pc trouble

hi,

havent been on in a while for couple of reasons.

1... for some reason i couldnt get on my blog page, got hubby on the case and he sorted things for me.

2.. nothing to tell really, been a bit de motivated with work being cut down to a 2 day week since january and now the receivers are coming in.


but today i have been to local gym to get a programme sorted for me and i will be making use of that as well as the biking.

last night i went to hubbys works long service dinner and got £71 in sponor money, very gratefully received...........

MORE TRAINING

Has well as going out most nights on my bike i am doing 10 minutes in a morning and 10 minutes in an evening on my trampette.
24/02/09 - 25/02/09 -26/02/09

DIST-9.3 - 8.9 - 11.4
TIME IN MINS- 62 - 57.27 - 72
HB AVE- 143 - 143 - 145
HB MAX- 168 - 163 - 165
T IN ZONE- 48 - 44 - 47
T AB ZONE- 12 - 11 - 24
AV SPEED - 9 - 9.3 - 9.4
MAX SPEED - 20.3 - 17.3 - 18.9
AVE CAD - 60 - 58 - 58
MAX CAD- 85 - 86 - 137
CALS BURN - 512 - 476 - 618

The Stiperstones Shropshire 21.02.2009

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=519&id=1676280121&l=6db9d

Above is the link to photo's i took on the ride! all taken with my phone and not many.

this was a hard ride( in fact alot of it was walked, some of the uphill was really steep)
i am not sure that we kept to the route,and at times i thought i was gonna die.lol....but after doing it and sitting in the Stiperstones Inn with a half a lager looking back it wasnt so bad,( not sure i would want to do it again mind.!!!!!)
But i am sure somwhere along the ride in egypt i will think back to this day and say it was worth all the sweat and the aching limbs...
grand daughter is here today and i think we might be taking her to the pitch and putt,a somewhat more relaxing day today i think.......and tonight i chill out watching dancing on ice......i think i like sundays.........
til later
Hope Life Treats You Kind
Linda
x

Beautiful day

This morning we woke to a frost,had to take hubby and son to work first thing....

Decided todays ride was only going to be a short one ,because ( weather permitting) me hubby(garry) and our mate alwyn will be doing a ride over the stiperstones tomorrow.

The picture with the hill in the distance is of the wrekin, this is very steep climb, i have walked it but garry has ridden up it and another mate of ours has unicycled down it( brave man)
The picture top left is of haughmond hill,have spent many hours biking over this, there is a pub at the bottom and on a summers night you cant beat a cold half of lager after 2 hours on the hill...........

The other picture is just of the road i had come up and was about to go back down.

I do hope the weather is like this tomorrow, i could of ridden much longer when it's like this.

til later

Hope Life Treats You Kind.

Linda

x

This is the weir in Shrewsbury, i stopped here for a few minutes on the ride back home.
Today I cycled to Montford Bridge and back, was slightly cold to start with but i soon warmed up, i passed 5 pubs but wasn't tempted to stop( had hubby been with me then it would of been very neccessary to stop at least one of them.lol).
If weather permits i will be out again tomorrow.

til later then
Hope Life Treats You Kind

Linda
x

TRAINING HAS BEGUN AGAIN.

16/02/09 -17/02/09 -18/02/09- 19.02.09- 20.02.09

DIST.....6.5 - 9.3 -9.1 - 15.9- 7.9
TIME IN MINS.....39.58 - 65 - 58.19 - 106 - 50.29
HEARTBEAT AVE....154 - 153 - 155 - 152 - 147
HB MAX....173 - 172 - 178 - 172 - 166
TIME IN ZONE....10 mins - 31- 20 - 47 - 31
TIME ABOVE ZONE....30 mins - 34- 38 - 58 - 18
AV SPEED....9.8 - 8.6- 9.3 - 8.9 - 9.4
MAX SPEED....16.4 - 16.4 - 17.7 - 19.6 -18.4
AVE CAD....57 - 55 - 58 - 57 - 60
MAX CAD....80 - 78 - 82 - 87- 84
CALS BURN....399 - 600 - 553 - 971 - 441

My heartrate zones are 117-153

These rides are on cycle paths but not on flat, there are some steep gradients. but the nice thing is if i ride up i then know i have a ride down.so some recovery times.

