June 2016

So June turned out to be a cycling month, pure and simple. Twenty rides, 93 kilometres, and 297 minutes in the saddle — which sounds reasonably industrious until you realise that averages out to just under 15 minutes a ride, so perhaps not quite the grand tour I'm making it sound. The elevation came to 733 metres across the month, which at least suggests I wasn't exclusively riding on the flat to avoid any actual effort. The Evening Ride sessions were the highlight, and there's something to be said for getting out after work on a long June evening when it's still light at 9pm — even if the average heart rate of 121 bpm suggests I was perhaps enjoying the scenery more than pushing myself.

Compared to May, the numbers actually tell a decent story — I've doubled the rides, nearly doubled the distance, and picked up a PR along the way, which feels like progress by any reasonable measure. What I did quietly drop, mind you, was the running entirely. May had four runs in it (one of which was indoors, presumably when even I couldn't face whatever was happening outside), and June has precisely none. So the fitness is moving in one direction while the sport mix narrows in another, which is either focused training or convenient avoidance depending on how honest I'm prepared to be. Still, with the long evenings not going anywhere just yet, July has no real excuse not to build on this.

Summary generated by Claude