Thursday 21 December 2023

Active few weeks !

 Thursday 21st December 

What a lovely walk on the Quantocks on the first day of December with friends Susie, Rosie and Ella the dog 7.29 miles and lovely cake at the Foxy Bean cafe on one of the last days it was closing 😊 cake and coffee 👍👍

Weather was very cold with some frost , but high on the Tocks there was low cloud, and no views from Dowsborough Fort. First time in Nether  stowey, lovely little village. Nice picnic in the woods with a flask  of coffee. Cracking day out ! 












Another PSA check on the 6th  showed it had dropped back to normal at 1.74 compared to over 3.6 earlier, showing the Antibiotics had affected the result at the end of October. New settees delivered on same day, donation of one of our old ones to the Heart Charity raised £166 so pleased with that.

Weather stayed pants , lots of rain means no cycling so ran instead 7 runs upto 21st ! Longest 7 miles, a lovely morning run up Brean Down with Lisa, my first hill for over a year, felt ok, managed to run most of the hills. My second hill was Brent Knoll, very muddy on the way down 7.1 miles, tired when I got home, felt ok but back ache did last for a day or so, stretching seemed to help quite a bit.

Only two cycling days a 15 Mile  and 32mile with friends from Brent Knoll, another cake outing to Sweets cafe, one ride very wet and cold one ride 





















Nice morning out today on the Health Walk, followed with lunch in the Purplespoon cafe at the Highbridge YMCA 


So very busy month, building up running miles, keeping the HR down to level 2 or 3 around 133 average. Recovery seems to take a few days after a 6 miler, but numb leg seems to be holding up, numb, irritating but not painful.
Have a plan
10 miles before end of the month 
15 miles before end of January plus a couple of Tocks runs and Crook Peak 
18 miles before end of February with several Tocks runs 
19 miles before Grizzly but include recovery time 
Anyway Christmas Day next Monday! 
Oh! Nearly forgot I am down to 12stone 1lb from 13 stone ! My wife’s scare of pre diabetic and high cholesterol means we’ve changed our diet , more whole foods, no biscuits and only occasional cake.
So a busy month so far 😊