June 2026

So June ended up being a reasonably solid month, even if it didn't always feel that way at the time. Forty-seven activities and just over 31 hours of moving about the place, spread across running, HIIT, and a frankly heroic amount of walking — 102 kilometres of it, to be precise. The running ticked along nicely too, 75 kilometres across 14 sessions at just over six minutes a kilometre, which I'll take. And then there was the weekend that shall live in infamy: 200 press-ups and three wakeboarding sessions, which seemed like an entirely reasonable plan right up until Monday morning, when even my aches had aches.

Compared to May, the overall numbers are actually down — 51 activities and nearly 39 hours versus June's 47 and 31 — though that's not quite the regression it looks like on paper. May's walking was enormous (158 kilometres worth), which inflated the totals considerably, and I did manage to squeeze in a couple of swims that haven't reappeared since. The running, though, is genuinely moving in the right direction — 75 kilometres against May's 48, and with more elevation to boot — so the base is building even if the rest of life occasionally gets in the way. So the plan going into July is simple enough: keep the running ticking over, maybe rediscover the swimming, and perhaps show a little more respect for what 200 press-ups and a wakeboard can do to a 40-something body.

Summary generated by Claude