs, so today was mainly working on the upper body. It was very hard!

An hour of flies,...