2025

So, 2025 by the numbers then. Six hundred and fifty-three activities and just over 31,000 minutes of moving about — which sounds impressively committed until you realise a significant chunk of that is walking to get a sandwich. The running was the real headline though: 172 runs, 960 kilometres, and six personal records along the way, which I'll take given that my preparation at various points in the year could generously be described as inconsistent. I also finally started swimming with something approaching regularity (eleven sessions, which is eleven more than most years), and the HIIT sessions ticked along nicely at 134, even if an average heart rate of 128 does make me wonder whether I was always trying quite hard enough.

Compared to 2024 it's a fairly straightforward story of more — more activities, more minutes, more kilometres, and considerably more elevation on the walks (18,819 metres versus 16,506, not that anyone is counting). The running in particular made a decent jump, up from 538 kilometres to 960, which is almost double and probably explains why my knees have had opinions. I did quietly drop the rowing entirely, which I'm choosing to frame as focus rather than the fact the sessions were deeply unpleasant at 6am. So the direction of travel is good, the consistency is improving, and the obvious thing to take into 2026 is to see if I can nudge that 960 over the line to 1,000 kilometres — ideally with slightly more structured preparation than I've historically managed.

Summary generated by Claude