• Please Remember: Members are only permitted to share their own experiences. Members are not qualified to give medical advice. Additionally, everyone manages their health differently. Please be respectful of other people's opinions about their own diabetes management.
  • We seem to be having technical difficulties with new user accounts. If you are trying to register please check your Spam or Junk folder for your confirmation email. If you still haven't received a confirmation email, please reach out to our support inbox: support.forum@diabetes.org.uk

Virtual Challenge - Europe from top to bottom!

Status
This thread is now closed. Please contact Anna DUK, Ieva DUK or everydayupsanddowns if you would like it re-opened.
AlisonM said:
Went for a long walk on Saturday just to get out of the house and try to clear my head. I nearly killed me but I did 6 miles. At least it brought my BGs down a bit.
Click to expand...

Well done Ally! I went for a 5 mile run yesterday and have enjoyed the company of Gay Gasper this morning 🙂
 
Well done Alan! That's a lot of exercise:D I was 6.4 when I woke up this morning
 
More Gay Gasper this morning, but I have to admit I chickened out of going for a run as the weather is atrocious. I never used to chicken out of going for a run, must be getting old! The forecast is better for tomorrow though, and if I had run today I wouldn't tomorrow so I have justified myself by running when the conditions are more suitable 😉
 
It's a really wild morning here too, veering from pouring rain to brilliant sun every few minutes, and there's a howling gale too. Lovely. I went for a walk yesterday though as it was still quite nice then, my peddy thingy says three miles.
 
AlisonM said:
It's a really wild morning here too, veering from pouring rain to brilliant sun every few minutes, and there's a howling gale too. Lovely. I went for a walk yesterday though as it was still quite nice then, my peddy thingy says three miles.
Click to expand...

Well done 🙂 I really don't like running in windy conditions, don't mind the rain, but the wind makes it such a battle to run at a steady pace. Plus there's the risk of getting blown in the river, and I wouldn't want that! 😱
 
I love windy days, it's the rain I can't stand. A good blow clears the head nicely.
 
AlisonM said:
I love windy days, it's the rain I can't stand. A good blow clears the head nicely.
Click to expand...

When I lived in Folkestone I used to run out along the coastal road to Hythe and I would see great looming storms heading towards me from the West. There would be a tremendous buffeting and battering as I ran into it, but then I would turn at Hythe and it would sweep me along on the way back home! Must admit, it used to be quite exhilarating! I was a lot fitter and stronger then though, so it wasn't quite as tiring as it would be now (although that's due to lack of training, NOT because I'm getting older! 😉)
 
I haven't been keeping up with this. It's been over a month. So, on the basis of an average 3 miles per day I've got 108 miles to add.

Andy 🙂
 
15K in training this week and 10K race yeaterday. Unfortunately, left knee ligament problem meant I had to walk some of the last 3K😡

Going to see physio tomorrow

Richard
 
21 km of walking and cycling since the end of august.
 
5 k running this week

& 13 mile hard cycle today. Was nearly sick after 3 mile hill hike and then 3.2 hypo at 8 miles !
 
I've kicked the week of with 3 k last night!! gonna attempt another tonight 😱
 
50 minute Susie walks Sunday, Monday and today :D
 
I’ve started taking Kite out into Snowdonia. About a month ago he did 12 miles. Last weekend he did about 6 mile - our intended route being blocked by a swollen stream.
 
swim

the most amazing experience I've had exercising, is at LLyn Tegid, Bala, September 2010, swimming a mile along the lake, with glorious weather, fantastic scenery, amazing and truly magnificent support from Diabetes UK Cymru, family and friends, 20 other swimmers and an amazing supportive crowd of supporters. There are several photos on twitter and there will be more by Monday / Tuesday of Sunday's event! hopefully this experience can be repeated this Sunday!
 
Sian said:
the most amazing experience I've had exercising, is at LLyn Tegid, Bala, September 2010, swimming a mile along the lake, with glorious weather, fantastic scenery, amazing and truly magnificent support from Diabetes UK Cymru, family and friends, 20 other swimmers and an amazing supportive crowd of supporters. There are several photos on twitter and there will be more by Monday / Tuesday of Sunday's event! hopefully this experience can be repeated this Sunday!
Click to expand...

I can't even imagine swimming a mile Sian - hope all goes well and the weather is good! 🙂
 
Lots of walking this past 4 days in the cotswolds, but dont know exact mileage apart from my up hill trek from Broadway high street to Broadway tower with a little detour and being chased by horses lol

4 miles and boy was it a hard 4 miles
 
Well that was a fairly active week I've trooped up Arthur's Seat (and down again, of course). Been up and down Princes Street and the Royal Mile more times than I can count, done all the museums and galleries. Then we came back up here where we had a wander out to Culloden and I did my usual knicking tourists from their guides because my stories were more interesting than theirs (I told the tale from my ancestors' point of view as that's how my family ended up here from Mull). After that we pootled off to Skye for the day and had a good wonder round there as well (it rained - which, for those of you who know the island, is no great surprise).

According to the gadget over the last 10 days my total is almost 45 miles.
 
Status
This thread is now closed. Please contact Anna DUK, Ieva DUK or everydayupsanddowns if you would like it re-opened.
Back
Top