· MONTHLY ROUNDUP · 2026 ·
OCTOBER.
1 OCT — 31 OCT 2026
- RACE WEEKENDHyrox Birmingham
- MARATHONYorkshire Marathon
- PARKRUNSherwood Pines Parkrun (#40)
- EVENTStilton Stumble
30
sessions logged
29h 40m
total time
75.1km
distance covered
14.4k
calories burned
THE STORY.
machine-written, human-checkedOctober was 30 sessions in 31 days, which is a properly daft ratio, and the 8 days unbroken in there didn't help my case. Weights and pilates took 8 apiece, crossfit and running 7 each, so nobody got left out of the suffering. 29h 40m all in, 14441 kcal burned and 1082 m of climbing, and somewhere in the middle of it I apparently broke 19 PBs, which is bloody mad. The 5K landed at 24:03 and the 1K at 4:29, so sub-25 is officially just a thing I do now, and the marathon best effort of 4:53:11 is sat there looking at me. Legs, back and cardio took the beating, the peak heart rate hit 174 bpm at parkrun, and I still turned up the next day. Turns out the plan was never to slow down, it was just to get knackered faster than I could get sensible.
THE MOMENTS.
races, records, firsts and streaks, from the sessions
RACE WEEKENDTue 27 Oct
Hyrox Birmingham
2races
Doubles 1:15:29 · Solo 1:29:42
MARATHONSun 18 Oct
Yorkshire Marathon
4:55:28
42.5 km
PARKRUNSat 3 Oct
Sherwood Pines Parkrun (#40)
28:11
104th place · first time here
EVENTSun 11 Oct
Stilton Stumble
54:32
10.0 km
STREAK
8 days in a row
8days
8 Oct to 15 Oct
PBTue 13 Oct
Romanian Deadlift 1RM
50.7 kg
+20.7 kg · Lower body strength · +2 more
PARKRUNSat 10 Oct
Newark Parkrun (#41)
24:39
31st place
PBThu 22 Oct
Seated Cable Row – Bar Grip heaviest
57.5 kg
+2.5 kg · Strength & ERGs PT · +1 more
DAY BY DAY.
21 of 31 days moving · every dot a session, in its sport's ink- 12
- 13 PB
- 14
- 15
- 16
- 17
- 18 MARATHON
- 26
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27
RACE WEEKEND
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28
- 29
- 30
- 31
WEEK BY WEEK · sessions
BY SPORT.
4 kinds of movingSESSION SHARE
- Weight Training 8 · 27% 7h 42m · 112 sets · 22.8t moved
- Pilates 8 · 27% 6h 40m · 8 sets
- Crossfit 7 · 23% 6h 55m · 37 sets · 1.5t moved
- Run 7 · 23% 75.1 km · 8h 23m
ON FILM.
12 frames
THE ROUTES.
the 7 longest, as the watch drew themBEST EFFORTS.
fastest over each distance1:41
400m
4:29
1K
7:20
1 Mile
24:03
5K
54:07
10K
2:06:58
Half Marathon
4:53:11
Marathon
THE CEILING, RAISED.
single-session peaksRECORDS.
19 new
13 OCT
BULGARIAN SPLIT SQUAT HEAVIEST WEIGHT
- 24kg NEW
22 OCT
Deadlift
- 1RM 170kg +30.7 kg
- VOLUME 3600kg +360 kg
18 OCT
FASTEST 20 MILE
- 3:22:17 −3439s
18 OCT
FASTEST 25 MILE
- 4:34:44 −3383s
18 OCT
FASTEST 30K
- 3:06:06 −199s
18 OCT
FASTEST 40K
- 4:32:27 −3400s
18 OCT
FASTEST MARATHON
- 4:53:11 −3292s
13 OCT
Romanian Deadlift
- 1RM 50.7kg +20.7 kg
- SET VOLUME 320kg +20 kg
- VOLUME 960kg +120 kg
13 OCT
ROMANIAN DEADLIFT HEAVIEST WEIGHT
- 40kg NEW
22 OCT
SEATED CABLE ROW - BAR GRIP HEAVIEST WEIGHT
- 57.5kg +2.5 kg
13 OCT
SQUAT HEAVIEST WEIGHT
- 50kg NEW
27 OCT
Wall Balls
- 1RM 39kg NEW
- SET VOLUME 900kg NEW
- VOLUME 900kg NEW
- REPS 100reps NEW
27 OCT
WALL BALLS HEAVIEST WEIGHT
- 9kg NEW
OUT THERE.
8 places · 3 countries- Fernwood CP ×8
- Bingham ×7
- Code Fitness ×4
- Romans Quarter Rushcliffe ×2
- Newark Newark and Sherwood ×2
- Heslington Heslington ×1
- Cropwell Bishop Rushcliffe ×1
- Kings Clipstone Newark and Sherwood ×1
3 in the wet7° coldest20° hottest26 sessions tracked
BESIDES THE SPORT.
watched, heard, read, seenOctober in films and TV
1 film · 27 episodes · 100 videos · 17.1 h
- Zwag Xerath
- Second Wind
- Piantwo
- Obsession
- Jonathan Pie
- Haunted Hotel
- Gossip Girl
October in music and podcasts
240 tracks · 83 podcast episodes
October in books
1 book
October, out
- saw RENT