April 2022

So April was, by any reasonable measure, a quiet one. Ten activities, all of them walks, covering just over 51 kilometres in around nine hours of moving — which sounds more impressive when you say it like that. The Lunch Walks and Afternoon Walks became the staple of the month, which is a polite way of saying that getting out at lunchtime or after work was about as adventurous as things got. On the bright side, I picked up two achievements, though I suspect Strava is being generous with its definition of the word.

Compared to March, the drop-off is fairly stark — 30 activities and nearly 62 kilometres of running down to zero running whatsoever, and total active time roughly a third of what it was. March had been a decent month by my standards, with ten runs logged, a couple of personal records, and the kind of mileage that makes you think you might actually be getting somewhere. So what happened? Honestly, the running just stopped, and the walking quietly took over — which, to be fair, is better than nothing, and April in the UK can still throw some fairly uninspiring weather at you. The average heart rate of 111 bpm tells its own story (a brisk plod, rather than anything that would trouble the lungs). The intention going forward is to get the trainers back on before the walks become a permanent lifestyle choice rather than a temporary one.

Summary generated by Claude