June 2011

June was, if I'm being honest, a fairly quiet month on the exercise front. Two activities, a grand total of 178 minutes of actual movement — which sounds more impressive when you don't divide it by thirty days. The highlight was the Lunch Ride, which at 33.3 kilometres with 166 metres of climbing at least gave me something to show for myself, and apparently earned me a couple of achievements and a PR in the process (though I suspect Strava's standards aren't always the most demanding). I did also squeeze in a Morning Run — 5.8 kilometres at a pace of 8:59 per kilometre, which is the kind of number I'd rather not dwell on for too long.

So compared to May, which saw four runs covering 23.2 kilometres at a considerably more respectable 6:06 per kilometre, June was something of a step backwards. The strange thing is that June should be easier — the mornings are light, the weather is at least theoretically on your side — and yet somehow I managed to do less. One run, one ride, and a lot of good intentions that presumably got lost somewhere between the sofa and the front door. The pace drop alone tells its own story: nearly three minutes per kilometre slower than the month before suggests the legs weren't exactly clamouring for action. Something to address in July, I think — though I've said that before.

Summary generated by Claude