Having just polished off a bag of Kettle crisps (mature cheddar and red onion) and a tub of sour cream and chives dip, I’m feeling I need to do a bit of exercise, but I want to carry on watching the Tour.

One idea is to do a minutes worth every 10k, eg:

100 k to go: sit-ups
90k: plank
80k: star jumps
etc

or… a la drinking games, every time Phil or Paul (ITV4) mentions something I have to do 10 sit-ups or press-ups or squat thrusts. I need suggestions for words please ( NOT peleton or break though! 😯 )

And you’re welcome to join in too!

I’m 25 min behind live by the way, but catching up. Just done sit-ups at 100k

I need suggestions for words please

le-o-pard-schleck

courage

le-o-pard-schleck

I would’ve been knackered about 20 min’s ago!

is it only chris boardman who is brave/clever enough to pronounce leopard as leperd?

I need suggestions for words please

Chateux

Not so good in the mountains but any other day you’d be done for.

Chateaux

Paul Sherwin does love his chateaux 🙄

80k coming up here…will change my jeans for shorts at next ad break.

My own choice for today:

col

I may live to regret it.

Lol, why not just watch it whilst on a turbo trainer ?

I cant get itv4 or eurosport on the portable telly where the turbo is. That’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it.

Snap on turbo in garden watching tour through conservaty doors 🙄

showerman, you’re on the turbo and STW at the same time? Impressive.

blimey, ‘col’ x 5 in a minute there!

lost count of the number of ‘cols’ now…but I’m keeping up with them 😈

Do mega hard intervals in the breaks on a turbo or something?

no more cols now so:

plateau

maillot jaune/yellow jersey

If you’re on ITV4, just do something every time they say something painfully obvious, in a dramatic way.

The word “crash” would have given you a good workout so far today!

CHATEUX

go, go, go.

I did chateaux mW!!

I did chateaux mW!!

Good stuff!

thought of another one for tomorrow:

“In the world of professional cycling”
This only works if you’re doing the Phil & Paul commentary.

mW: 😀

I love tommy, but he’s killing me right now

I’m stopping this at 5k. I’m pleased with today’s effort. Where’s my soigneur when I need her?

Where’s my soigneur when I need her?

Shopping?

mW: got it in one

For my own purposes, if I choose to do this again tomorrow:

le-o-pard-schleck

courage

Chateau(x)

col

plateau

maillot jaune/yellow jersey

“In the world of professional cycling”

Evans, Contador, Schleck, Hushodv, Cavendish – 10 press ups each.

HTC, Garmin, Quickstep, Saxobank etc, 20 sit ups

Commercials – plank through.

ITV4 seems to have a lot of commercials as well…

no mrs showerman reading this to me,just reading it now makes me look as if i can multi task.i did find the mountains very easy only did 1.1/2 to their 4hrs.
off up the woods today as not raining