Week 7/05/21 - 7/09/21: 37.7 Miles

Alfred Hitchcock's 'Dial M for Murder' from 1954, starring Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, and Robert Cummings.

Monday: 7/05/21

Tonight I started Hitchcock's 'Dial M for Murder' from 1954, starring Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, and Robert Cummings.

I did 7.3 miles in 40 minutes on the elliptical in intervals:

- 10 minutes medium/high resistance at steady warm-up pace
- 2.5 minutes low resistance at faster pace
- 2.5 minutes medium resistance at cool-down pace
- 2.5 minutes low resistance at faster pace
- 2.5 minutes medium resistance at cool-down pace
- 2.5 minutes low resistance at faster pace
- 7.5 minutes medium/high resistance at steady pace
- 2.5 minutes low resistance at faster pace
- 2.5 minutes medium resistance at cool-down pace
- 2.5 minutes low resistance at faster pace
- 2.5 minutes medium resistance at cool-down pace

Movie Outline: A former tennis player tries to arrange his wife's murder after learning of her affair.

Learn more about the movie here:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046912

Miles of Movies 2021: Movie list:
http://www.imdb.com/list/ls084069581

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Tuesday: 7/06/21

Tonight was night 2 of Hitchcock's 'Dial M for Murder' from 1954; looking forward to seeing how the story wraps up.

I did 7.5 miles in 40 minutes on the elliptical in intervals:

- 10 minutes medium/high resistance at steady warm-up pace
- 3 minutes low resistance at faster pace
- 3 minutes medium resistance at cool-down pace
- 3 minutes low resistance at faster pace
- 3 minutes medium resistance at cool-down pace
- 3 minutes low resistance at faster pace
- 5 minutes medium/high resistance at steady pace
- 3 minutes low resistance at faster pace
- 3 minutes medium resistance at cool-down pace
- 2 minutes low resistance at faster pace
- 2 minutes medium resistance at cool-down pace

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Wednesday: 7/07/21

I finished 'Dial M for Murder' (great ending!) and started another Hitchcock movie 'Strangers on a Train' from 1951; starring Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Ruth Roman.

IMDb Movie Outline: A psychopath forces a tennis star to comply with his theory that two strangers can get away with murder.

I did 7.6 miles on the elliptical in 45 minutes; no intervals, just a steady pace at medium resistance.

Learn more about the movie here:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044079

Alfred Hitchcock movie 'Strangers on a Train' from 1951; starring Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Ruth Roman.

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Thursday: 7/08/21

Did 45 minutes and 7.7 miles on the elliptical while watching 'Strangers on a Train'.

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Friday: 7/09/21

Finished the last 43 minutes of 'Strangers on a Train'; did 7.6 miles on the elliptical.

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7/05 - 7/09/21 Weekly Stats:

- 37.7 miles on the elliptical in 3hrs, 33min
- Watched 2 Alfred Hitchcock movies (Dial M for Murder; Strangers on a Train)

This week's movies are #69 and #70 on my Miles of Movies 2021 IMDb List: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls084069581/

Miles of Movies Weekly Movies 7/05/21 - 7/09/21: Alfred Hitchcock's Dial M for Murder and Strangers on a Train; movie posters

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