March 2018

March felt like a bit of a step in the right direction, which given how February went, wasn't exactly a high bar to clear. Thirteen activities across the month — four rides, three runs and six swims — adding up to just over three and a half hours of actual movement, which sounds more impressive when you say it quickly. The swimming has been ticking along nicely in the pool, covering 4km across those six sessions, and I managed to claw back a Strava achievement on one of the runs around Horsham, which I'm choosing to take as evidence of progress rather than a sign that my previous efforts were embarrassingly slow. The rides are short — 18.7km total across four outings isn't going to trouble anyone's annual mileage chart — but the legs are at least turning over again.

So compared to February, which produced nine activities and a fairly meagre 88 minutes of total effort, March was noticeably better — 231 minutes active and a proper mix of all three disciplines rather than just swimming and the occasional bike shuffle. February was, frankly, the kind of month where you look back and wonder what you were actually doing with your time (the answer, almost certainly, is sitting inside because it was cold and dark and entirely uninviting out there). The running is the thing I'm most encouraged by — 15.6km across three runs isn't a lot, but it's there, which is more than February managed at all. If I can keep the consistency going into April and resist the urge to treat every mild weekend as an excuse to do nothing, there might actually be something to build on here.

Summary generated by Claude