Just for general wonderings…
My general wonderings…
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
It was blowing a hooligan this morning, therefore day 1 of Janathon was completed in the calm of the garage and on the treadmill.
35 mins. 3.28 miles.
Strava said it was a ‘relaxed effort’ with an average heart rate of 125bpm. I’m going to keep an eye on these things this year.
They also awarded me a badge:
I’m also going to be trying out a few new podcasts over the course of the month, ideally something running related. My go to running podcast is ‘Running Commentary’, but today I went with ‘That’s Runnable’. It was a second and final attempt to see if it’s something I could listen to. It’s not. The search continues…
After abandoning the podcast halfway through run I went for music: Bastille and the album ‘Doom Days’.
Day 1. Done.
I’ve lost count how many times I have attempted to run every day of January.
In the beginning the idea was to run and then blog about it. Over the years it has gone through various changes and adaptations, but essentially you do some sort of exercise, and then blog, facebook, Twitter/X, Threads, or Instagram it.
I think I’ve been doing it for the last ten years. I’ve had a mixture of successes and failures, sometimes it’s been running every day, sometimes just daily exercise.
Last year was a complete success, 31 runs in 31 days.
So this year we go again. The aim is 31 runs in 31 days, with the added challenge of beating last year’s distance of 123 miles.
Wish me luck.
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