April 2021

So April turned out to be a month of two disciplines — running and walking, and not a great deal else. Thirty-two activities and 1,728 minutes of moving myself around the place, which sounds impressive until you realise that 1,254 of those minutes were spent walking. The running was decent enough though: 11 runs, just shy of 90km, averaging a shade over 5:17 per kilometre with my heart rate sitting at a fairly honest 165 bpm for most of it — which suggests I was working, even if the pace tells a different story. Six personal records in the process, which I'll take, though I'm choosing not to look too closely at what those records were actually for.

Compared to March it's quite the contrast, and not entirely a flattering one. Last month I managed 40 activities and nearly 2,000 minutes, with the cycling adding a proper bit of variety — the Build Me Up sessions in particular, with names like *What Goes Up, Must Come Down* that turned out to be depressingly accurate. April saw the bike disappear entirely, along with the weights and the HIIT sessions, replaced by slightly more running and a truly heroic amount of walking. So either spring arrived, the roads got more appealing, and I naturally drifted outside — or the thought of another indoor workout became more than I could face. Probably both, if I'm being honest. The running volume is up and the PRs are a good sign, but April is gently telling me I need to bring a bit more variety back into things before I convince myself that walking is a training plan.

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