Mileage

This is an experiment

I will be logging my miles/minutes here. This is time spent on my recumbent bike at home. A good friend has asked me to start logging my time and work up to a 45 minute goal. The idea is to START by putting in 30 minutes a day five days a week. then increase by 1 minute per week till I’m at 45 minutes for each session.

So in order to make sure that I can access my log from anywhere AND that she can see it…..I am…… gulp…… making it a public part of my blog.

Research backs God up that we need rest days so Mondays and Wednesdays will be my “down-time” when I don’t log any bike time.

This will also help with my attempts to lose 2 jeans sizes by December 25th. Right now I am wearing size 14s. I want to get to at least the 10s. The 8s would be better. But the 10s would be fantastic. We will see how it goes.

11/4/08. Tuesday. 30 minutes. 9.48 miles.

11/5/08. Wednesday. off day.

11/6/08. Thursday. 30 minutes. 8.67 miles.

11/7/08. Friday. 30 minutes. 8.92 miles.

11/8/08. Saturday. 30 minutes. 8.82 miles.

11/9/08. Sunday. sick.

11/10/08. Monday. off day.

11/11/08. Tuesday. 30 minutes. 9.05 miles.

11/12/08. Wednesday. off day.

11/13/08. Thursday. sick.

11/14/08. Friday. sick.

11/15/08. Saturday. guests in the house. I wimped out.

11/16/08. Sunday. 30 minutes. 9.18 miles.

11/17/08. Monday. off day.

11/18/08. Tuesday. 30 minutes. 8.79 miles.

11/19/08. Wednesday. off day.

11/20/08. Thursday. skipped. too exhausted to walk straight.

11/21/08. Friday. skipped. Ginny would not calm down.

11/22/08. Saturday. 30 minutes. 9.64 miles.

11/23/08. Sunday. 30 minutes. 9.61 miles

11/24/08. Monday. off day.

11/25/08. Tuesday. 30 minutes. 9.40 miles

11/26/08. Wednesday. off day.

11/27/08. Thursday (Thanksgiving). 30 minutes. 9.36 miles

11/28/08. Friday. sick.

11/29/08. Saturday. sick.

11/30/08. Sunday. sick. (no I’m not going to discuss this)

12/1/08. Monday. off day.

12/2/08. Tuesday. 31 minutes. 9.13 miles.

12/3/08. Wednesday. off day.

12/4/08. Thursday. 31 minutes. 9.49 miles.

12/5/08. Friday. 31 minutes. 9.71 miles.

12/6/08. Saturday. 31 minutes. 9.47 miles.

12/7/08. Sunday. 31 minutes. 8.77 miles.

12/8/08. Monday. off day.

12/9/08. Tuesday. missed.

12/10/08. Wednesday. off day.

12/11/08. Thursday. 31 minutes. 9.21 miles.

12/12/08. Friday. 31 minutes. 8.46 miles.

12/13/08. Saturday. sick all night. ick.

12/14/08. Sunday. 32 minutes. 9.82 miles.

12/15/08. Monday. off day.

12/16/08. Tuesday. sick.

12/17/08. Wednesday. 32 minutes. 9.46 miles.

12/18/08. Thursday. sick. very sick lots recently. pray for me.

okay. I took a month off. it wasn’t intentional. But I’m back.

1/17/09.  Saturday.  32 minutes. 10 miles.

1/18/09. Sunday. 32 minutes. 9.61 miles.

ahem.  After a unconscionably long break I have finally gotten my butt moving again.  Martin played a round of 18 holes of disc-golf yesterday and I walked for and hour and a half.  I have no idea how far I went.  All I know is that for one and a half hours my. feet. did. not. stop.  oh and I was pushing Ginny’s stroller with all 17 pounds of her in it, so that was added effort.

4/5/09. Sunday. one and a half hours non stop walking.

4/15/09.  Wednesday. 30 minutes. bike. 8.96 miles.

4/20/09. Monday. 30 minutes. bike. 8.67 miles.

4/24/09. Friday. ONE HOUR. bike. 16.4 miles.

4/27/09. Monday. 45 minutes. bike. 12.48 miles.

4/29/09. Wednesday. 25 minutes on the bike.  My left knee started acting up, so I stopped to ice it. *frown*

4/30/09. Thursday. 1 hour on the bike. 18.16 miles.  knee still hurts.

