Miles of Movies: Workout Journal

Elliptical: 12.17 miles in 1 hour Sunday 1/15:  6.15 miles @ 31:11 minutes Monday 1/16: 6.02 miles @ 29:33 minutes Resistance Level 6 all sessions Intervals with each session: Started intervals after 1 minute warm-up 27:40 minutes of intervals 20 seconds high intensity, 1 minute low intensity x 20 intervals  Watched One Movie: Six-Gun Gold (1941) Starring Tim Holt, Ray Whitley, and Jan Clayton IMDb Movie Outline: Don and his pals are mistaken for gold thieves, so they set out to find the real gold thieves and Don's missing brother Brad, a U.S. Marshal. #4 on my Miles of Movies 2023 list !

Elliptical: 26.65 miles in 2 hours, 15 minutes 19.58 miles @ 1hr 38min; watched  Fun in Acapulco (1963): Sunday 1/8:  6.43 miles @ 32:27 minutes Monday 1/9: 6.49 miles @ 32:37 minutes Tuesday 1/10: 6.66 miles @ 33:45 minutes Resistance Level 6 all sessions Intervals with each session: Started intervals after 1 minute warm-up 27:40 minutes of intervals 20 seconds high intensity, 1 minute low intensity x 20 intervals 7.07 miles @ 37:00 minutes; watched God is the Bigger Elvis (2012): Thursday 1/12: 3.59 miles @ 18:35 minutes Friday 1/13: 3.48 miles @ 18:25 minutes Resistance Level 6 all sessions Intervals with each session: Started intervals after 1 minute warm-up 13:50 minutes of intervals 20 seconds high intensity, 1 minute low intensity x 10 intervals #2 - 3 on my Miles of Movies 2023 list !

Elliptical: 11.24 miles in 59 minutes Monday 1/2:  3.18 miles @ 18:11 minutes Resistance Level 8 Tuesday 1/3: 3.22 miles @ 16:57 minutes Resistance Level 6 Wednesday 1/4: 4.84 miles @ 24:42 minutes Resistance Level 6 Intervals with each session: Started intervals after 1 minute warm-up 13:50 minutes of intervals 20 seconds high intensity, 1 minute low intensity x 10 intervals Watched One Movie: Cheyenne Takes Over (1947) Starring Lash La Rue, Al St. John, and Nancy Gates IMDb Movie Outline: Cheyenne and sidekick Fuzzy uncover murder and corruption while on vacation. #1 on my Miles of Movies 2023 list -- first movie of the year!

January - December 2022: 1,002.62 miles in 84 hours, 44 minutes (3 days, 12 hours, 44 minutes) The miles are equivalent to a little over 38 marathons, averaging 3 marathons a month! Exercised 203 days out of 365 (157 days elliptical; 70 days kettlebell) Some days I did both elliptical and kettlebell, and some days I did one and not the other. Watched 52 movies, 3 documentaries, and 3 TV shows (listed chronologically on my Miles of Movies 2022 IMDb list ; see full list alphabetized in blog sidebar) 2.62 miles over year goal of 1,000 miles! It's been a good year, the first full year on the elliptical! My husband had to make some adjustments to the machine this year, tightening screws due to use and lubricating when it got squeaky, but other than that is has held up great and hasn't been turned into a clothes rack! I took time off this year, all of August due to extreme heat and Covid illness, and then another few weeks off between October and November; my year goal of 1,000 miles

December 2022 Totals: Elliptical :  140.91 miles in 12 hours, 25 minutes  Exercised:  27 days out of 31  Watched 11 full movies and 2 TV shows :  Family Matters: Rock Video (1990) The Monkees: Monkees Marooned (1967) Rough Riders’ Round-Up (1939) The First Texan (1956) Fury at Gunsight Pass (1956) Boots and Saddles (1937) The Fighting Vigilantes (1947) In Old Caliente (1939) Colorado Serenade (1946) The Star Packer (1934) Stagecoach Kid (1949) Three Godfathers (1936) The Westward Trail (1948)

Elliptical: 29.38 miles in 2hr, 20min  Sunday 12/25: 3.14 miles in 14:38 minutes Monday 12/26: 6.90 miles in 32:26 minutes Tuesday 12/27: 7.32 miles in 35:27 minutes Wednesday 12/28: 4.16 miles in 20:18 minutes Thursday 12/29: 4.15 miles in 20:26 minutes Friday 12/30: 3.71 miles in 17:43 minutes Resistance Level 4 all sessions; no intervals 2.62 miles over year goal of 1,000 miles! Watched Two Movies: Three Godfathers (1936) Sunday - Tuesday 17.36 miles in 1hr, 22min  The Westward Trail (1948) Wednesday - Friday  12.02 miles in 58:17min #57 - #58 on my Miles of Movies 2022 list !