august by the Numbers
Each month I reflect back and look at some of the data I collect around my health and wellness. This practice helps me make adjustments, spot trends and hopefully inspires some of you to do the same. Let’s dive in.
Steps: 443,292 total for a daily average of 14,300.
I’m surprised I beat my July totals, which were pretty stout due to many two-a-days, an increase in milage and the running streak. More total miles running in July too but more hours in August. More on that below. All in all, nice to see a steady progress in steps and my running fitness continues to build.
Sleep: 7 hours 44 minutes average per night
My sleeping hit a peak during lake week vacation in July, and ever since I got home, I haven’t been getting 8+ as easily as I was then. Still, pleased with 6 nights of 8 hours plus, and 7 hours and 44 minutes is still better than the 7hr22min I was averaging around a year ago when I started really digging into this data and trying to make changes.
Workouts: 31
All but two of these were running workouts. I had a really solid build up to MMD in the mountains, took a low mileage week, then had a peak volume week, or really it was more like 10 days. Being confined to a 7-day calendar isn’t always ideal for training. When building up for pacing in the Wasatch this week, I had a big 9 days of cramming lots of volume in. I accumulated 57 miles and 12,00ft of gain in those 9 days. On paper, or Strava, this looks like a low mileage week followed by a high mileage week, however, when really looking at I, it was a few days of recovery following a big mountain effort, then a week and a half of building up and getting some quality training in. I took 3 days off this week and am feeling well-tapered and itching to get out there!
Other running stats for the month:
31 hours total
133 miles
28,527ft of elevation gain
This ends up being 5 more hours of time on feet than in July with 5 less total miles. Likely due to the extra 10k feet of elevation gain. All in all, pleased with how my fitness is coming around and how this build up to the Wasatch Front has gone.
3 month summer running build. Taking it easy this week and running 30+ miles on Friday-Saturday.
Thanks for reading, if you have a wearable fitness device, take some time today to look back and reflect on any trends you notice and try to make some adjustments heading this month. Remember, the numbers don’t lie!
Justin Miner
@justinminergain