Friday 09/03/21: 3.82 Miles

A week of working out is done and another movie is finished!

Today's Workout:

3.82 miles on the elliptical in 21:27 minutes; the first 13:35 minutes were doing intervals; the rest of the time was a steady pace to finish the movie, and the end credit song 'Good News' by Randy Newman (above) was perfect!

10 intervals using the Gym Boss Interval Timer; 20 seconds high intensity/fast, followed by 1 minute at a cool-down/slower pace.

Resistance Level 11 (medium high).

Final day of watching 'James and the Giant Peach' from 1996, a mix of live action and animation; with Joanna Lumley, Pete Postlethwaite, and the voices of Simon Callow, Richard Dreyfuss, Jane Leeves, and Susan Sarandon; I never read the book by Roald Dahl, but the movie makes me want to read the book; a sweet story and a family-friendly movie with good music and great imagery!

IMDb Movie Outline: An orphan who lives with his two cruel aunts befriends anthropomorphic bugs who live inside a giant peach, and they embark on a journey to New York City.

Learn more about the movie here on IMDb.
'James and the Giant Peach' is #80 on my Miles of Movies 2021 list -- and the first movie from the 1990s on my list!

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Monday 12/27/21: 5.04 Miles

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