March 2013

Something has to give. In order to increase training time in one endeavor I typically need to decrease time in another. For example, this past winter I ran more and biked less. At least I thought that was the case.

I’ve broken the rules. By taking time away from other activities (mostly watching TV) I’ve been getting in some good (if brief) swiming and running workouts during my lunch breaks. Furthermore, by multitasking (walking while working, more on that below) I’ve gotten a few more low-impact miles on my legs.

So in March I was able to achieve the largest total walking volume of any month since I started recording it, the second largest total running volume, and a local maximum in swimming volume (more than all of last year). All with lousy Smarch weather.

Good month, or best month?

Running

Fully recovered from Fuego y Agua and training hard for the Berryman 50 mile in May.

Month | Distance | # Workouts | Avg per Workout
January | 131.5 Mile | 13 | 10.1154 Mile
February | 87.4286 Mile | 10 | 8.74286 Mile
March | 162.84 Mile | 17 | 9.57882 Mile
Total | 381.769 Mile | 40 | 9.54421 Mile

Cycling

Weak, but at least the trend is moving in the right direction.

Month | Distance | # Workouts | Avg per Workout
January | 3.7 Mile | 1 | 3.7 Mile
February | 15.2 Mile | 4 | 3.8 Mile
March | 123.14 Mile | 16 | 7.69625 Mile
Total | 142.04 Mile | 21 | 6.76381 Mile

Swimming

I swam as far in March 2013 as I did in all of 2012 combined.

Month | Distance | # Workouts | Avg per Workout
January | 0 | 0 | 0
February | 3950. Yard | 3 | 1316.67 Yard
March | 18900. Yard | 11 | 1718.18 Yard
Total | 22850. Yard | 14 | 1632.14 Yard

Walking/Hiking

I bought a cheap treadmill to go under my standing desk and I’ve been walking (sloooowly) a couple extra hours most days while I work.

Month | Distance | # Workouts | Avg per Workout
January | 37.64 Mile | 12 | 3.13667 Mile
February | 50.6 Mile | 21 | 2.40952 Mile
March | 92.9 Mile | 37 | 2.51081 Mile
Total | 181.14 Mile | 70 | 2.58771 Mile