Sundays are usually my long run or cycle days.

I love getting up early, having a cafetière of coffee in bed with a bowl of overnight oats and then heading out for a couple of hours - podcast on the go.

Alas, that won’t be happening for the foreseeable but I’m hoping that I’ll be on my bike ASAP.

After a day of playing with my three-year-old niece (Garmin really needs to add a babysitting setting to their built-in activity profiles - kids are exhausting), I got in my 100 squats before sitting on my mat with a YouTube tutorial on ankle rehab.

This week hasn’t gone according to plan, but that’s sport for you.

They say that the hardest part of training is getting to the start line and that’s so true; injuries are part and parcel of the training process.

Spraining my ankle has given me an opportunity to concentrate on other parts of my regime. I’ve used the breathing section of the watch every day and have loved being able to track my yoga and mobility flows.

Walking is a crucial part of my lockdown life and is going to continue to play a vital role for as long as I can’t run, so it’s invaluable to be able to track those walks.

I’m definitely guilty of being a data snob; I don’t like people being able to see my crap runs or slow moments. But the fact that my Garmin adds walks to my timeline helps me to focus on using the platform as a realistic gauge of how my training is going - it’s not there for anyone else’s judgement.

Having the access to all my tools and data via my watch all the time and not having to post it anywhere has meant that I’ve focussed more on my own health journey and can plan better for my recovery.

I used a fitness watch to help me cycle from London to Brighton and this is what happened