Later this afternoon, I’ll be heading out for a week long road trip, with stops in Virginia, Florida, and many stops in between. The plan is to head to Roanoke tonight, spend the weekend there taking in the sights, and then head down to Florida and Disney World on Monday. After spending Tuesday at Hollywood Studios, we’ll be heading to Universal on Wednesday for all things Harry Potter, before returning to the Magic Kingdom and Epcot on Thursday. After that, it will time to take the long ride home, with a few interesting stops along the way.
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The Ever Growing 10,000 Step Club
Last winter, as the GlobalFit program was wrapping up, I took my last look at the top 20 step days I’ve had since I first started tracking my steps way back in July of 2011. At the time, I had only surpassed the 10,000 step plateau 45 times. In the year plus since then, I have managed to nearly double that number, raising the total to 81. With my first year using the Fitbit coming to an end last week, I thought it would be appropriate to take a new look at my updated top 20 step days over the past 4 1/2 years, featuring 8 new entries.
1: 6/6/2013 – 24,988 steps
My best single day total came during my 2013 trip to Disney World. The day’s excursion to both Epcot Center and the Magic Kingdom ended up with a total of approximately 12.5 miles. And yes, it still bothers me that I didn’t get those 12 additional steps to reach 25,000.
2: 7/27/2013 – 20,592 steps
My second highest total came nearly 2 months after my highest, thanks to the BTN 5K and a, for lack of a better word, misunderstanding about where I should be picked up after the race. These 2 days are the sum total of my days over 20,000 steps.
3: 9/6/2015 – 18,259 steps
The first new addition to the list comes courtesy of my trip to Toronto last September. This Sunday consisted of traversing around Toronto, with trips to Royal Ontario Museum and, at night, the Molson Canadian Ampitheatre for the Oddball Comedy Fest.
4: 9/11/2015 – 17,889 steps
Another new addition thanks to my trip to Toronto. My last day in the city was spent at the Eaton Centre mall, the Hockey Hall of Fame, and a few other stops.
5: 6/8/2013 – 17,852 steps
My now-fifth highest output brings us back to Disney World, this time for a day split between Animal Kingdom in the morning and Hollywood Studios in the afternoon.
6: 9/5/2015 – 16,083 steps
We head back to Toronto for my sixth highest day, my first full day in the city. There was exploring along the riverfront and, of course, a trip to Rogers Centre for a Blue Jays game.
7: 9/23/2014 – 15,728 steps
This total was accomplished thanks to the 2014 Sprint & Stride 5K race that was held at work.
8: 9/9/2012 – 14,957 steps
My eighth highest total comes thanks to a Sunday in Belfast spent walking from our hotel, down to the Titanic museum, and then back again.
9: 6/7/2013 – 14,940 steps
Another day of 2013’s vacation to Disney World, this day started with a morning trip to the hotel pool, followed by an abbreviated day at the Magic Kingdom.
Fitbit Week 23
Another tremendous week, surpassing last week as my best week since heading to Disney World in 2013, with every day once again over 6000 steps and the streak extended to 20 days. Sunday got the week off to a good start thanks to baseball at US Cellular Field, followed by a trip out for dinner to celebrate my sister’s birthday. Monday and Tuesday both passed the 10,000 step plateau thanks to work followed by baseball. Wednesday and Thursday were normal work situations with the afternoon coffee run helping to push me over the line. Friday was a day off, so I took an early morning walk around the neighborhood, then ran some errands and nearly passed 10,000 steps for the third time. Saturday entailed a trip to Wrigley Field for some crosstown action, my fourth baseball trip of the week.
Total steps: 65,678
Daily average: 9382.6
Fitbit Week 22
A pretty spectacular week, where every day was over 6,000 steps, 5 days were above 8,000 steps, and 3 days were above 10,000 steps, which resulted in my best week since heading to Disney World 2 years ago. Things got off to a good start on Sunday, when I took a nice long walk around the neighborhood. Monday and Tuesday both saw me taking some time during the work day to explore the campus in addition to my afternoon coffee trip. Wednesday benefited from an slightly abbreviated version of Sunday’s trip after work. Thursday and Friday were back down to somewhat normal totals. Saturday consisted on a trip to US Cellular Field to watch exciting White Sox baseball.
I also managed to pass 1,000,000 steps for the year this week, 4 weeks before the half way point. While I didn’t set a specific goal, I think I’m on a good pace for surpassing my daily goal, which projects out to 2,002,000 steps.
