Afternoon Run - 5km (sunshine and a brief review of 2024)

@dannewton just finished a 5.71km run, that lasted for 37 minutes.
This run helped dannewton burn 485.0 calories.

Description from Strava: Look at that sunshine!

Er.. well technically I didn't actually run in the sunshine, as I didn't manage to go for a run until after work, when the sun had already set. But I did enjoy looking out of the window at the blue sky, instead of the dreary fog we've had for the past 3 days

Work was a easy day today, mostly because I spend the bulk of my time working with external suppliers, and during this lull between Xmas and new year, many companies shut completely. As there wasn't a great deal to do (I spent most of the afternoon 'looking busy'), I logged off sharp at 4pm. As the day had been dry, I decided to go out for a run, which in itself is a rarity these days!

Instead of the usual bypass route, I changed it up and ran a loop around the village, and was an easyish 5km effort which took just over 35 minutes.

As its the 30th of December today, and I don't plan to go out tomorrow, todays run marks the last run of 2024. So I suppose its time for a quick review of my year. I had managed to run just over 2,600km this year, which sounds pretty good, but is a long way from my 'goal'

At the start of this year I had initially aimed for 3,500km in total for 2024, and to begin with I was easily managing to keep up with that. My training then became a little disjointed around March (mostly due to my mum passing away) and I got distracted by trying to sort things out and come to terms with it.

In the Summer I realized that the 3,500 goal was no longer feasible, and instead revised it down to 3,000km so it would be somewhat more manageable. I ran approximately 1,960km in 2023, so to do 3,000 would still be a worthwhile achievement. All throughout Summer and Autumn I kept pace with my target, until disaster struck in November, when an annoying hip injury came out of nowhere.

I was forced to back right off from my training to help rest it, while I investigated with a physio on how to solve it. You can see this in the graph below, I was in touch with the target all year until November, and then it all fell apart

Some more detail can be seen in the next graph...

The above shows how much I ran in each week, and shows how consistent I was at the start of the year, and how 'broken' my training was over the summer, and the collapse in November

It was still 600km further than I ran in 2023, but considering how well I was doing at the start of the year, that 'achievement' feels a little hollow... a little disappointing.

In the next couple of weeks I am going to do a more in-depth review on how my training went, and then it will be time to set some goals for the coming year 2025. I do have some races booked, and there will still be more to book. I also need on decide on my running distance goal, but it is likely to be 3,000km for '25. And finally I hope to more consistent and less injured next year, as my overall feeling for this year is a 'disappointing'

Heres to next year I guess!!

How about you, dear reader? How did your training go this year, and what would you like to achieve in 2025?

If you would like to check out this activity on strava you can see it here:
https://www.strava.com/activities/13224851208

About the Athlete: Living in the UK, I am an intermittent Runner, but always striving for more consistency. When I'm not training I can be found photographing insects or listening to really loud angry music (which is the best type of music obviously!)

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