In 2023, I had the following totals for my training:

Walking: 835km
Running: 600km
Swimming: 200km
Strength training: 37 hours
Steps: 3,010,449

I did just over 300 walks, in just over 222 hours. I did most walking in September … nearly 146km, after doing not much walking in August (25km).

After my Dad passed away in August I needed to take time out to recover. And I stopped running all together (hence waking instead). I still managed 600km running / 95 runs. No events, but I kept the running ticking over most months.

My running was highest in August as I was running with others a bit more then. Running has mostly been replaced by swimming in the last couple of years…

And this year I managed 200km swimming across around 90 swims, including a couple of open water swim events, some open water swims in lochs and in the sea on holiday, and plenty pool swimming.

Oh and one swim in the Gourock outdoor pool too, with friends.

I swam most in November – 30,000m across 11 swims. I was generally doing between 2,500-3,000m in pool swims and up to 5km in loch swims.

My training has become more consistent too – just over 37 hours in total. It was highest in October and November when I got into a good weekly rhythm of it.

I’ve done less of it in December and I’ll pick it up in the new year.

I noticed on Hogmanay that my annual steps were just under 3 million so ie as sure to make sure I passed that mark.

3 million steps is ok, less than before as I walk less to work, and run less. It’s more than last year too. But less than my high of around 5-6 million steps in previous years.

Here’s my totals for each activity on Garmin:

I did a few cycles too – mostly spin in the garagym.

Now here’s a picture from the first day of 2024 – the weather was good. Hopefully a sign of a positive 2024.

I plan to do the same sort of amounts of training as I did towards the tail end of 2023. 3 swims a week, 2-3 runs, 2-3 gym sessions. And some walks (to work and at the weekends).

What did you get up to training wise for 2023 and what are your plans for 2024?