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Saturday 6/11/22: 8.22 Miles

Done with Week 2 of May workouts and this month's second Howard Keel musical, Annie Get Your Gun!

Today's Morning Workout:

  • 8.22 miles on the elliptical in 35:23 minutes.
    • No intervals; entire time at resistance level 6.
  • Weights: Morning kettlebell
    • 30 swings x 2 sets = 60 swings (8kg/17lb). 
  • Third and final day of watching 'Annie Get Your Gun' from 1950, starring Betty Hutton, Howard Keel, and Louis Calhern. 
    • Today's segment included Betty Hutton and Howard Keel challenging each other in the classic battle-of-the-sexes song 'Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better'!

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