Total steps: 64,405
Daily average: 9200.7
The 10,000 Step Club Revisited
Last spring, I took an initial look at the top 20 step days I’ve had since starting the GlobalFit program way back in July of 2011. At the time, I had only surpassed the 10,000 step plateau 31 times. In the 8 months since then, I have managed to raise that number to 45. With the GlobalFit program officially wrapping up earlier this week, I thought it would be appropriate to take a new, and final, look at my updated top 20 step days over the past 3 1/2 years.
1: 6/6/2013 – 24,988 steps
My best single day total came during my 2013 trip to Disney World. The day’s excursion to both Epcot Center and the Magic Kingdom ended up with a total of approximately 12.5 miles. And yes, it still bothers me that I didn’t get those 12 additional steps to reach 25,000.
2: 7/27/2013 – 20,592 steps
My second highest total came nearly 2 months after my highest, thanks to the BTN 5K and a, for lack of a better word, misunderstanding about where I should be picked up after the race. These 2 days are the sum total of my days over 20,000 steps.
3: 6/8/2013 – 17,852 steps
My third highest output brings us back to Disney World, this time for a day split between Animal Kingdom in the morning and Hollywood Studios in the afternoon.
4: 9/23/2014 – 15,728 steps
A new addition since my original list, this total was accomplished thanks to the Sprint & Stride 5K race that was held at work last fall.
5: 9/9/2012 – 14,957 steps
We round out the top 5 with my highest total outside of the United States. A Sunday in Belfast spent walking from our hotel, down to the Titanic museum, and then back again.
6: 6/7/2013 – 14,940 steps
Another day of 2013’s vacation to Disney World, this day started with a morning trip to the hotel pool, followed by an abbreviated day at the Magic Kingdom.
It’s Hard To Hold A Candle In The Cold November Rain
As the calendar turns to November, we celebrate Mr. Danny, who will become a teenager. The main photo is from last summer, when he couldn’t get the fingerprint scanner to work while trying to enter Disney World.
We also take a look back at him through the years, including trips to the White Sox World Series parade in 2005 and our trip to Universal Studios in 2010. Continue reading →
Back To School Time
With September, and Labor Day, upon us, this month’s photo takes us back to last summer’s trip to Disney World. We have Danny posing with Goofy during a character breakfast.
Dog Days Of Summer
As we enter the dog days of summer, we find a picture of Angelina with Ducky Momo from last summer’s trip to Disney World.
10,000 Step Club
Way back in July of 2011, when I started this whole GlobalFit exercise (pun somewhat intended), I had the silly thought that since 10,000 steps was what is generally considered active, that I would use that as a guideline of something to ascribe to. Now, nearly 3 years later, I find that I’ve actually crossed that plateau only 31 times. As I spend today flying home from California, with the expectation that I will be adding at least one or two days to this list, I thought it would be sobering, and perhaps inspiring, to look back at the top 20 of those 31 days.
1: 6/6/2013 – 24,988 steps
My best single day total came during last summer’s trip to Disney World. The day’s excursion to both Epcot Center and the Magic Kingdom ended up with a total of approximately 12.5 miles. And yes, it does bother me that I didn’t get those 12 additional steps to reach 25,000.
2: 7/27/2013 – 20,592 steps
My second highest total came nearly 2 months after my highest, thanks to the BTN 5K and a, for lack of a better word, misunderstanding about where I should be picked up after the race. These 2 days are the sum total of my days over 20,000 steps.
3: 6/8/2013 – 17,852 steps
My third highest output brings us back to Disney World, this time for a day split between Animal Kingdom in the morning and Hollywood Studios in the afternoon. Sadly, this also ends our collection of days greater than 15,000.
4: 9/9/2012 – 14,957 steps
The fourth best day I’ve had in the last 3 years is my highest total outside of the United States. A Sunday in Belfast spent walking down to the Titanic museum
5: 6/7/2013 – 14,940 steps
We round out the top 5 with another day of last June’s vacation to Disney World. This day started with a morning trip to the hotel pool, followed by an abbreviated day at the Magic Kingdom.
2014 Calendar
Now that Christmas has come and gone, we can unveil the cover to this year’s calendar gift made up of pictures I have taken throughout the year. This year’s calendar was once again produced by the good folks at Shutterfly, which has allowed for some new creative flourishes. For each of the kid’s birthday month, they have a current photo surrounded by smaller pictures of them from year’s past. Time surely moves quickly when you see them grow up in picture form.
This year’s cover is from our trip to Disney World last summer. On our second day at Hollywood Studios, we were able to get some dry pictures with everybody’s favorite duck character, Ducky Momo, from the Phineas & Ferb cartoon. As in year’s past, we will unveil each month’s photo on the first of the month throughout 2014.