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Wednesday 12/29/21: 5.54 Miles

Day 3 of working out is done and only 1 day to go!

Today's Evening Workout:

  • 5.54 miles on the elliptical in 29:12 minutes; ten-minute warmup at resistance level 9, then 13:35 minutes doing intervals at resistance level 8, and the rest of the time was at resistance level 9.
    • 10 intervals using the Gym Boss Interval Timer; 20 seconds high intensity/fast, followed by 1 minute at a cool-down/slower pace. 
  • Third day of watching 'Roberta' from 1935, starring Irene Dunne, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, and Randolph Scott.
    • Today's movie segment included the songs 'I Won't Dance' and Irene Dunne singing 'Smoke Gets In Your Eyes'!

      • IMDb Movie Outline: An American jazzman and his buddy woo a Russian princess and a fake countess in Paris.

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