March 17, 20251 yr On 14/03/2025 at 07:25, Dr Faustus said: its now 4 months to the day; still aches, not full movement, but better... Sunday a few reprobates off this pic are getting together as one lad has sadly passed; lets see if I can ping a ball. Moving office soon to Angel Square in Mcr- comes with own gym, so gonna use PureGym short term... will add current weight and dimensions later, and review in a month Remember when Wanderersways played you lot…. That was a bit of a mad game! Wreckless tackles flying in left right and centre.
March 17, 20251 yr 37 minutes ago, Smiley said: Remember when Wanderersways played you lot…. That was a bit of a mad game! Wreckless tackles flying in left right and centre. Yesterday was no different- 14 a side at one point 😂 personally had a stinker, hit the post when I should’ve scored… the lad wasn’t even a twinkle in my eye on that pic, but he played outfield and bagged. i can’t move… first time in 4 months, but we go again- tomorrow is another potential start 😂
March 23, 20251 yr Feeling like dog shite all day, just dragged myself out for a 5 mile run and instantly feel ace. Breathing out my arse for the first mile mind lol
March 23, 20251 yr I’ve been out this evening for a flat 4 mile road run. Did the exact same route, same run, at the same heart rate 6 months ago in October. I’m 2 minutes per mile faster. So the low heart rate training has paid off. Definitely feeling pretty fit. Weight now lowest for 4 years (when I bought my Renpho scales). Have managed 60 miles this week. Mon - 7.5 miles local roads (boring). Tues - 16 miles around Ladybower Res (Trail) Wed - weights & cardio at home. Thu - 11.5 miles around Rivington (Trail) Fri - Rest day (2-3 mile walk). - Had DOMS from Wednesday’s session. Sat - 21 miles around Bury (Sunnywood Project - The Link Challenge). (Trail) Sun - 4 miles local roads.
March 23, 20251 yr 17 minutes ago, deeane Koontz said: Feeling like dog shite all day, just dragged myself out for a 5 mile run and instantly feel ace. Breathing out my arse for the first mile mind lol Makes you feel good doesn’t it!!
March 23, 20251 yr 2 minutes ago, Smiley said: I’ve been out this evening for a flat 4 mile road run. Did the exact same route, same run, at the same heart rate 6 months ago in October. I’m 2 minutes per mile faster. So the low heart rate training has paid off. Definitely feeling pretty fit. Weight now lowest for 4 years (when I bought my Renpho scales). Have managed 60 miles this week. Mon - 7.5 miles local roads (boring). Tues - 16 miles around Ladybower Res (Trail) Wed - weights & cardio at home. Thu - 11.5 miles around Rivington (Trail) Fri - Rest day (2-3 mile walk). - Had DOMS from Wednesday’s session. Sat - 21 miles around Bury (Sunnywood Project - The Link Challenge). (Trail) Sun - 4 miles local roads. So you knocked 8 minutes of the time it took to run 4 miles? That's impressive I've not ran in ages, been doing a gym session each day for a while now, classes there are great and cover all my strength and cardio needs But done two 5ks today and yesterday
March 24, 20251 yr Dragged myself out for another one. Knocked a couple minutes off and tripped over some barbed wire, obviously as I was passing the only people I saw on the run 🤦♂️
March 25, 20251 yr On 23/03/2025 at 19:43, Zico said: So you knocked 8 minutes of the time it took to run 4 miles? That's impressive Yep, at the same heart rate. So in theory, if I carried on low heart rate training for another 6 months, I’d knock another 2 mins off, which would be phenomenal. Would mean I could run a marathon in a PB but without exerting myself. Pretty sure I won’t shift a further 2 minutes in 6 months though. Guessing it will plateau at some point. I’m back mostly running hills and longer distance again now and noticing my heart rate is staying relatively low in comparison to my work rate. Happy with that.
March 25, 20251 yr On 23/03/2025 at 21:00, L/H White said: 61k week for me 4 weeks until the London marathon Superb. You got a time in mind? Believe it’s not a place to hope for a PB, too many people and too many sights you wanna take in.
March 25, 20251 yr 3 minutes ago, Smiley said: Superb. You got a time in mind? Believe it’s not a place to hope for a PB, too many people and too many sights you wanna take in. anything sub 4, I'm not fussed tbh, all about the experience and the fundraising for this one
March 29, 20251 yr Think I'm going to headbutt someone at the gym. Fuckers are methering you as soon as you get on a machine
March 29, 20251 yr 1 hour ago, deeane Koontz said: Think I'm going to headbutt someone at the gym. Fuckers are methering you as soon as you get on a machine Asking to feel your muscles?
