#5x50 challenge

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Monday Motivation

After the coughing, sneezing and runny noses of last week, I still managed to do it: another 5×50 Challenge is in the bag! I really enjoyed it this year, and found myself looking forward to doing and then logging my activities every day, staying accountable. Here’s a summary of my past 50 days:

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It’s been filled with classes,…

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Monday Motivation

Happy Easter! I’ve had a wonderful weekend- how about you?

I was still getting over my chest infection this week so my activity levels haven’t been back to normal yet, but I am getting there. Meanwhile my eating has been, well, far from ideal – but I’m really not worried about it. Back on track between now and Florida 😉

Monday: travelling back from our trip away, but we did get a walk in. Nothing…

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Monday Motivation

It’s another fresh week, and another damp start here in Argyll. How was your week? I was quite pleased with how I kicked off another 5×50 Challenge, and I stuck to my seven days of activity with no huge issues. Go me!

For those of you not familiar with it, the challenge is to do 5k or 30 minutes of exercise a day for 50 days, and this round kicked off last Sunday. Here’s what I did:

Sunday: a…

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5x50 Challenge: Week Six Round Up

5×50 Challenge: Week Six Round Up

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5x50 Challenge: Week Five Round Up

5×50 Challenge: Week Five Round Up

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5x50 Challenge: Week Four Round Up

5×50 Challenge: Week Four Round Up

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Monday Motivation 

Happy Easter everyone! I hope you haven’t gorged yourself on too much chocolate ;) I’ve had a lovely weekend. I was fortunate enough to see Adele live in Glasgow on Saturday night and she was even more amazing than I had imagined she’d be. On Sunday we had a great family day at Oran Mor in Glasgow where we had dinner. The food was fab!

I mentioned recently how this year is flying in, and to…

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A snowy walk on the Long Mynd

It crept up awfully quickly, the first day of the rest of my life!

There's been stopping and starting since the end of last year and now at last I have started the fitness challenge that will not only stretch and motivate me but also help become and remain a non-smoker!

Today's 5 kilometre challenge was intended to be a local walk-shuffle-walk-shuffle affair but having spent two days at work listening to everyone telling me how awesome it was on top of the Long Mynd and only being able to guess at the snowy awesomeness from the relative safety of Carding Mill Valley I decided to take my first day challenge on the hill.

My walk was 9.08 kilometres, took a little over 2 hours 20 minutes, involved 305 metres ascent.  In addition I made one navigational error and one route choice error.  This all added up to a slightly spicy walk with light fading towards the end, arctic cold winds blowing from the summit of Pole Bank, hurdling 8 foot high drifts and my iPhone battery dying very quickly owing to the cold.  amazing couple of hours!

Haddon Hill from Motts Road - working up a steam heading up here!

Up on the Mynd, snowy views in all directions

Corndon Hill and the Welsh Hills

Stiperstones

Pole Bank 

The Burway - completely snowed in!

Never mind weak road, try no road!

Wind swept arctic desolation and yet so very beautiful

Volcanic Giants astride the Stretton Fault - Caer Caradoc & the Lawley look majestic