Enjoy reading my thingsThisWeek number 18, previous thingsThisWeek’s can be found here.
thingsThisWeek #018
Food for thought
52 Weeks – Week 32
I’m collecting 52 songs in 52 weeks. Every Friday afternoon, I will add a song to my playlist. The aim is to capture my energy and feelings for that particular Friday with the chosen song.
Week 32/52: ZAZ – On Ira
After 52 weeks, I will have recorded all the seasons, holidays, and high and low weeks of the year (from October 2024 to September 2025) in one self-curated playlist on Apple Music. Don’t use Apple Music? Subscribe to weekly updates via RSS.
March/April running progression
This is a follow-up post to my earlier post on measuring my progression in my running activities. I’ve added the months of March and April to my stats for 2025 below.
If you are interested in my individual runs, you should look at my 2025 Run Log.
Where March was a very good running month for me, April has been somewhat disappointing. I had to give in on my average pace and on my total duration spent running. The drop in pace and duration is primarily due to some fatigue I’m dealing with due to a hectic month at work.
| Jan ’24 | Jan ’25 | Feb ’24 | Feb ’25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runs | 12 | 18 | 4 | 13 |
| Avg. Pace | 6:08 | 5:52 | 6:25 | 6:11 |
| Time | 8:09:25 | 9:43:58 | 3:55:45 | 8:26:16 |
| Mar ’24 | Mar ’25 | Apr ’24 | Apr ’25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runs | 15 | 21 | 11 | 17 |
| Avg. Pace | 6:58 | 6:05 | 6:14 | 6:28 |
| Time | 10:55:26 | 14:15:38 | 9:04:46 | 8:18:15 |
I’m going to try to pick things up again in May and June, as I’d like to be fit enough to run in the Italian hills this summer.
Run Log 20250430
This was my much-needed 6k run after three days of walking through Berlin. I took it easy tonight as my legs are still tired from the 25000 and more steps I did for the past three days while walking through Berlin.
Overall, April 2025 hasn’t been my best running month of the year; with a little over 77 kilometers run, this is the month with the fewest kilometers in the year to date. I should accept this given the travel I had planned for this month (nine flights, six different cities, two continents), but I experience I have a hard time dealing with the results.
On to the next month it is, no complaining, only more training. Next week I’m back to the half marathon schedule I was working with, I will go back two weeks in the schedule to pick up things from there.
