Lucy WallaceIt wasn't fast or pretty, but I just ran up to the Goatfell deer fence, which is milestone and a big confidence boost. π₯³
Hour at the gym this morning... it was rammed. Presumably full of folk making a fresh start. Most seem to be having an ok time (apart from the bloke who was leg pressing the max weight and looked like he was about to have a heart attack). π³
Here's hoping that folk stick at it, or find something similar that is more fun. I don't find the gym fun, but everyone tells me that I should do strength training to be a better runner and also cos I'm old π
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Probably well against the rules of convalescence , but Nuis has been absent from Glen Rosa for too long. This boy just loves to watch water do its watery thing. π So joyous to see him happy. Hopefully, we can let him run free here again, but for now, even lead walks here are special. β€οΈ
Massive shout out to everyone who is hoping to get more active in 2024!
Movement is such a fundamental and vital thing to me, I wish that this could be a joy that everyone has for themselves. Next year I plan to ramp it up a level and have some scary plans in the pipeline! πββοΈ I'm planning on posting more about what I get up to, (warts and all), and in return, I'd love it if you shared your journey with me.
We got this!
I miss my daily walks with Nuis! π The weather is so lovely right now, deliciously cold and calm. I forced myself out to go for a slow wander on my own. There were redshanks and mergansers and wowser views, but it's not the same without my buddy. I hope that it won't be too long before we are prowling about together again. β€οΈ
Small thing but maybe the swimmers out there can relate. Discovered today that I've been doing breaststroke wrong for the past 40 years!! After realising that I have a very high stroke rate, I did a bit of reading. Tweaked my glide phase (quite radically) today and knocked 20 strokes and 30 seconds off my 100m. πββοΈ Would like to go back in time and have a word with my school PE teacher, who I've just found out wasn't just a mean bully, she was also very wrong. π¬
louisa_ :)Bit of a mixed bag at the weekend for my #ActiveEveryday / #OutsideEveryDay efforts.
Random rainstorms stopped play on Saturday but yesterday was brighter: I did 7km across inner city #Leeds then @johnl and I walked a 10km loop around Temple Newsam & down to Skelton Lake.
Today was lovely again: I went for an 8km walk with our neighbour, around some country lanes and one very flooded footpath.
It's cool but bright at the moment - perfect walking weather imho.
Between a sinus headache and rain, I skipped an #ActiveEveryDay day yesterday but made up for it today, with 20mins of yoga this morning, walking the 2.5km into the village (yay) for a haircut (ugh) at lunchtime and a 6km sunset loop to some scrubland @johnl was interested in visiting this evening.
Today's walk took me over towards Scammonden Reservoir - a 7km loop via my favourite farm which usually has barn cats sunbathing outside of it. Today, there weren't any cats but there was a napping pink pig.
On the way, I had to re-route away from my preferred path as the local dairy farmers were collecting grass. I love the ballet: two massive tractors moving around in unison. They had three trailers they were swapping out too.
Walked up a local hill today. It was a little hazy across the valley as I set off but I thought I was "making the most of the nice weather" by going up the hill. It was only when I came back down and turned around that I realised I'd been walking in the clouds π€£
(In hindsight, it had smelled freshly wet up there, even if it hadn't felt/looked like it.)
