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Curiosity killed ...
Ship's Mug
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Following the success of the November 2007, January 2008 and the July 2008 Fitness Race, and with much cribbing from Ultracrepidarian's post, here are the rules for the January 2009 Fitness Race. We also agreed last time around that an annual January Race to get us back into the routine of exercise following the Saturnalian excesses was a Good Idea™. Those who want to take part please can you sign up here, and record the amount of time you have spent exercising from the 1st January onwards - daily / weekly / whatever is most convenient. The person who spent the most time exercising by the 31st January is the winner.
As before, the aim is to log your hours of fitness activity and watch them accumulate over the month. You can be a serious gym junkie or an occasional cyclist, the important thing is to take some time out of your month to spend being active.
The rules are simple (and almost identical to last time):
- It has to be physical activity. It doesn't have to be overly strenuous as long as it's aerobic. After some discussion previously, house work and gardening counts, so long as it's aerobic and so serious welly is put into it, but music practice doesn't.
- The race is based on time, rounded to the nearest minute. If you spend 5 minutes walking down the street to buy milk, it counts.
- If you're paid to be active (eg. as a builder), you can't count time spent on your job; The rest of us need to have a chance! However, you can count active transport that gets you to work (eg. walking, running, cycling, unicycling...).
- You can sign up whenever you like, but you can only count time spent after you sign up.
The race starts at midnight January 1 (local time) and finishes at midnight February 1 (local time). There will be small prizes for the winners.
All right then, tie your shoelaces and get ready to go. When we did this in November 2007, the top 5 people took regular daily exercise, little and often worked. None of them had a car, so they all walked or cycled places, so leave the car behind and cut your carbon footprint too - it will help towards the Ship's Compact if you want to take part in that! Children helped - walking recalcitrant babies or toddlers around the block built up useful amounts. Also use your weekends wisely to take extra exercise.
If you are London based, you can start the year with a New Year's Day Walk
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Auntie Doris
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I am definitely in!!
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Freelance Monotheist
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So overweight & so unhealthy so v certainly in!
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Bacchus
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I'm in - if I remember to post here. By-the-by, does the effort involved in removing a cork from a bottle of wine count? Even if you grunt alot?
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Welease Woderwick
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I'll have a go this time - and do I get double points when I'm pushing a Host in a wheelchair when he is here?
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I've eaten too much - count me in!
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Sign me up too please!
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Boogie
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OK - I have a stone to lose and applying for a number for my back :shock:!!
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I'm in! I started a new job in December, and haven't been to the gym since, so it will be added incentive to get back into it... (That, and all the junk I've been eating over December)
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Meg the Red
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Me too, please!
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Cottontail
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This might give me the incentive I need. Count me in.
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Sandemaniac
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Count me in, please. It will be interesting to see how little exercise I get in winter, and see why I get love handles every October when the cricket season finishes.
Please also count Celtic Knotweed in - she's busy reminding herself how to knit while I cruise the ship.
Many thanks,
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pimple
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A propos les embonpoints - A little yearning is a dangerous thing; but the car keeps saying 115,000 miles is enough, and won't believe I've done more than that until I log it up. So I'm in.
ETA I have already put another hole in my belt with a trusty awl. Paul would be proud of me!
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SusanDoris
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Count me in too, please.
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Celtic Knotweed
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quote:
Originally posted by Sandemaniac:
Please also count Celtic Knotweed in - she's busy reminding herself how to knit while I cruise the ship.
Just to confirm I'm in! (and can still sort-of knit )
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comet
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sign me up as well. Chasee will be here for the beginning of the month, so I'll try and twist her arm into joining also.
I'm excited! ![[Yipee]](graemlins/spin.gif)
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the pilgrim
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I'll do it! I might as well get some kind of credit for all the snow I'm shoveling. ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
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the famous rachel
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I'm in... this should reduce my withdrawal symptoms following the end of "Walking Around the World".
Rachel.
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Spike
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Me too
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Sir Kevin
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I'm in: I'll count walking home from the pub on New Year's morning! I am buying a bicycle in mid-January, so I look forward to getting some long hours in on that also.
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PrettyFly
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Sounds good, I'm in! Have just started running again.
Just to clarify, I get the bus to and from work but walk about 10-15 mins each way between the bus stop to the office - does that count?
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Stevie Boy Wonder
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This may just be the motivation I need to get off my (fat) arse. I'm in.
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Curiosity killed ...
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Yes, Pretty Fly, walking 10-15mins counts, but we found people added more time if they got off a stop earlier than normal to build in more exercise.
Do people want a list of who is in and what they did last time (or the last few times) to give them targets to aim for? I've put the previous times on the spreadsheet as I've been adding names so that I can give you comparisons at the end. (Yes, I know, sad, and needs a life - also keeping my spreadsheet skills up!)
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Ultracrepidarian
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I'm in, but I'm not sure how I'll do this time round. I'm on holiday this month, so there's no cycle-commuting to work. But on the other hand, I'm on holidays this month so I don't have to sit in front of a computer all day. However, it's been punishingly hot during the daytime here, so outdoor exercise will probably be limited.
Anyway, we'll see how it goes. At the very least, I want to get a couple of outdoor climbing excursions in during the month. Plus I have a slackline I want to play with. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Boogie
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Oh crumbs - it starts tomorrow ![[Ultra confused]](graemlins/confused2.gif)
Must phone my coach ....
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Smudgie
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quote:
Originally posted by Boogie:
Oh crumbs - it starts tomorrow
Must phone my coach ....
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I read that as "couch". I think I may have to find my couch and have a lie down too....
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quote:
Originally posted by Curiosity killed ...:
…Do people want a list of who is in and what they did last time (or the last few times) to give them targets to aim for? I've put the previous times on the spreadsheet as I've been adding names so that I can give you comparisons at the end. (Yes, I know, sad, and needs a life - also keeping my spreadsheet skills up!)
Yes, please.
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Huia
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Signing in 7.30am New Years Day local time.
I'm not sure I'll continue with this, I got a bit obsessive with the first two, but this is a start on a shiny New Year.
Huia
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comet
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it's effing -30f tonight. can I count shivering? ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
All ready to rumble tomorrow!
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Nunzia
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I'm in. For better or worse.
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Curiosity killed ...
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January Fitness Race contestants as at 8:45am on 1st January GMT, and previous times:
- Auntie Doris - Nov07 16h35m, Jan08 20h40m, Jul08 25h30m
- Autenrieth Road - Jan08 30h10m; Jul08 4h05m
- Bacchus
- blackbeard Jan08 41h35m; Jul08 30h50m
- Boogie
- Celtic Knotweed Nov07 23h42m; Jul08 42h
- chasee?
- Chorister Nov07 10h45m; Jan08 14h
- comet Jan08 34h10m; Jul08 58h45m
- Cottontail
- Curiosity killed .. Nov07 49h40m; Jan08 36h30m; Jul08 29h
- Freelance Monotheist Nov07 52h; Jan08 53h; Jul08 47h30m
- Huia Nov07 71h05m; Jan07 76h30m
- lily pad
- Meg the Red Jan08 24h30m
- NorthEast Quine
- Nunzia
- pimple
- Pretty Fly
- Sandemaniac Jul08 62h10m
- Scots lass
- Sir Kevin Jan08 5h30m; Jul08 6h35m
- Smudgie Jan08 16h05; Jul08 5h30m
- Spike
- Stevie Boy Wonder
- Susan Doris Jul08 54h25m
- the famous rachel
- the pilgrim
- Ultracrepidarian Jan08 46h45m; 57h20m;
- Wiff Waff
I think I've spotted any name changes!
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Ultracrepidarian
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Well, we're off.
I slacklined and did body-weight exercises (chin-ups, push-ups and some core stuff) for 1 hr 10 today, plus I spent 15 minutes cycling to go and get some money from an ATM.
I've found the perfect pair of trees nearby for stringing my slackline. They're about 6m apart and they're gum trees, so the branches don't get in the way of walking between them. As a bonus, one of the trees has a nice horizontal branch that I can just reach if I stand on the slackline. It makes a nice chin-up bar for when I get bored with walking the line.
Running total: 1 hr 25
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SusanDoris
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1 hr 25 min
Very cold this morning, but no wind, so it was quite comfortable walking; and of course very few people or cars about (between (9:0 a.m. and 10:25).
UltraC: Could you explain what a 'slack line' is, please?
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Ultracrepidarian
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No worries, SD: Here's the wikipedia article, and here's a nice example of the sort of stuff you can do when you get good. At the moment I can walk from one end of my line to the other without too many problems. As of today, I can even turn around without falling off (if I'm lucky). I'm also working on doing some basic balance tricks like standing on one foot in a yoga-esque tree pose or walking with my hands held behind my back (which is surprisingly hard). However, I'm not jumping around or anything like that. Yet.
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Welease Woderwick
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I know this might look like a set-up but working backwards from the distances I did I get 1 hr 25 mins as well - all cycling in two bursts, one this morning and one this evening.
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Yangtze
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I'm in.
Even if I did miss today's London Shipmeet Walk due to celebrating New Year's Eve a little too vigorously and so am already starting with a day of not doing anything!
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Chorister
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Lovely dry weather on New Year's Day, so did a 2 hour walk along the banks of the River Tamar.
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SusanDoris
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UltraC
thanks for the links. I am very impressed!
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1 hour on the treadmill and stretching. I weighed myself at the gym and I weigh quite a bit more there than I do at home. ![[Disappointed]](graemlins/disappointed.gif)
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I went walking in Kew Gardens, and with the 40 minutes of walking to tube stations at either end, I reckon we probably walked for a total of 2 hours (at any pace).
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pimple
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Tut. Not off the ground yet. Was expecting to have to walk to work. But the car was wagging its tail, so to speak....
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After we'd recovered from our New Year's Eve festivities, I've been for a walk with some friends in Habberley Woods in Kidderminster. 1 hour 30 minutes wandering through the woods, scrambling up sandstone rocks, and throwing balls for random passing dogs to chase.
OK, does playing on Wii Fitness count as exercise? If so, I've done another 25 minutes of jogging, step aerobics and slalom skiing. I'm now wondering if I should buy a Wii as it would work out cheaper than a year's gym membership, plus I wouldn't have to leave the house in the freezing cold...
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Ultracrepidarian
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I woke up early, so I slacklined and did body-weight stuff for 45 minutes this morning. It's a nice way to start the day.
Running total: 2 hr 10
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1 hour walking today.
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Ultracrepidarian
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Cycled into the city to buy warm clothing for my trip to the UK. 35 minutes each way makes 1 hr 10.
Running total: 3 hr 20
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