It was a horrible morning, grey and miserable. Got outside and braved the 15yds to the garage. Treadmill.

3.14 miles.

Today’s Strava Athlete Intelligence comment:

Steady treadmill run keeping heart rate in moderate zone, maintaining consistent pace across miles with minimal intensity variation.

Totals:

Days = 5

Mileage = 18.99

It was cold one today.

Also had a bit of a drama. 2 miles in and a little check of my mileage on the Garmin…

Flat battery. I had checked before I left, it was about 40% so not sure what is going on with the watch.

So I tracked the second half of the run using Strava on the phone. It was 4.38 miles overall.

Totals:

Runs = 4

Mileage = 15.85

It was the first night run of the month and, more importantly, the inaugural outing of the new headtorch.

The run. That went well. A slightly extended loop of the village. It was cold, especially the last mile or so.

4.35 miles. 42 mins.

Strava’s Athlete Intelligence had this to say:

Steady Janathon run with consistent Active Recovery pace, maintaining heart rate in moderate zone during a dark evening workout.

As for the headtorch. Outstanding.

Totals:

Runs = 3

Mileage = 11.47

8 am run, chilly start and bit of sleet around.

The trainers I run in are a pair of Altra Escalante 3 – reasonably new – I’ve run in Altra for ages – they are vegan and have a roomy toe box and are zero drop. But when I run when the roads are wet I get wet toes really quickly! I don’t mean it is chucking down and I’m running through puddles, just that the surface is damp. This morning was one of those days – within 200 yds I had cold and wet feet. Not ideal. It’s never happened before – I think I need to email Altra with my feedback.

‘Ali on the Run’ – the latest running podcast tried and never to be listened to again. An over enthusiastic American shouting at me! So I once again abandoned and stuck on some music.

Better get to the actual run…

3.84 miles. 36 mins.

Strava also have this new ‘Athlete Intelligence’ feature where presumably they use AI to give you a bit of feedback, this was today’s feedback:

Steady winter run with consistent pace, mostly in active and endurance zones, keeping effort low during Janathon challenge.

Day 2. Done.

Totals:

Runs = 2

Mileage = 7.12