A monster March full of lucky 13s

A pretty good spread of workouts last month.

March was my best month volume-wise in a long time. If there's one good thing to come out of these boring months in lockdown, it's the consistent workouts. I have nothing else to do, right?

Lucky number 13 kept coming up as I was adding up my March numbers. I logged 13 runs, 13 each of running PT and mobility work, 13 weights sessions, and 13 yoga sessions. The only thing that didn't include a 13 was my bike, and even that was 18 sessions for 338 trainer miles, so there were still 1s and 3s involved. I think it's close enough. =D

I also hit 100 miles running for the month in March. I ran three times per week every week, in a pretty tight range of 20.5-25 miles each week. There were a few longer-than-usual runs in here — I did a 17K for St. Patrick's Day — and I started adding speedwork back in. But the meat and potatoes was just getting out there three times per week. I got lucky with some decent running weather this month and I wanted to take advantage of it.

Boring is good right now. March was:

That bike volume is consistently trending up.

Bike: 18 times on the bike for a total of 338 fake trainer miles in about 21:09. My goal was to hit at least 75 fake miles per week in four sessions. I noticed that I was able to hit 17 miles, up from 16, in my hour-ish weekday rides more consistently. I realize that trainer miles aren't real miles, but it's nice to see this metric improve consistently. It makes me feel like I'm doing something right.

PT/Pre-hab: 13 each PT and mobility for 26 sessions in about 16:15. This is nothing but making a priority to get this done, week in and week out.

It felt good to hit 100 miles last month.

Run: 13 runs for 100.25 miles in about 16:09. I don't think it's a coincidence that I've been consistent with my PT and I hit 100 miles for the month again. I'm signed up for a virtual 5K and half-marathon combo to be done sometime early in May, and I'm hoping that this consistent work will pay off in a month.

Weights: 13 sessions of 5 core, 3 videos, 3 barre app, and 2 heavy/body sessions for about 10:30. I slacked off a little bit at the end of the month, skipping my heavy session the day after my first COVID vaccine and when I ran out of time on the next Saturday (although I did do a video). I have been super consistent with Monday core and my mid-week, easier session, though.

Yoga: 13 sessions, one on each run day, for 3:15. I have "forced" myself to do yoga on every run day, and the Down Dog app is keeping me honest. It's hard to tell if it's actually helping, but it's definitely not hurting anything. Plus, the quiet time focusing on breathing is marginally helping my insomnia.

Total: A whopping 83 sessions in about 64 hours, 18 minutes, easily my biggest-volume month in a long, long time.

Michigan's COVID numbers are terrible right now but I am optimistic that things will have calmed down in time for late spring/early summer race season. Hopefully the worst of winter is behind us and I can get into the pool and take my bike out on the roads before too long. Until we're ready to go, I'll be at home, consistently and boring-ly training.