Saturday Walked with Tiff for 1/2 an hour. Nearly dark when she and the 2 youngens came out and "begged" me to go for a walk with them...
Sunday Rode the bike, first time in ages so only 8km. Then this afternoon did a 2+km walk with T and y's. Some of it uphill pushing the pram, handed it back to her when the 2nd kid got on though.
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Am I fitter?
Sunday, June 14, 2020
Saturday, June 6, 2020
Saturday 6th June - Friday 12th.
Saturday Nothing
Sunday Zilch
Monday Nada
Tuesday Didn't do anything
Wednesday Nothing
Thursday Zilch
Friday Nada
Am I fitter? haha No way I could be.
Sunday Zilch
Monday Nada
Tuesday Didn't do anything
Wednesday Nothing
Thursday Zilch
Friday Nada
Am I fitter? haha No way I could be.
Tuesday, June 2, 2020
Saturday 30th May - Friday 5th June
Saturday Bushwalk with Tiff. We went out to explore Hoffman Mill. It's really nice there but no camping this time of year so only a few people around. We'll be back.
Sunday Slow walk into town so 20 minutes maybe. 1.5k's only.
Monday Bush walk with husband. We went for a drive to see how his injured back held up and as we were in the area we walked around the POW area and did Marrinup Falls walk. Still no waterfall even though we have had some rain.
Tuesday I had to look after 3 little kids this morning so pushing a pram and walking around for a couple of hours was all I achieved. And I say a couple of hours but was really, probably only an hour or so. 😃
Wednesday Bikeride this morning, its been awhile so only 8km. Knees were aching before I reached the 4k turnaround but otherwise it wasn't too bad.
Thursday 11km this morning. Was going to do the 13 but as I have jobs to do before I go into Vinnies decided I better not.
Friday Half hour bush track, flat track.
Am I fitter? Fitter than last Friday, yeah. Not as fit as next Friday...hopefully!
Sunday Slow walk into town so 20 minutes maybe. 1.5k's only.
Monday Bush walk with husband. We went for a drive to see how his injured back held up and as we were in the area we walked around the POW area and did Marrinup Falls walk. Still no waterfall even though we have had some rain.
Tuesday I had to look after 3 little kids this morning so pushing a pram and walking around for a couple of hours was all I achieved. And I say a couple of hours but was really, probably only an hour or so. 😃
Wednesday Bikeride this morning, its been awhile so only 8km. Knees were aching before I reached the 4k turnaround but otherwise it wasn't too bad.
Thursday 11km this morning. Was going to do the 13 but as I have jobs to do before I go into Vinnies decided I better not.
Friday Half hour bush track, flat track.
Am I fitter? Fitter than last Friday, yeah. Not as fit as next Friday...hopefully!
Saturday, May 23, 2020
Sat 23rd - Friday 29th May
Saturday Wasn't planning on doing anything after feeling so sore yesterday but woke up early feeling Ok so rode 8km.
Sunday Storms forecast for today so it seemed like a good rest day. Then T rang saying she was going up the dam to walk, did I want to go to. No I didn't, it was going to storm...I went and we walked for just over an hour.
Monday Nothing
Tuesday Nothing
Wednesday Nothing
Thursday Nothing as yet, again. It's raining, I'm a sook and don't want to do anything in the rain. And I have to go into work for a few hours soon. Excuses have started.
Friday And again, nothing.
Am I fitter? haha, there is no way I could be.
Sunday Storms forecast for today so it seemed like a good rest day. Then T rang saying she was going up the dam to walk, did I want to go to. No I didn't, it was going to storm...I went and we walked for just over an hour.
Monday Nothing
Tuesday Nothing
Wednesday Nothing
Thursday Nothing as yet, again. It's raining, I'm a sook and don't want to do anything in the rain. And I have to go into work for a few hours soon. Excuses have started.
Friday And again, nothing.
Am I fitter? haha, there is no way I could be.
Monday, May 18, 2020
Saturday 16th - Friday 22nd May
Saturday Rest day today. Because I got busy then couldn't be fagged!
Sunday Bush walk up at Marrinup Falls. Of course there was no water except for a couple of stagnant pools but the walk was great. Hills, steps, lots of nature, I loved it.
Monday Another rest day haha Or am I still just too lazy to get out and just do it.
