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Curiosity killed ...
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We usually run this Fitness Race a couple of times a year, in January and July; encouraging those of us who struggle to maintain a regular exercise habit, a month of logging exercise is thought to be a Good Idea™.:
Following the success of the biannual Fitness Races established in November 2007, I hereby present the July 2012 Fitness Race. The rules are pretty much as cribbed from all the previous races, and just because I'm lazy, the January 2012 Fitness Race is available in Oblivion with links to the January 2009 race in Limbo and on back should anyone need to see how it works.
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 July onwards - daily / weekly / whatever is most convenient. The person who spent the most time exercising by the 31st July 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 July 1 (local time) and finishes at midnight August 1 (local time).
All right then, tie your shoelaces and get ready to go. Over the previous threads the top 5 people took regular daily exercise, little and often worked. Walking or cycling places is good for you and adds up, so leave the car behind and cut your carbon footprint too. 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, I'm going to suggest a walk on 7th July - we started trying for a monthly walk, and managed January and March, but have failed pretty much since - Easter, May Day bank holiday and the Jubilee weekend not helping for the first Saturdays of April, May and June. I'll set that one up in All Saints.
Please can I also point people who want to chat about fitness rather than log times to the Fitness Thread, Exercise Book in All Saints.
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Ultracrepidarian
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Having been absent for several Fitness Races, I'll join in this one and see what I can log on here. It might be an inspiration to try more of the non-climbing things that seem interesting.
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Smudgie
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Right, this time I'm definitely in. And this time I will stay in right the way through July (though I am away for one week of it so will probably not get to post often). Here speaketh the woman who's just postponed her appointment at the gym
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Ultracrepidarian
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But obviously you're just postponing it to next week so it counts for the race, aren't you Smudgie?
[Edit to remove pointless smiley] [ 26. June 2012, 11:14: Message edited by: Ultracrepidarian ]
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comet
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me me me!
desperately need a kick in the ass.
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Tea gnome
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Me too! The cumbrae swim is in September, as is a wedding I'd like to be thinner for, so am hoping this might be the push I require. [ 26. June 2012, 19:10: Message edited by: Tea gnome ]
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harmony hope
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Yes I'm in -thanks Curiosity!
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blackbeard
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Blackbeard logging on.
Am I the oldest (68)? anyone else want to claim this honour?
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comet
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I'm afraid I'm a few years younger, blackbeard. sorry.
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SusanDoris
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Please count me in CK. I was hoping I'd see this posted as I missed January, because of pain caused by something the physiotherapist called 'sacro-illiac hypermobility'! Various exercises seem to have done the trick, but I'm keeping fingers crossed!
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Rosa Winkel
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I'll try. July sees me leading two seminars in Germany and I won't have much access to the internet, so my updates will be late. I'll be back on the 30th or 31st though, so will manage to post my updates in time.
I've gained a right belly lately, so some fitness work is very much needed. Luckily both seminars will be in places where one can play football and table-tennis, and hopefully there'll be some lads in my groups up for a kick about.
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Deputy Verger
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Okay... I'm up for it. Comet won by an avalanche last time, but it can't be still snowing?
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Jenn.
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I'm in. Hoping this time will include more hard work type exercise and less (aerobic) walking, but we'll see...
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Auntie Doris
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Unfortunately due to my current pregnant circumstances I am going to rule myself out at the moment. I am still exercising but at a much reduced level and I know if I sign myself up I will feel as competitive as ever!
Auntie Doris x
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comet
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quote: Originally posted by Deputy Verger: Okay... I'm up for it. Comet won by an avalanche last time, but it can't be still snowing?
nary a flake. and two jobs with 7 days per week of work. I doubt I'll be in the running this time but I'm going to try.
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Jonah the Whale
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Count me in. I'll be away the last ten days, but I'll try and log in.
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Scots lass
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I'm in, and hoping this time I won't be wiped out by a bad cold like I was in January!
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Meg the Red
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Since changing jobs, I'm a lot less active; my 2 hour round-trip bike commute is now down to 40 minutes - and lo, the tuchis swelleth greatly. I'm going to take a page out of comet's book and try to mix it up with as many different activities as I can.
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Jane R
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I'm in - it would be nice to get my money's worth out of the gym next month (currently averaging 2 visits per week, would like to increase to 4 or 5).
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The Rogue
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I'll have a go. My problem will be remembering to post whenever I do something. Let's see if I can crack that this time.
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Tea gnome
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I'm considering going to a personal trainer, I hope starting this week. If this isn't considered quite the thing, I'd be happy to sit out, or not count the trainer sessions or something. Does anyone have an opinion? It doesn't seem very fair somehow. Tg
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comet
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I have no problem with counting training time
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Ultracrepidarian
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I think it's fine to count training sessions.
I'm going to have to work out how much of a day out climbing is actual physical activity and how much is standing around and chatting. This may be tricky - my first climbing outing of July will be tomorrow!
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Tea gnome
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Ok, thanks. I was motivated enough to go to the gym place and book an assessment for Monday. Not to actually go to the gym, but, you know, one thing at a time. Tg
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Angel Wrestler
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I'm in.
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Deputy Verger
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On your marks... I'm up and dressed, shoes and socks on!
Get set... About to go ring the bells up!
GO!
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SusanDoris
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2 hr 10 min
Up and running ... well, walking! Long walk, plus two short walks.
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Jane R
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Cycled to church today (3 miles there, 3 miles back) and spent most of the afternoon shifting furniture, including a (digital) piano and a filing cabinet - does moving furniture count?
Tea gnome, I have had sessions with a personal trainer (Christmas present) and I definitely think you should count them - it's far harder than training by yourself because if you are finding an exercise too easy they will make you do a different one. Worth it though. Good luck.
