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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Longest ride yet: 53.75km, 1,068 calories, average temperature 31.6 degrees! Check out the details below. ShareTweetShare0 Shares
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 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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …