Project Ripped

I need to start off mentioning that I am a bit sore today after the ride yesterday. My knees are sore and I have a few pains in the legs that I can’t identify. I had thought about going for a run but I think that any exercise is out of the question today. I [...]

Today brings me to the end of my Phase 1 – my first 12 weeks of body and health transformation. What better way to round it up with a challenging mountain bike ride.
Here is the challenge:

Ride from the northern most tip so the southern most tip of the Isle of Man
Where possible take an off-road [...]

Today is Friday, the last day of the week during my first week back at school. It has been a good week, everything has gone as well as can be expected and my classes so far have, on the whole, been excellent.
I just can’t believe how tiring it has been. Tonight I feel the most [...]

I had planned to enter the End to End mountain bike challenge on this coming Sunday but, as I mentioned in an earlier post, the entries closed early due to overwhelming demand. Looking at how muddy the track is I think there will be quite a few no-entries on Sunday.
Providing the weather is suitable I [...]

I can’t believe that my start back to work has revolved around a really bad sleeping pattern. Work is going very well but I am struggling to get up in the mornings and am feeling exhausted in the evenings. If I remember back to the start of Phase 1, while I was still working before the summer [...]

First day back at work with all of the children in. I have met my new tutor group for the first time and they all seem great. I just hope I am saying the same thing at the end of the term.
I didn’t sleep well last night after getting my sleeping out of sync and [...]

Being the first day back at work was a bit of a shock to the system. It was probably just a late night trying to get ready followed by an early morning but I was exhausted.
After getting home from work and having tea I fell asleep for several hours. I awoke really stiff and sore [...]

I awoke this morning to an upset stomach and so decided not to go for the bicycle ride. I thought I might get out later in the day but listening to my body decided to rest completely today and let me body recover.
I have lost a couple of pounds of weight over the last week [...]

Today, day 77 of Phase 1, takes me to the end of my eleventh week out of twelve. To be honest, I didn’t think I would make it this far. Although twelve weeks doesn’t sound like a lot it is the best part of a quarter of a year. So I am pleased to still [...]

“Rain, rain go away come again another day….”
Today it has rained continuously. From the minute I woke up until after dark, as I write this, it has poured down. It has been switching between heavy and very heavy. Our gutters are overflowing, the roads are flooded with big pools of standing water and fields have [...]