February fitness in review
Found via http://www.jasonclark.ws/
I guess the best I can do in blogging is to write an entry once a month tracking my fitness progress this year. After all, the last entry was in early February, showing better progress for January than I did for February. It sort of goes with the territory of completing my thesis. The entire past month has pretty much been given over to the task of qualitative data analysis and, as such, mental capacity for doing much else is pretty low. Much like the match to the right, I’m pretty burnt out these days.
I’d like to think the writing frequency and subject matter will improve here soon, but with the first draft of my thesis paper due one month from now, it may not improve much in the short term. I do, however, think I have a post in me coming shortly about the process I’ve gone through doing my data analysis. It’s been such an utter slog that I feel the need to unload.
Totals for the month
I saw some good improvements in running. My average pace and number of runs was the same, but my mileage went up and the amount of time went down. Cycling saw a drop in rides, pace and distance, but the aforementioned commuting reduction and some wacky GPS/cadence stuff on my Garmin basically screwed with my measurements. I spent considerably less time in the gym, too. It’s entirely possible I missed logging a couple workouts, but whatever. I had one particularly bad week and my overall weight drop of only one pound would seem to back that up.
Totals: 27 Activities (10 runs, 13 bike rides, 4 gym visits), 138.39 miles, 18:06:07 h:m:s, dropped 1.0 lbs.
Running
Count: 10 Activities
Distance: 64.49 mi
Time: 7:57:42 h:m:s
Avg Pace: 7:24 min/mile
Avg HR: 154 bpm
Cycling
Count: 13 Activities
Distance: 73.90 mi
Time: 4:58:25 h:m:s
Avg Speed: 14.9 mph
Avg HR: 136 bpm
Avg Bike Cadence: 91 rpm
Gym
Count: 4 Activities
Time: 5:10:00 h:m:s
