Dry January: 35th Year
Here we go again, my 35th Dry January in a row! If ever a sentence made me feel old. I can remember the first year I went dry, my first …
Off Season, Rehab & Fitness
Before I started playing cricket again I wrote about my concerns regarding my fitness levels and how well my body would cope, and throughout the season I documented in my …
Dry January: 34th Year
Another year starts with a Dry January for me, the 34th year in a row that I have done this. No huge story behind it: when I fist started work …
Playing Cricket Again: Part Three (Fitness)
Got a Plan, got the Equipment, found a Club, now need to get Fit, specifically cricket fit. To be fair I am reasonably fit in so much as I walk …
2019: The Year Ahead
As we leave 2018 behind: our 18th consecutive Christmas and New Year in Almerimar, Spain, and start to look forward to 2019, in what at least must be described as …
Garmin Forerunner 225
I suspect the Garmin Forerunner 225 is going to be my next bit of technology when it becomes available mid July. I have been using (on and off) the Garmin …
Garmin Vivosmart
I have been considering a wearable device for a while and have posted before about wearable guides, whether to buy a smart band or smart watch and last December I …
Fitness Goals
Time to bite the bullet and commit to some fitness goals! In recent months I have (slowly) been getting fitter, and more importantly, figuring out what this bag of old …
Trion:Z
I have been wearing a Trion:Z Duo Loop for a while now. Can’t say that it is doing any good, but to be fair the amount of aches and pains …
Longest Ride Yet
Longest ride yet: 53.75km, 1,068 calories, average temperature 31.6 degrees! Check out the details below. ShareTweetShare0 Shares
Sponsored Bike Ride: 13th October 2014
I recently agreed to do a sponsored bike ride to raise awareness of the plight of the Galgo Español. I had always planned to do some sponsored biked rises once …
Google Fit is Android’s answer to exercise and health tracking
Google Fit is Google’s new health initiative. It’s a service that will track all your health metrics — sleep, steps, etc. — and it’s built into the next version of …
A (Very) Short Jog
Went for a (very) short jog this morning, the second one this year, and it reminded me that my old body just wasn’t built for running, and it certainly isn’t …
New Personal Best
Did a new PB on my Cube Peloton Pro Compact Road Bike 2013 yesterday. My first recorded ride on the bike was on the 15th February: 18.02km in 55min 23secs. …
Cycling On Sand
In theory the fact that we live by a nature reserve should make for some good off road cycling but at the moment I am struggling because it is so …
Vitus Bikes Mach 3 City Bike 2013
Bought Sands a new bike recently, a Vitus Bikes Mach 3 City Bike 2013 from, you guessed, www.chainreactioncycles.com So far so good. She is getting used to the thinner tyres, …
Corratec X-Vert Motion 2013
Bought another bike recently from www.chainreactioncycles.com/es/es, a Corratec X-Vert Motion 2013 Specification Featuring RST Gila disc fork, refined over the years, now a benchmark entry to the world of MTB …
MBT
Many years ago, living in the UK, my Pilates Instructor tried to persuade me to buy some MBT (Movement Through Instability) shoes that she had just started to sell. At …
Garmin 220 or TomTom Runner
The Garmin or TomTom debate is on again. Last time the Garmin 510 won and I have been really pleased with it, and with the Garmon Connect application and web …
First Cycling Goal
Have had the bike a couple of months now, but have still only managed to get out on it 8 times! 6 of those since I had the Garmin 510 …
Getting Fitter: Smaller Steps
Two months in and I am heading in the right direction: albeit very slowly! February was always going to be a tough a month with three ALStrays Pet Transports which …
Garmin Connect: First Impressions
A while back I shared my decision on whether to get a Garmin or TomTom for use on the road bike. Today I used the Garmin 510 for the first …
Getting Fitter: Small Steps
Well it is a month since I started to get fitter and be healthier, and it hasn’t been too bad result wise. I have lost some weight: all in the …
Getting Fitter
Two weeks in now so time for a brief update (don’t panic am not going to be doing this every fortnight) on how the exercise and healthier living are going. …
Garmin or TomTom
I have a bit of a dilemma deciding on whether I should go with TomTom or Garmin for a ‘mobile’ GPS system for use primarily on my bike. I am …
Healthier Lifestyle
Anyone that follows me on Twitter (MyAppleStuff) or is a Facebook Friend (almerimarlife) you may have noticed that in the last week I have started to do some (very) light …
24 Years And Counting
So another year starts. For me that means another alcohol free month as for the 24th year in a row I have given up booze for the month of January. …
Back in Training – Stage 2
I am knackered! Well my legs are anyway, and I am so happy about it – honest!!! Yesterday morning I played my first game of football in about 15 years …
Back In Training – Stage 1
Just back from my second (very) short jog in two days. The 20km of last years seems a dim and distant past, and the concept of 40km seems somewhat challenging …