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Deputy Verger
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Well, from my flying start I've only got 40 minutes of ringing and 20 minutes of cycling to count, for a round total of one hour meaning already losing on Day One!
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blackbeard
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45 m walking, 35 m runnish, total for first day thus 1 h 20 m
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Tea gnome
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Twenty five minutes today, twelve and a half minutes each way cycling to work. I know the training sessions will be hard, it's the motivation bit (that is, I'm getting someone else to do my motivation for me) bit that feels a bit cheaty. But thanks or the thoughts and we'll see how it goes Tg
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harmony hope
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Going for slow but steady....
One hour dog walking Day 1.
Thanks!
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Curiosity killed ...
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I've got a conundrum. It took me 3½ hours to walk 6 miles today. Now some of that is the number of photos I took (10 minutes hanging around taking pictures of feeding swallows, 10 minutes crawling around the ground looking at a beetle) and I'm going to take off ½ hour for that, but 3 hours for 6 miles is pathetic, even after battling through an overgrown path on a rape field and along the pathway that had been reploughed in. However, I have an excuse for being slow, as I'm recovering from pneumonia. Fit it would take me about 2 - 2½ hours so I'm not sure how much to count.
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comet
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it was long after midnight when I rode home from work on my bike - 3:30 am give or take. so - starting out the race with a 35 minute midnight bike ride. [ 01. July 2012, 23:21: Message edited by: AristonAstuanax ]
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Just Me
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Spotted this just in time. I'm in. Haven't done anything today so it doesn't matter that I can't count it.
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Ariston
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Oh, whatever. I may as well join. If watching Le Tour doesn't count, riding my Le Tour should—especially in this heat! Give me 1 hour on the bike today, please.
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Meg the Red
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Heavy rains/thunderstorms put paid to my planned Canada Day bike ride; instead, I got in 30 minutes of house-cleaning and 10 minutes walking to and from the grocery store (where I had a free piece of Canada Day cake, thus negating any minimal fitness benefits realized by the walk).
Ah well, tomorrow is another day . . . [ 02. July 2012, 02:20: Message edited by: Meg the Red ]
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Liberty
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75 minutes today, a combination of walking and aerobics.
This should motivate me to get up and go to the pool in the mornings... [ 02. July 2012, 03:21: Message edited by: Liberty ]
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Ariston
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Throw in another 20 minutes for biking to and from the further Metro stop in order to watch the Tour . . . and drink $2 local microbrews.
Why yes, even if I don't have the greatest time, I've already won.
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Curiosity killed ...
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OK, posted to here, spreadsheet set up and new people added, those definitely not taking part shuffled out of current list.
I do have every old time barring January 2011 on the spreadsheet, and if I feel enthusiastic / want to procrastinate later I'll put them up so you know comparison times to encourage personal challenging.
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la vie en rouge
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Not a flying start for me, just forty minutes walking. But my Sundays are busy.
I have a dilemma - if I walk home tonight, I will rack up more time but if I go running, I will get more actual real exercise. I probably should get in the cardio... <muses> [ 02. July 2012, 09:03: Message edited by: la vie en rouge ]
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To The Pain
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Woop! I'm in and have a secret weapon - dogsitting - to make up for the fact that I'm not moving house this month. Unfortunately one of my regular dancing engagements has also paused for the summer. Ho hum.
On with my idiosyncratic-as-usual posting of times:
Monday, July 2nd: 30 mins walking dog 20 mins walking to work
Total to add: 50 minutes Toal so far: 50 minutes
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blackbeard
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quote: Originally posted by Curiosity killed ...: I've got a conundrum. It took me 3½ hours to walk 6 miles today. Now some of that is the number of photos I took (10 minutes hanging around taking pictures of feeding swallows, 10 minutes crawling around the ground looking at a beetle) and I'm going to take off ½ hour for that, but 3 hours for 6 miles is pathetic, even after battling through an overgrown path on a rape field and along the pathway that had been reploughed in. However, I have an excuse for being slow, as I'm recovering from pneumonia. Fit it would take me about 2 - 2½ hours so I'm not sure how much to count.
If you can walk 6 miles while recovering from pneumonia, I'm impressed. You have earned your 3 hours.
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Ultracrepidarian
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All righty.
Climbing on 1 July
10 minutes of cycling (with a big pack of gear) to/from where we were meeting to go on the trip.
15 minutes of walking (with a big pack of gear) between the car and the crag at the other end.
Now it gets tricky. We got to the crag at about 11am, and left about 7pm. I forgot to time how much time I spent actually climbing. (A lot of climbing is just standing around, anyway.) I climbed ten relatively short routes, and would definitely have spent less than half the time climbing, once you think about belaying, eating, faffing with rope etc. 15 minutes a route would give me 2 hours 30 minutes, which is probably about right (maybe a bit of an underestimate), but doesn't seem much for a full day outside being 'active'!
2 July
So far, 25 minutes of a morning run, and 10 minutes of commuter cycling.
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Jane R
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Sorry, forgot we had to give times!
In that case my score for 1 July is as follows:
Cycling - 1 hour (about 25 minutes there, 35 minutes back because I went the scenic route) Furniture moving - about 1.5 hours (we had to empty the bookcase and filing cabinet before we moved them which took a long time).
Total (1 July): 2 hours 30 minutes
Today is a rest day, so I will probably only do the Walk To School, but I may be taking Daughter swimming if she's not too tired. I will post my score for today later on.
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SusanDoris
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1 hr 35 min
Raining, so taxi to gym; extra CV to make up for it; walked home, got wet, but that didn't matter.
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