March 30, 20251 yr On 17/03/2025 at 20:37, Smiley said: Remember when Wanderersways played you lot…. That was a bit of a mad game! Wreckless tackles flying in left right and centre. If that's the Stocks in Walkden I played in a 'friendly' against a Stocks team above 50 years ago on Harriet Street. I remember us all getting kicked up and down and we were a bit wary about going in for a pint after. They were a different set of lads after pasty n peas. Haven't a clue what the score was mind.
March 31, 20251 yr Author Drank 40 pints this weekend. Felt like death today. Dragged myself to the gym and instantly feel better. Hard fucking work though. Nice coming out to this view as well. Life wasn't so good this morning Blackpool cunts.
March 31, 20251 yr Fuckin ell. Need to clean a few windows to pay for that lot too! Not so bad for me- took my ire out on my neighbour's bush. 😁
May 24, 20251 yr Starting a weight loss kick as I'm feeling shitty.. Done a lot of walking recently, gaining my Lowland Leader qualification and considering going in for the Hill and Moorland Leader.. basically do a LOT of walking, usually 20km a time, at a very quick pace. It's brought my heart rate down, blood pressures ok, but i'm still body conscious of my size as carrying this much weight isn't good, even though it's a lot of muscle Thinking maybe swimming is good? If i just hit the weights i'll struggle to lose weight, but I can't do strenuous cardio due to other health issues.
May 24, 20251 yr 8 minutes ago, only1swanny said: Starting a weight loss kick as I'm feeling shitty.. Done a lot of walking recently, gaining my Lowland Leader qualification and considering going in for the Hill and Moorland Leader.. basically do a LOT of walking, usually 20km a time, at a very quick pace. It's brought my heart rate down, blood pressures ok, but i'm still body conscious of my size as carrying this much weight isn't good, even though it's a lot of muscle Thinking maybe swimming is good? If i just hit the weights i'll struggle to lose weight, but I can't do strenuous cardio due to other health issues. Swimming is definitely good. Go a few times and take it pretty easy and don't push yourself too hard. Then gradually increase what you're doing every time you go. Even if it's just an extra length than the time before. You will see the benefits pretty quickly.
May 25, 20251 yr Lost all motivation to train since the marathon, think I've run twice and played football (at the Reebok) which did more damage to me than running a marathon, need to get back on the horse this week, great north run in sept Anyway, the greatest left back performance of the season took place last Thursday on that pitch https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/25184460.bolton-wanderers-charity-football-day-bolton-hospice/
May 25, 20251 yr Author On 24/05/2025 at 10:06, only1swanny said: Starting a weight loss kick as I'm feeling shitty.. Done a lot of walking recently, gaining my Lowland Leader qualification and considering going in for the Hill and Moorland Leader.. basically do a LOT of walking, usually 20km a time, at a very quick pace. It's brought my heart rate down, blood pressures ok, but i'm still body conscious of my size as carrying this much weight isn't good, even though it's a lot of muscle Thinking maybe swimming is good? If i just hit the weights i'll struggle to lose weight, but I can't do strenuous cardio due to other health issues. Swimming is absolute peak pal. The best activity you can possibly do for all round fitness for me. Trains every single muscle with resistance and burns fat for fun. Easy on the joints too. It's just a big ball ache so it always puts me off
May 25, 20251 yr 1 hour ago, gonzo said: Swimming is absolute peak pal. The best activity you can possibly do for all round fitness for me. Trains every single muscle with resistance and burns fat for fun. Easy on the joints too. It's just a big ball ache so it always puts me off It's so fucking dull, though.
May 25, 20251 yr Love swimming. Done about 5K over 3 swims this week. Would have done further but the clock beat me. Keeps me fit and sane. Really feel the benefit when I get on my bike. Can’t run due to the arthritis in my toes so swim as much as I possibly can each week
May 25, 20251 yr 59 minutes ago, MancWanderer said: Love swimming. Done about 5K over 3 swims this week. Would have done further but the clock beat me. Keeps me fit and sane. Really feel the benefit when I get on my bike. Can’t run due to the arthritis in my toes so swim as much as I possibly can each week I can't run either, but that's because I'm too fat.
May 25, 20251 yr 7 hours ago, Traf said: It's so fucking dull, though. Got to agree. Despite its many benefits, plodding up and down a lane was so so boring I just couldn't stick to it.
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