I am also aiming to do 20 minutes a day on my trampette, i am doing 10 mins in a morning and 10 mins after being out on my bike after work.

This probably means nothing to most of you that read my blog, but hubby brought me a new toy to record my rides.
if i log it everytime i do a ride i can see how i am progressing.

I also need lessons on how to use and read the new toy......... now the weather is getting milder i will be out on my bike more,and doing longer rides. Iam beginning to understand the cycle computer and i even managed to take it off my bike without breaking it.

hope life treats you kind

Linda
x x

YOU REMEMBER ME TELLING YOU ABOUT MY KIDNEY STONE!!

HIYA,

well guess what popped out this morning.........LOOK TO YOUR LEFT!!!!!

This is what caused me so much pain at the beginning of january, had hubby take a picture for posterity. I am back at the hospital weds and they will take it off me to examine,so i probably won't see it again.

I have a stone in my right kidney,not sure how big that one is but i hope it does not decide to venture out...while its not moving i am in no pain( and thats how i like it).

still slack on my training, but back to it from tomorrow....NEED TO STOP BEING A WIMP.

bye til next time.

HOPE LIFE TREATS YOU KIND......

Linda

Not Alot To Say

Hi Everyone,

w.t.f. where did that snow come from. My daughter made me laugh tonight in the car while i was taking her home..she commented on how quickly the snow seemed build up, said this is what this global thingy does for you mum............i had to laugh, i said to her this is what a real winter should be like.lol....for many years now the weather has been so mild our kids have grown up not knowing one......i just hope that following this winter is a good old fashioned HOT summer.

There has been no sign of my stone, but i am back to see the consultant on the 11th, having an xray so that should tell us more.

Have still been slack on my training, i just cant seem to get motivated while its so cold, just want to snuggle infront of the fire,..... but hubby has been on at me today about the need for me to get things going. the next time i come on here to chat.( i do come on now and then to add things or see if anyone leaves a message)i hope i will have some positive things to tell you.
thank you to all who have and all who are going to sponsor me,i really do apprieciate it and i wont let you down.....xx

HOPE LIFE TREATS YOU KIND....XXXX

Linda
x

Day Of Rest

hi,

Did i tell you about my kidney stone???? NO...well let me fill you in.......................

On sunday 11th jan 09 i woke at 3am with pains in my groin and lower left back, the pain gradually got worse coming in waves....so i thought it only right to disturb my husbands peaceful slumber...........i put up with the pain for an hour longer when i finally gave in and said call shrop doc.....that morning at 6.20am i was admitted to hospital........cat scan later revealed i had 1(6mm )stone in my left ureter and 1 in my right kidney. At first they were going to go in and fetch it out, but then decided it would pass on it's own( not without a lot of pain i was told).

So i am now waiting for my out patients appointment, the stone has not come out yet, and thankfully i have only had 1 day of real bad pain which was a week after the original pain.

Makes going anywhere kind of awkward thou because i have been asked to sieve my pee, because docs want me to keep stone so they can send it to be examined by path lab.

I have decided though that training has to be restarted,hopefully the exercise will make the stone move............So tomorrow after work it is back on my indoor bike trainer and the trampette..

Iam going to enjoy the rest of the day with my family

PEOPLE WHO HAVE TAKEN THE TIME TO SPONSOR ME

I would like to say a BIG THANK YOU to the following people for sponsoring me.

Becky Harvey

Mr Matthew James

Mr Glyn Owen

29/01/2009
Miss Lauren Phillips

31/01/2009
Mr Trev Bartlett

31/01/2009
Mrs Linda Harvey

04/02/2009
Mr Alan Poole

sinai bike ride

http://www.actionforcharity.co.uk/eventdetailsnew2.asp/urlsearch/The-Big-Heart-Bike-Ride-in-Sinai please visit this website to see what the ride entails.

https://secure.efundraising.org.uk/tailored/donation.asp?charity=94984
please visit the above site to leave a donation in support of me..........please make sure you do go to my name (linda harvey ) which is in the drop down menu,or the donation will not go against my total......

Mission:
my mission is to raise a minimum of £2500 in sponorship money,by riding 260 miles in 5 days in the sinai triangle in egypt.i am doing this in memory of my brother Edwin who died in June 2008 of heart failure.