5/1/09. Friday. 1 hour on the bike. 18.54 miles. knee aches, but not as badly as yesterday.

5/6/09. Wednesday. 30 minutes on bike. 8.59 miles.

5/7/09. Thursday. 1 hour on the bike. 17.86 miles. knee felt awkward at times, but doesn’t hurt.

5/8/09. Friday. 33 minutes on the bike. 9.98 miles. cramp in left calf. drat.

5.25/09. Monday. 15 minutes. 1 mile. pushing stroller in neighborhood.

5/31/09. Sunday. 1 hour on the bike. 17.56 miles. knees seem fine.

6/7/09. Satruday. 1 hour on the bike. 20.31 miles.  YEAH! I broke the 20 mile mark!

6/17/09. Wednesday. 2 different 1 mile treks across campus. AND 1 hour of swimming.

6/18/09. Thursday. 2 different 1 miles treks across campus.

6/19/09. Friday. 2 different 1 miles treks across campus and 1 hour of swimming.

6/25/09. Thursday. one hour and 5 minutes in the pool.  left knee acted up after I left the water.

7/1/09. Wednesday. one hours and 10 minutes in the pool.

7/2/09.  Thursday. Pool closed today so will do weights and maybe some bike time.

7/17/09. Friday. one hour and 15 minutes in the pool.

7/19/09. Sunday. one hour of playtime in the pool with Ginny

7/22/09. Wednesday.  fell down the stairs at home. sprained ankle. no idea how this will effect swim time tonight.  *update* swam for an hour.  ankle mostly hurt during flutter kick.  breast stroke was not painful, so mostly did that.

7/23/09. Thursday. swam for one hour. flutter kick didn’t hurt nearly as much. yay!

7/29/09. Wednesday. one hour and ten  minutes in the pool.

8/5/09. Wednesday. 2 mile walk at work.

8/7/09. Friday. 2 miles walk at work.

8/12/09. Wenesday. 1 and a half miles walk at work. in the rain.  loved every minute of it.

8/18/09. Tuesday. 1 mile stroll with hubby.  I jogged about a quarter of a mile and had to stop that.  Hurt my knees too much.

8/19/09. Wednesday. 2 mile walk across campus. I love getting paid while walking.

8/19/09. Wednesday. 30 minutes on the bike.

8/25/09. Tuesday. 1 and a half mile walk across campus. ALSO 1 hour of swimming.

8/27/09. Thursday. 2 mile walk on campus.  did it in 45 minutes.  All up hill going, down hill coming back.  yay for down hill!

9/1/09. Tuesday. 1 hour in the pool.

9/10/09. Thursday. 1 hour in the pool.

9/11/09. Friday. 30 minute/ 2 mile walk with Martin in Lenore Park

9/15/09. Tuesday. 1 hour swim. clocked a 29 second freestyle length (25 meters) yup.  I’m old and slow.

9/17/09. Thursday. Huge storm made getting to the pool dangerous. Did 30 minutes on the bike instead. 10.2 miles.

9/19/09. Saturday. 30 minutes on the bike first thing in the morning.

9/21/09. Monday. was supposed to be on the bike. Instead spent the day dodging falling trees, bailing out the basement and collapsing into bed with a slight fever.  weird day.

9/22/09. Tuesday. 30 minutes on the bike.

9/23/09. Wednesday. 30 minutes on the bike.

9/27/09. Sunday. spent the weekend setting up and taking down camp.  But that doens’t count as aerobic.  Neither does singing myself hoarse with my choir.  However the 30 minutes I just spent on the bike DO count.  I’m off to bed now.

9/29/09. Tuesday. 45 minutes on the bike.

10/14/09. Wednesday. 35 minutes on the bike. 10.91 miles.  Yes I took a long break.  Martin had swine flu.

10/15/09. Thursday. 35 minutes on the bike.  I turn 40 in less than an hour.  wow.  where did the years go?

10/19/09. Monday. 38 minutes on the bike.

10/28/09. Wednesday. 27 minutes on the bike. leg cramps stopped me cold.

10/29/09. Thursday. 30 minutes on the bike. Weighed in at doc’s office today. 170 which is down five pounds in one week.  being sick has its uses I guess.