Tuesday Thank goodness for daughter otherwise I would have done nothing again. T walked out with the pram so we all walked up to the corner and back. I did 3km but by the time she was home again she ended up with 7 on the clock! Brilliant woman, she is doing so great with it all.
Wednesday Hmmm, bad habits creeping back in with no ride or walk again. Did go into work for a few hours and really felt that by the time I got home.
Thursday Have work again this morning so wasn't going to ride but decided on a short 8. But got to the 4k mark and thought I'd do the 11k ride. Home now and I rode 14km. Pleased with that. Hard work though so need to go more often.
Friday I am so sore. I hurt so bad...and all because I walked for a few hours. haha Went to Ridley place with daughter and youngens and decided to walk to the old LaPort pipeline. 'Cause you know, it's just there, not far...'ceptin it wasn't "just there" It was miles away. Then miles back. Fun though. How T walks and pushes the pram with 2 kids I don't know, hard work that. And luckily not my job!
Google Earth says 3.5 there so all up we would have walked more than 7, there and back, up and down and crossing roads etc..
Am I fitter? I don't feel fitter this week. I hurt, everything has been an effort, too many days of nothing...
Sunday Bush walk up at Marrinup Falls. Of course there was no water except for a couple of stagnant pools but the walk was great. Hills, steps, lots of nature, I loved it.
Monday Another rest day haha Or am I still just too lazy to get out and just do it.
Tuesday Thank goodness for daughter otherwise I would have done nothing again. T walked out with the pram so we all walked up to the corner and back. I did 3km but by the time she was home again she ended up with 7 on the clock! Brilliant woman, she is doing so great with it all.
Wednesday Hmmm, bad habits creeping back in with no ride or walk again. Did go into work for a few hours and really felt that by the time I got home.
Thursday Have work again this morning so wasn't going to ride but decided on a short 8. But got to the 4k mark and thought I'd do the 11k ride. Home now and I rode 14km. Pleased with that. Hard work though so need to go more often.
Friday I am so sore. I hurt so bad...and all because I walked for a few hours. haha Went to Ridley place with daughter and youngens and decided to walk to the old LaPort pipeline. 'Cause you know, it's just there, not far...'ceptin it wasn't "just there" It was miles away. Then miles back. Fun though. How T walks and pushes the pram with 2 kids I don't know, hard work that. And luckily not my job!
Google Earth says 3.5 there so all up we would have walked more than 7, there and back, up and down and crossing roads etc..
Am I fitter? I don't feel fitter this week. I hurt, everything has been an effort, too many days of nothing...
Saturday, May 9, 2020
Saturday 9th - 15th May
Goal for May is to get to 15km.
Saturday Rode to Hamel this morning, intending to get to the hall then turn around and come home again but by the time I got to the end of Roberts Rd I was buggered and the hall was uphill. So turned left and went into the old nursery. Back up to the road and onto James, Fawcett then home again. Turned down limestone instead of George as I was still buggered and hit 15 at McNeill. Next time I will do George. So 15.5 at our driveway and you know what that means...16 was right there! so up past Buzz's then home again. 16km ride this morning, 1 hour. Gotta be pleased with that!
Sunday Went for a walk at Creery Wetlands with T and her kids this morning over in Mandurah. It was nice, not fast as we had to keep stopping for phone messages due to a family emergency but otherwise it was OK. We might do it again one day when we can just do it without the drama.
https://trailswa.com.au/trails/mariners-cove-trail
Monday Rode 15km this morning. Rode out to Summers Rd but seeing as just under 3 km of that is gravel I wont do this ride too many times. I will have to ride it when I decide to do the 17km circuit that will get me to Coranation and so back home...Not this week though.
Tuesday Nothing all day but finally decided to get on the exercise bike before I called it a day. So 30min on that, better than nothing but I need to get the moving out of the way early or chances are high that it wont get done at all.
Wednesday 14km this morning. Really couldn't be bothered going at all so it was half past 8 before I even started. Tried to ride through the sandy track that is Leach but gave up after half a k...next time.
Thursday Didn't ride this morning and got busy doing other stuff but daughter was going to come into work with me for a couple of hours and she took a detour...So a 1/2 hour bush walk done. Walking tracks and inclines is bloody hard work, think I need to do more walking.
