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Week 10/16/22: 18.15 Miles (A Date with Judy)

Elliptical: 18.15 miles in 1hr, 55min 

  • Sunday 10/16:
    • 2.84 miles in 18:32 minutes 
  • Monday 10/17: 
    • 3.22 miles in 19:47 minutes
  • Tuesday 10/18:
    • 2.32 miles in 14:12 minutes
    • 2.29 miles in 15:09 minutes
    • 2.79 miles in 18:13 minutes
  • Wednesday 10/19:
    • 2.70 miles in 16:49 minutes
    • 1.99 miles in 12:43 minutes
  • Resistance Level 10 all sessions; no intervals

Watched One Movie:

  • A Date with Judy (1948)
    • Starring Wallace Beery, Jane Powell, and Elizabeth Taylor
      • IMDb Movie Outline: Hyperactive teenager Judy Foster (Jane Powell) challenges, and is challenged by, her overly-proper parents, pesky brother Randolph (Jerry Hunter), and boyfriend Ogden "Oogie" Pringle (Scotty Beckett).

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