Calendar Heatmap

Running Distance Calendar

Daily running kilometers tracked in neon mint gradient for fitness monitoring.

Output
Running Distance Calendar
Python
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
from matplotlib.colors import LinearSegmentedColormap
import matplotlib.patches as mpatches

np.random.seed(125)

days = 365
running = np.zeros(days)
for i in range(days):
    if np.random.random() > 0.35:
        running[i] = np.random.uniform(3, 15)

weeks = 53
data = np.zeros((7, weeks))
for i, val in enumerate(running):
    week = i // 7
    day = i % 7
    if week < weeks:
        data[day, week] = val

# CLAUDE.md Neon Mint palette
colors_neon = ['#ffffff', '#e0fcf0', '#7df5cd', '#27F5B0']
cmap = LinearSegmentedColormap.from_list('neon_mint', colors_neon, N=256)

fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(16, 4), facecolor='#ffffff')
ax.set_facecolor('#ffffff')

im = ax.imshow(data, cmap=cmap, aspect='auto', vmin=0, vmax=15)

ax.set_yticks(range(7))
ax.set_yticklabels(['Mon', 'Tue', 'Wed', 'Thu', 'Fri', 'Sat', 'Sun'], fontsize=9, color='#374151')
ax.set_xticks(range(0, 52, 4))
ax.set_xticklabels(['Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun', 'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec', ''], 
                   fontsize=9, color='#374151')

ax.set_title('Running Distance - Kilometers Per Day', fontsize=16, color='#1f2937', fontweight='bold', pad=15)

for i in range(8):
    ax.axhline(y=i-0.5, color='#e5e7eb', linewidth=0.5)
for i in range(weeks+1):
    ax.axvline(x=i-0.5, color='#e5e7eb', linewidth=0.5)

ax.tick_params(colors='#374151', length=0)
for spine in ax.spines.values():
    spine.set_visible(False)

legend_elements = [mpatches.Patch(facecolor=c, label=l, edgecolor='#d1d5db') 
                   for c, l in zip(colors_neon, ['Rest', '3-6km', '7-11km', '12+km'])]
ax.legend(handles=legend_elements, loc='upper left', bbox_to_anchor=(0, -0.15), ncol=4, 
          fontsize=8, facecolor='#f9fafb', edgecolor='#d1d5db', labelcolor='#374151', title='Distance',
          title_fontsize=9)

total = np.sum(running)
ax.annotate(f'{total:.0f} km total', xy=(0.98, 1.1), xycoords='axes fraction',
            fontsize=11, color='#27F5B0', ha='right', fontweight='bold')

plt.tight_layout()
plt.subplots_adjust(bottom=0.25)
plt.show()
Library

Matplotlib

Category

Time Series

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