Friday 3km walk to the corner and back, flat road, took 40ish minutes but had the youngens so some time was stopped or slow. Tiff walked to here from her place first so she ended up with an extra 2 and a bit k's, pushing a pram with 1 sometimes 2 kids in it!
Am I fitter? Can go much further on the bike and in higher gears but walking is hard. I will need to walk more. Used to get to the corner and back in 30-35 minutes so that's something to work on and we have a friends permission to walk on their hilly property. The dam area has some nice bush areas to walk too and the pines is sandy bush tracks so there is really no excuse.
Saturday Rode to Hamel this morning, intending to get to the hall then turn around and come home again but by the time I got to the end of Roberts Rd I was buggered and the hall was uphill. So turned left and went into the old nursery. Back up to the road and onto James, Fawcett then home again. Turned down limestone instead of George as I was still buggered and hit 15 at McNeill. Next time I will do George. So 15.5 at our driveway and you know what that means...16 was right there! so up past Buzz's then home again. 16km ride this morning, 1 hour. Gotta be pleased with that!
Sunday Went for a walk at Creery Wetlands with T and her kids this morning over in Mandurah. It was nice, not fast as we had to keep stopping for phone messages due to a family emergency but otherwise it was OK. We might do it again one day when we can just do it without the drama.
https://trailswa.com.au/trails/mariners-cove-trail
Monday Rode 15km this morning. Rode out to Summers Rd but seeing as just under 3 km of that is gravel I wont do this ride too many times. I will have to ride it when I decide to do the 17km circuit that will get me to Coranation and so back home...Not this week though.
Tuesday Nothing all day but finally decided to get on the exercise bike before I called it a day. So 30min on that, better than nothing but I need to get the moving out of the way early or chances are high that it wont get done at all.
Wednesday 14km this morning. Really couldn't be bothered going at all so it was half past 8 before I even started. Tried to ride through the sandy track that is Leach but gave up after half a k...next time.
Thursday Didn't ride this morning and got busy doing other stuff but daughter was going to come into work with me for a couple of hours and she took a detour...So a 1/2 hour bush walk done. Walking tracks and inclines is bloody hard work, think I need to do more walking.
Friday 3km walk to the corner and back, flat road, took 40ish minutes but had the youngens so some time was stopped or slow. Tiff walked to here from her place first so she ended up with an extra 2 and a bit k's, pushing a pram with 1 sometimes 2 kids in it!
Am I fitter? Can go much further on the bike and in higher gears but walking is hard. I will need to walk more. Used to get to the corner and back in 30-35 minutes so that's something to work on and we have a friends permission to walk on their hilly property. The dam area has some nice bush areas to walk too and the pines is sandy bush tracks so there is really no excuse.
Saturday, May 2, 2020
Sat 2nd May - Fri 8th.
Saturday Went bushwalking again this morning. Daughter has an app that shows how long we walk, how many km's, how long it takes... What this mornings record doesn't show is all the uphill bits that we did. Lots! And then some more. I will ask her for the stats and put them on here somewhere just for my own record. No bikeride today.
Sunday Was going to have a rest day after yesterdays walk but felt OK this morning and decided on a short ride, maybe the 8km. Got to the 4k turnaround and still feeling OK thought I'd do 10, maybe 11...Got to the 5.5 turnaround and the next one "was right there" so I went for it. 13 km ride over and done with before 8am. Happy with that! And this evening daughter walked out to our place so I walked halfway back with them, More than a km but not much.
Monday It's raining and I'm too sooky to ride in the rain. I could use the stepper. Or the exercise bike. But I need to go into work for a couple of hours soon...Hmmm, maybe later. Ended up getting on the exercise bike for 17 minutes. Would have been longer but the tablet went flat!
Tuesday 4ish km walk. Walked the streets in town this morning with daughter, for over an hour. I used to be able to walk 3k's in 30-35 min, flat ground. This mornings walk, much slower, but not as flat. It felt like a real workout, much harder that the bike rides.
Wednesday Massive storms here last night and wet and windy this morning so I was gunna stay home, light the fire, watch Netflix...But daughter rang so we went for a walk. It was slow as grandson wanted to jump in all the puddles. Her app says I walked 2.4km, it seemed a lot longer but could be because it was so slow... No ride. Edit the walk was longer, 3.85 by my calculations.
Thursday Nothing. I'd like to call it a rest day but really I just kinda forgot to do anything because it was wet and cold.
