June 2022

June turned out to be a reasonably active month, even if the balance shifted in ways I hadn't entirely planned. Thirty-five activities and just under 29 hours of moving about the place, which sounds impressive until you realise the vast majority of that was walking — 27 walks covering 133 kilometres, which is either a sign of a healthy lifestyle or a desperate attempt to hit a step count target (probably both). The running was a more modest eight sessions and 53 kilometres, averaging 5:29 per kilometre, which I'll take given the summer heat doing its best to make every outdoor effort feel twice as hard. A handful of those were indoor runs too, so the great British summer was clearly living up to its reputation on at least four occasions.

So comparing June to May is an interesting exercise in self-analysis. May had slightly more running — nine sessions, 59 kilometres — but at a slower average pace of 5:48 per kilometre, so at least I'm moving a little quicker even if I'm covering less ground. The really striking difference is the walking: 27 sessions and 133 kilometres versus May's 12 sessions and 77 kilometres, which suggests that as the evenings got lighter I swapped some structured effort for rather a lot of lunchtime wandering (the Lunch Walk making a reliable appearance throughout). Whether that's a training progression or just an extended excuse to get away from my desk, I'm genuinely not sure. Either way, the legs are getting the miles in, and I suppose that's what matters.

Summary generated by Claude