June 2025

So June, then. 48 activities and just shy of 38 hours of moving about, which on paper sounds reasonably industrious until you notice that 26 of those activities were walks — a combined 144 kilometres of largely gentle plodding that my heart rate tracker was kind enough to average at 97 bpm, which is basically a brisk sit-down. The running held up well enough: 13 runs, 66 kilometres, averaging 5:37 per kilometre, which I'll take. The Morning Runs in particular felt like they were doing some good, and the HIIT sessions (nine of them, split between the very civilised Morning HIIT and the somewhat more masochistic Night HIIT) kept things honest in between. So not a bad month, all told, even if "mostly walked and occasionally jogged" isn't quite the fitness narrative I'd write for myself.

Compared to May, though, the drop-off is fairly stark. May was 61 activities, nearly 48 hours active, and 137 kilometres of running alone — more than double June's total, with 857 metres of elevation and a couple of personal records thrown in for good measure. June, by contrast, managed 66 kilometres of running with a rather more modest 205 metres of climbing, which suggests I spent most of the month on flat ground, moving slowly, in what I can only assume was the crushing warmth of a British summer (so, probably 19 degrees and overcast). The honest read is that May was a high point and June was a drift back toward comfort — more walks, fewer runs, no swim. Something to address in July, assuming I can locate both my motivation and my running shoes, ideally at the same time.

Summary generated by Claude