Friday Rode the 13km route this morning. We had storms a couple of days ago and the evidence of how wild it was is all over the road, so many branches, sticks and honky nuts. And a few trees down.
Am I fitter? Absolutely. This mornings ride was quite easy and I didn't even have to change gears as much as usual. I'm even thinking I'm ready to add some distance, might aim for a 15km ride before the end of the month.
Sunday, April 26, 2020
Week 25th April - 1st May
Sat 25th I don't think I did anything...Again...
Sun 8km ride this morning. This afternoon daughter rang so I went for a short walk with them out at the pines, mostly sandy tracks and my back was hurting but it was OK.
Mon 20 min on the exercise bike. I was a bit sore from yesterday so didn't do my morning ride but at the end of the day before showering I thought I'd better do something. It was going to be 10 min but went to 15 and then 20 so happy with that. I haven't been on here for a long time and my legs were hurting but I will try and get on here more often as it is different to the proper bike....
Tues Just back from 11km ride. I saw my/the/a/ fox. A km away from where I have seen the fox before but heading in that direction...until he saw me and turned and ran away across the paddock. Could be the same one. But it could also be one of dozens that live out in that area.☺
Wed Had a late night so was only going to do the 8km ride but when I reached the turnaround point thought I'd try for the 11 again. But the next curve was "right there" so I went to that. And from there I could see the corner house, my goal point,..."right there", so went to that. It's been many years since I last rode this far knowing I had to turn around and get home again. All up 13km this morning so pleased with that. My knees were aching by the time I reached the 12 k mark but seem OK now.
Thur Bushwalk with daughter. Her app says 55min walking, we were away from car for an hour and 20ish...Some hilly bits, a nice walk. No ride.
Fri Rode the 13km ride this morning, not meaning too, not planning too...But "it was right there"! Took a long time though and was hard work as it was a tad windy, but only when I was going West, North and East...Heading South was an easy ride and just as well as that is the way home!
Am I fitter? Yes, definitely. Started out with struggling to do 4km and now I'm doing 13. Well only twice and it is a struggle but there is no way I could have ridden this far on the old bike and not even on this new bike when I first got it. And I have added in bushwalking which is a whole different lot of aches.
Sun 8km ride this morning. This afternoon daughter rang so I went for a short walk with them out at the pines, mostly sandy tracks and my back was hurting but it was OK.
Mon 20 min on the exercise bike. I was a bit sore from yesterday so didn't do my morning ride but at the end of the day before showering I thought I'd better do something. It was going to be 10 min but went to 15 and then 20 so happy with that. I haven't been on here for a long time and my legs were hurting but I will try and get on here more often as it is different to the proper bike....
Tues Just back from 11km ride. I saw my/the/a/ fox. A km away from where I have seen the fox before but heading in that direction...until he saw me and turned and ran away across the paddock. Could be the same one. But it could also be one of dozens that live out in that area.☺
Wed Had a late night so was only going to do the 8km ride but when I reached the turnaround point thought I'd try for the 11 again. But the next curve was "right there" so I went to that. And from there I could see the corner house, my goal point,..."right there", so went to that. It's been many years since I last rode this far knowing I had to turn around and get home again. All up 13km this morning so pleased with that. My knees were aching by the time I reached the 12 k mark but seem OK now.
Thur Bushwalk with daughter. Her app says 55min walking, we were away from car for an hour and 20ish...Some hilly bits, a nice walk. No ride.
Fri Rode the 13km ride this morning, not meaning too, not planning too...But "it was right there"! Took a long time though and was hard work as it was a tad windy, but only when I was going West, North and East...Heading South was an easy ride and just as well as that is the way home!
Am I fitter? Yes, definitely. Started out with struggling to do 4km and now I'm doing 13. Well only twice and it is a struggle but there is no way I could have ridden this far on the old bike and not even on this new bike when I first got it. And I have added in bushwalking which is a whole different lot of aches.
Saturday, April 18, 2020
Week from Sat 18th April 2020.
Sat 18th 8km. Was tempted to try for 10km but was sensible and did the 8. 10 will come. Left at close to 8am and had the most traffic that I have had since I started. 4 cars and a truck. I know not a lot, hardly any, but still. Home just after 9 and time to get some stuff done.
