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Week 11/29/21: 20.06 Miles

Weekly Stats: 11/29/21 - 12/03/21:

A Damsel in Distress from 1937 with Fred Astaire, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Joan Fontaine

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Week 9/11/22: 15.45 Miles (Babes in Arms)

Elliptical: 15.45 miles in 1hr, 38min  Sunday 9/11:  2.05 miles in 13:26 minutes Monday 9/12:  2.20 miles in 13:50 minutes 2.02 miles in 13:59 minutes Tuesday 9/13: 2.18 miles in 13:11 minutes 2.27 miles in 13:49 minutes 2.18 miles in 14:28 minutes Wednesday 9/14:  2.55 miles in 15:55 minutes Resistance Level 10 all sessions; no intervals Watched one movie: Babes in Arms (1939) Starring Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Charles Winninger IMDb Movie Outline: A group of vaudevillians struggling to compete with talkies hits the road hoping for a comeback. Frustrated to be left behind, all of their kids put on a show themselves to raise money for the families and to prove they've got talent, too. #31 on my Miles of Movies 2022 list !

Week 5/17/21 - 5/21/21: 6.7 Miles

- Completed Part 4 of the documentary ‘Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult’ - Walked 6.7 miles in 1hr, 20min (Friday) IMDb Documentary Outline: Seduced follows India Oxenberg's abuse and her own culpability inside the NXIVM cult, an organization marketed as a self-help group. Learn more about the documentary here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt13269706 My DVR is full of movies & TV shows I've put off watching, so this is a list of what I've watched while spending time on my new treadmill! I'm curious to see how many movies I'll get through in 2021. See what I’ve been watching while walking on my treadmill here: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls084069581/

Saturday 5/28/22: 8.16 Miles

Finished with the 3-day workout week and the final Navy-themed movie for May -- Shipmates Forever ! Today's Morning Workout: 8.16 miles on the elliptical in 37:21 minutes. 5-minute warmup at resistance level 7; then two interval segments at resistance level 6 & 5 for 13:30 minutes each; rest of the time at level 5. 20 intervals using the Gym Boss Interval Timer ; 20 seconds high intensity/fast, followed by 1 minute at a cool-down/slower pace.  Third and final day of watching ' Shipmates Forever ' from 1935, starring Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, and Lewis Stone. Today's segment included a little music and a lot more Naval Academy life! IMDb Movie Outline : A successful crooner who doesn't want to join the Navy decides to prove to his father, a Navy admiral, that he has what it takes to make it in the fleet. #20 on my Miles of Movies 2022 list !

Thursday 10/14/21: 3.03 Miles

Day 4 workout is done; only one day to go!   Today's Workout: 3.03 miles on the elliptical in 19:14 minutes; the first 13:35 minutes were doing intervals at resistance level 14 and the rest of the time was a good push to hit 3 miles at resistance level 15; today's movie segment included Fred & Ginger dancing to the tune 'Dengozo'. 10 intervals using the Gym Boss Interval Timer ; 20 seconds high intensity/fast, followed by 1 minute at a cool-down/slower pace. Fourth day of watching 'The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle' from 1939, starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.  IMDb Movie Outline: The story of the dancing team who taught the world to two-step. Learn more about the movie here on IMDb . #86 on my Miles of Movies 2021 list and my 8th Fred Astaire movie this year! 

June 2021 Totals: 130.5 Miles

Miles of Movies June 2021 Totals: - Elliptical 130.5 miles in 12 hours, 48 minutes - Exercised 20 days during month - Watched 7 full movies and 4 TV shows (Royal Wedding, On Moonlight Bay, The Belle of New York, Family Matters x 4, Chasing a Dream/Miles from Nowhere, Don't Knock the Rock, Bad Boy, Second Chorus); started 1 movie (The Lady Vanishes; will finish in July) Year To Date January - June 2021: - 591.3 miles in 97 hours, 34 minutes - Exercised 115 days out of 181 - Watched 56 movies, 9 TV shows, and 2 documentaries June movies are listed as #57 through #68 on my Miles of Movies 2021 list; see everything I've watched in 2021 while working out here: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls084069581/