Training Log Archive: Becks

Shattered and a bit fed up for no apparent reason.

C • Greet a new dawn 1

Attack of the squash borers! I've lost the courgette after just one courgette, and the acorn squash is looking dicey. Rob gouged a couple of juicy ones out of the acorn squash stem, but the courgette had them in every branch. This is what you get for not spending much time in the garden!

Somehow though, it's still fascinating as opposed to anger inducing. The way things adapt and evolve to fit such a particular biological niche is still pretty amazing, and problem solving to the point where you find a big juicy grub in a stem once you've split it open is pretty satisfying. Should have caught them at least a week ago though!

Onions are almost ready to harvest, pretty much wilted off so maybe another week to cure. Eddie, they are small but they are definitely onions! So that's a win. Tomatoes and peppers are going great guns and my cucumbers, which were late starters, are doing the same. My first time butternut squash has also appeared, hopefully I bought a strain resistant to the borers.

I've learnt so many lessons this year and despite getting so much wrong, the harvest is still quite incredible. Excited about doing a better job yesterday.

Also, my beets are nearly ready! I could eat them as baby beets right now.

Think I might start planting the autumn crop this weekend.

And maybe do some exercise ;)

C • Squash borers 3

The usual. An old man in all the cycling gear cycling like a mental (I really hope he was doing high cadence/low resistance intervals) got angry with me when I overtook him without shouting that I was doing so.

C • me too 3

Tough workout today! Some DB Rows then 5 sets of 250m row, 30 airsquats, 30 sit ups. A bonus round at the end to accompany a girl who'd fallen behind a bit. Fun session, lots of nice people.

Cycle commute.

Evening run with Rob, his longest in recent (at least 6 years) memory. We took it easy and stayed on a pretty flat trail and it was no bother. Lovely evening. Rewarded ourselves with Five Guys. Amazing.

Fun strength workout today, finished with a 2 minute blast on the Airdyne. I am feeling significantly stronger in many places. It's kind of fun.