November 2016

So November, then. Five activities totalling just over two hours of actual movement, which even by my standards feels like a quiet month. The running made up the bulk of it — four runs covering 18.3 kilometres at a pace of 6:56 per kilometre, which is at least heading in the right direction compared to where I've been. Parkrun made an appearance, as it reliably does when I can drag myself out on a Saturday morning, and there was a solitary four-minute rowing session that I'm going to count as cross-training rather than examine too closely.

So compared to October, the drop-off is fairly stark — eighteen activities down to five, 348 minutes of effort down to 132, and the cycling disappeared entirely. I'd like to blame the weather, and honestly, with dark mornings and autumn doing its very British worst, I'm going to. October had a reasonable head of steam to it with eleven runs and a handful of rows, so November feels like that momentum quietly running out of road. The slightly quicker average pace is encouraging, and the heart rate on the runs sitting at 158 suggests I was at least working when I did bother to get out. The honest takeaway is that December needs more than five sessions if any of this is going to mean anything come the new year.

Summary generated by Claude