April 2025 Quest: Week 2

[GoogleMe]

Are you zooming ahead towards your Quest goals? Or do you feel as though you might be popping a few rivets? We're about to enter the second week of the Quest so a good no-pressure time to review, plan... and adjust if necessary.

As your host for this month, I have to report a very mixed bag for myself... the after tea walks are going well, aided of course by this lovely weather although somehow don't seem to have got me with anything extra 'in the bank' to cushion me against circumstances in my goal of averaging 10 active minutes a day. The Active 10 app is a harsh taskmaster and doesn't care if you are slogging up a hill and putting in more effort than a walk on the flat - if it's not fast enough it's not having it 😡

Please to say that my systolic blood pressure at least was looking a lot better on last reading (that's the one most likely to have been temporary stress related... so we'll see how the diastolic goes...)

No yoga - why the devil not?!

So, not a bad week but much to keep an eye on...

Over to you...

A reminder of what this is all about:

Those of you familiar with the Quests know how this works. For anyone who isn't, here’s an introduction to the Quest…

The aim of the Quest is to help you find a focus or goal that you would like to achieve by the end of the Quest period.

The Quest takes one calendar month with a weekly check-in. This means you can join at any point during the month.

You need to be a C25K Graduate before joining the Quest. The reason for this is that pre-graduation your week is very much structured, according to the C25K programme - that's quite enough of a goal in itself.

Popular goals are:

★ To run three times a week

★ To slowly increase distance

★ To follow a training plan for a specific race

★ To add strength and flex exercises to your weekly routine

This is a personal challenge, so it's completely up to you! If you want to join, all you have to do is comment below with something like: “I would like to join the quest”, or, “count me in! I would like to...”

[Yesletsgo Administrator Graduate10]

Good morning, thanks again for hosting the Quest.As far as my goals go I'm definitely not overdoing it and I'm being kind to myself about the fact 😂

Currently on the long drive home from Greece to Essex so realistically won't get much done this week either. I've been keeping my step cout over 5000 consistently so that's a positive. The NTC workouts haven't happened though.

Oh well, we do what we can, life isn't a competition is it?

[GoogleMe Graduate10 in reply to Yesletsgo]

I think a daily 5,000+ step count is pretty impressive in the circumstances!

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10 in reply to Yesletsgo]

Ain't it just!!! Go you!

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10]

Good morning to you... ! Your mixed bag, sounds a tad like mine... but good news on that blood pressure!

Well... hmmm... errr... where to start... ? It is hard to distinguish what was intentional, planned exercise and what was just a result of life currently!

Getting the fact that I got no run in this last week, out there, first.

But:

: Morning wake-up Yoga routine... always there... so at least I begin the day in a gentle way.

: Strength and stamina work... bucket loads over the last week. Here there and everywhere. lifting , stretching, pulling and pushing. Jobs in the home and in the garden, work in the camper van and setting up the greenhouse for all the new planting. All counting towards keeping mind and body fit.

: Walking... lots and lots of it... but just part of life and not planned. I really need to wear my Garmin to record them ! The finer weather, although chilly still, ( frost again on the cars) , this morning), is so welcome and does much for the mental state. Just outdoors and breathing in the strength gained from Nature, in all her outfits!

So... when I write it... I feel that although it may not match my original goal of last week... it will do for now.

Just doing something to keep this body moving and strong... that has got to be positive , right?

Happy Questing everyone...

[GoogleMe Graduate10 in reply to Oldfloss]

As my mother used to say of my fitness obsessed father "It's all very well keeping fit, but fit for what?" Once upon a time it was *all* built in to everyday life (which isn't to say that people will never have run etc for the sheer joy of it)

I too am struggling with a faint frustration of effort that isn't recorded... but the body does! Be proud Oldfloss !