Sun 19th No ride today but did do a decent bushwalk with daughter. We were gone from the car for 2 hours but we didn't walk for that long as we stopped to look at the creek, to take photos, to cringe at the rocky path we had to traverse...And to rest, I did a lot of that. But it was a good walk and we will do it again.
Mon 20th Nothing. Should have after yesterday but slacked off.
Tues 21st 10km bike ride. Hands were real tingly by the time I got home but fine now. Saw a fox, same area as before so probably same fox. I was aiming for 9 but at 4.5 I was so close to the corner I had to keep going. Then so close to 5km I went a bit further. My goal corner was in sight, right there! but I turned around and rode home. Because really, "right there" could have been a k away. I'll find out another day.
Wed 22 4km, around the block plus up the road and back. I'm expecting to go for a ride with grandaughter this afternoon but wanted to do something just in case we don't get out later on. It rained. Grandaughter piked.
Thur 23rd Nothing? Again? Surly not...Need to check in with the group and see what I said there.
Friday 24th Shorter bush walk with daughter and her kids, up at Nanga townsite. Did race J from bridge and back. She started at one bridge, I started at the other. She won. Then she did it again and beat herself...Impressive!
Am I fitter? Gotta be. But I keep forgetting it's Friday so I don't take notice of how I feel or if what I am doing is easier or not.
Sunday, April 12, 2020
Things I See. And think of...
We are in a rural area so I always see cows, a couple of horses, a pony, sheep and birds of different sorts, on my ride when I head North way. It's nice.
Today, 12 April 2020, Easter Sunday, on the way out I saw 5 or 6 x 28's, a rabbit , a willy, crows/ravens...On the way back I saw the guinea fowl in a paddock of where they used to be. I haven't seen them since I started riding again past this property and thought that they were gone but no, just hanging out in a different area. And probably not the same ones that we used to see all over the road all those years ago!
Also saw a fox! 7:45am and he was on the side of the road, took off when it saw me and streaked across the road and through the paddock. Yep, I see a fox running away and think of Ethel...
Saw more, or the same, 28's, and another willy, there's that song again...
Wondered how far it was to the corner that we used to ride to, and if I rode to there would I be able to get home again...Didn't try as I didn't have my phone with me to call for a pick up if I couldn't. But I will eventually get there. And back again too!
Wondered if farmers still spread super on their paddocks as there was a strong smell in some areas, not fox smell.
Thought of my husband when I saw a dove or pigeon sitting on the powerlines...I didn't know what type it was and he would have. Then started getting cranky with our plumber because he didn't come and finish the job we've been waiting more than 12 months for and what if husband needs to go into isolation. Then worried about him a bit and forgot about the plumber. And forgot about husband within minutes (seconds) as there was other things to see and wonder about!
And coming down our road there was a bandicoot in the drain. It also took off when it heard me...Seems I have that affect on wildlife.
I enjoy my rides, so pleased I now have a bike that I can ride and get out there again.
Today, 12 April 2020, Easter Sunday, on the way out I saw 5 or 6 x 28's, a rabbit , a willy, crows/ravens...On the way back I saw the guinea fowl in a paddock of where they used to be. I haven't seen them since I started riding again past this property and thought that they were gone but no, just hanging out in a different area. And probably not the same ones that we used to see all over the road all those years ago!
Also saw a fox! 7:45am and he was on the side of the road, took off when it saw me and streaked across the road and through the paddock. Yep, I see a fox running away and think of Ethel...
Saw more, or the same, 28's, and another willy, there's that song again...
Wondered how far it was to the corner that we used to ride to, and if I rode to there would I be able to get home again...Didn't try as I didn't have my phone with me to call for a pick up if I couldn't. But I will eventually get there. And back again too!
Wondered if farmers still spread super on their paddocks as there was a strong smell in some areas, not fox smell.
Thought of my husband when I saw a dove or pigeon sitting on the powerlines...I didn't know what type it was and he would have. Then started getting cranky with our plumber because he didn't come and finish the job we've been waiting more than 12 months for and what if husband needs to go into isolation. Then worried about him a bit and forgot about the plumber. And forgot about husband within minutes (seconds) as there was other things to see and wonder about!
And coming down our road there was a bandicoot in the drain. It also took off when it heard me...Seems I have that affect on wildlife.
I enjoy my rides, so pleased I now have a bike that I can ride and get out there again.
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