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December 2021 Totals: 94 Miles

A Damsel in Distress 1937; Three Little Words 1950; The Barkleys of Broadway 1949; Top Hat 1935; Roberta 1935

Here are my numbers for month #12 of working out this year!

December 2021 Totals:

  • Elliptical 94.13 miles in 8 hours, 5 minutes, 13 seconds
  • Exercised 21 days during month out of 31
  • Watched 4 full movies (Three Little Words 1950; The Barkleys of Broadway 1949; Top Hat 1935; Roberta 1935); finished 1 movie started in November (A Damsel in Distress 1937)

December movies are listed as #93 through #97 on my Miles of Movies 2021 list! 

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