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October 2021 Totals: 68 Miles

Tea for Two 1950; Heavenly Bodies 1984; The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle 1939; Hootenanny Hoot 1963; The Umbrellas of Cherbourg 1964
Here are my numbers for month #10 of working out this year -- October 2021!

October 2021 Totals:

  • Elliptical 68.15 miles in 6 hours, 32 minutes, 15 seconds
  • Exercised 21 days during month out of 31
  • Watched 4 full movies (Heavenly Bodies 1984; The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle 1939; Hootenanny Hoot 1963; The Umbrellas of Cherbourg 1964); finished 1 movie started in September (Tea for Two 1950)

Year To Date January - October 2021:

  • 939.96 miles in 130 hours, 54 minutes (5 days, 10hr, 54min)
  • Exercised 197 days out of 304
  • Watched 77 movies, 9 TV shows, and 2 documentaries
Weight loss in October: 3lbs!

For November I will continue doing shorter interval workouts using the Gym Boss Interval Timer while watching one movie a week.

October movies are listed as #84 through #88 on my Miles of Movies 2021 list! 

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