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2021 Totals: 1,124 Miles

2021 Totals: A year of working out while watching movies!

January - December 2021:

  • 1,124.11 miles in 145 hours, 58 minutes (6 days, 1hr, 58min)
    • 460.8 miles on treadmill (95 days, January - May)
    • 663.31 miles on elliptical (145 days, June – December)
    • Watched 86 movies, 9 TV shows, and 2 documentaries (listed chronologically on my Miles of Movies 2021 IMDb list; see full list alphabetized in blog sidebar)
    • Weight loss June – December: 21 lbs.
    It's been a productive year with great results; here's to more miles of movies in 2022 with a year-end goal of 1,000 miles on my elliptical!

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