Sunday marked my 200th workout in the 226 Workouts in 2026 Facebook group.I’d set my own goal as 400, and I can’t quite believe I’m halfway there just five months into the year.
Now, that’s largely because I count long dog walks and now that my knees are better, Cheddar and I have been doing more of those. See, for example, Sam and Cheddar’s Big day at the beach.
I don’t count every dog walk. Purely utilitarian trips around the block don’t count. My personal rule is that they have to be long enough to trigger my Garmin activity tracker–that’s 15 minutes. But what I like best about the number of workouts in a year group is that you get to decide what counts.
For me, if counting a thing is motivational, I count it. I counted all of my physio sessions before and after knee surgery too for the same reason.
Workout 200 was a morning ride around Lunenburg in which Sarah and I seemed to be recreating our last year’s trip to New Zealand by riding up and down very steep streets, followed by sketchy single track overlooking the ocean! We walked our bikes both on some hills in the town of Lunenburg and on a rocky stretch on the path on top of the hill beside the sea. Old times!
