Sharkathon 2024

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shark said:
Weighed in at 168.0lbs this morning. Looking to chisel that down

Day 1 Hangs at home then Tor to work on Bens Roof finishing with a dog walk down and back up Water Cum Jolly.

Day 2 A few hangs and fingertip pull ups. Foot-on one arm undercut locks on edge. Foot off one arm undercut locks on bar. Leg presses on counterweight pulley. Assisted one arm undercut locks on edge with pulley. Few goes foot on campus laddering. Easy auto belay at Foundry

Not looking forward to walking or jogging in the rain tomorrow
 
Day 2

Two hours snowboarding at Castleford with the family. I have reached the point where I notice how much kinder a soft board is on my joints. Today I was riding a stiff board.
 
Day 1
3x3 pull-ups and then board session

Day 2
5x3 pull-ups with baby in sling
5x5 push-ups with baby in sling
25 mins walk-run
 
1 - was yesterday
2 - Indoor bouldering @ The Depot. Full stretching session.
 
AJM said:
I'm in. Shoulder rehab & aerobic base fitness the main priorities.

December
26 - 4km walk with in-laws and children, plus a rehab session
27 - 30mins of stretching and a few sets of pushups. I am not flexible.
28 - portable fingerboard, giving the fingers a bit of exercise
29 - 1.5km potter with parents and children, plus rehab
30 - another fingerboard session. Wasn’t as good as Thursday but still tried hard.
31 - light stretching

January
1 - there was a very brief window of sunshine, so I shuffled round the park for a bit. 5km in about 32m. I don’t really do cardio!
2 - 1-on-1-off in the board. Feeling a bit fitter than previous sessions on it.
 
2. Foundry. Mobility and some light fingerboarding followed by blowing something in my finger :slap:, suspect A3 pulley. Poor start to 2024.
 
1st set of on 2 hour ride, hit a pothole and punctured replaced inner tube only to find I couldn’t get my pump to work. So had to be rescued. 1 hr 6 mins riding.
2nd hip and shoulders rehab 10 mins. 50 problems on board 1 hr 45 mins.
 
25 minutes walk, 25 minutes more walk (in the course of getting to and from bus stops).

50 minutes standing in the freezing rain at a bus stop while a bus failed to show up, which I recognize is not exercise but which I feel should somehow count for something.

Assorted elbow rehab exercises, because before the New Year I finally, finally managed to get back to doing enough to make my tendons object.
 
Day 2
30 min rainy walk to nursery and back in the morning.
5k run loop to/from the gym (first time in about 20 years) this eve, had a good 1h strength training session. Keen to get stuck in over the next few weeks and see some progress. Mostly used light weights and focused on technique.
Was quite restrained with food, though still working through sister-in-law's homemade Christmas cake.
 
Well here goes nothing, this is not the sort of thing I’ve ever done.

Desperate times call for desperate measures.

I’m going on another exploring trip to Saudi, unfortunately it’s all very last minute, we have plans to look at a wall we saw last time it’s 6-10 pitches probably all at least E5, I’ll be happy to free as much as possible and won’t be bothered if I don’t free it all. I will be bothered if I feel like I climb like shit though…

The plan is to do a minimum of a 30 minute zwift workout 5 days of the week. Eat 3 meals a day and not snack. And in preparation for a dry couple of weeks in Saudi no booze (I might get leathered on the flight as it’s a nice carrot and I’ll be travelling with an old friend I don’t see very often), And obviously climb as much as I can (one day outside and two sessions indoors per week) hopefully putting it all on here will give me some extra motivation to stick to the plan.

Day 1 obviously drank in the early hours and had hair of the dog with lunch… hopefully the last for a little while. Walked for about an hour to blow the cobwebs out!

Day 2 1hr threshold session, no snacks. 85kg

Should make for an interesting experiment I’ve never been very good with self discipline.
 
Re: Sharkathon 2024

Day 2
Undoor routes up to 6c.
Finger physio x 2
Choss: a handful of crisps and 2 biscuits. Toblerone consumption at all time low.
 
1 - glorious weather, long walk on the coast with the family. Sea wild, and spray lit by sun all the ay up the coast.
2 - boulder session at Block 10. Pretty much all new since last visit in November (ish) so resisted the temptation to spend too long working anything. Good session, skin went about the same time as arms.
 
Ah bollocks to it, I’m in….
1 - The Plantation, surprised myself by doing Green Traverse. Even more surprising neither of the kids managed it (I have to take these infrequent victories when I can…)

2 - Early start and long day, got home at 11 and did some stretching, I think I can just about scrape it as a tick…
 
shark said:
Day 1 Hangs at home then Tor to work on Bens Roof finishing with a dog walk down and back up Water Cum Jolly.

Day 2 A few hangs and fingertip pull ups. Foot-on one arm undercut locks on edge. Foot off one arm undercut locks on bar. Leg presses on counterweight pulley. Assisted one arm undercut locks on edge with pulley. Few goes foot on campus laddering. Easy auto belay at Foundry

Not looking forward to walking or jogging in the rain tomorrow

Day 3 One hour ‘brisk walk’ tm* with dogs from Higgar to Surprise View and back


*as endorsed by Dr Duncan Critchley
 
Day 3. Was planning on going to the climbing wall today, but got massively overloaded by stuff yesterday, woke up feeling like shit and without the brain capacity to get on a bus and go anywhere, let alone make effort.

So I did an hour's slow yoga while watching a Let's Play of Slay The Princess, and am calling that a win.
 
day 3

90 mins walking

derigged Christmas and put everything into the attic

top rope solo onto the roof to check ridge tile measurements

40 mins table tennis
 


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