April 2025

So April turned out to be a reasonably busy month, which surprised me given how little I felt like I was doing at the time. Seventy-one activities, just over 55 hours of moving about in one form or another — the bulk of which was walking, 33 sessions and 191 kilometres worth, which sounds impressive until you remember that most of it was probably me wandering around at lunchtime pretending I was being productive. The running was the real story though: 23 runs, 146 kilometres, and 845 metres of elevation, which is a meaningful step up and suggests that longer daylight hours and the vague promise of spring do wonders for actually getting out of bed. I kept the HIIT ticking over with 12 Morning HIIT sessions and squeezed in three Afternoon Swims, which at least means I haven't entirely abandoned the pool.

So comparing April to March is where it gets interesting, or mildly encouraging depending on how generous you're feeling. In March I ran 13 times for 67 kilometres — in April that became 23 runs and nearly 147 kilometres, which is more or less double, and I'll take that. The pace dropped from 5:22 to 5:37 per kilometre, which is the honest trade-off between running more and running faster (turns out you can't always have both, a lesson I seem to need reminding of regularly). The elevation jumped from 111 metres to 845 metres across the month, which tells me I've been getting outside more and finding actual hills rather than grinding away on a treadmill going nowhere. Going forward I'd like to think this is a base I can build on, though I've said that before and then had three hard weeks at work, so we'll see.

Summary generated by Claude