A disturbing trend is afoot, as we suffer from our third straight subpar week. As the temperature outside has plummeted, so has my activity. The week got off to a pretty good start, but things fell apart on Thursday when I couldn’t even make it to 4000 steps. Friday bounced back, thanks to a walk over to Willow, but then the weekend fell off a cliff again.
Total steps: 34,420
Daily average: 4917.1
Well, this was a disappointing week, with my lowest total since the end of January, when the polar vortex kept me with 3 days under 2000 steps. This week suffered from busy days that kept me away from my afternoon trip to North plaza for coffee. Thursday, the only day I did get to go on a coffee trip, was the one day to cross the 5000 step plateau. Hopefully things pick up this week.
Total steps: 28,060
Daily average: 4008.6
A disappointing week, brought down by a wasted weekend. The best day of the week was Monday, as I celebrated the 40th anniversary of my birth. The rest of the week was nothing to write home about, with diminishing returns through Halloween on Friday. The weekend was a lost cause that killed the whole week, which I spent mostly emptying out the DVR.
Total steps: 35,956
Daily average: 5136.6
Another successful week, with 4 days over 5500 steps and only one day, Saturday, below 5000 steps. Thursday was the day of days, as I finished at an even 5000 steps. Nothing too exciting during the work week, and Friday and Sunday benefited from walks around the neighborhood. Saturday was helped along by a trip to the grocery store.
Total steps: 41,436
Daily average: 5919.4
Despite rain nearly every single day, it was another above average week, with 3 days over 7000 steps and 5 over 5800. The only 2 subpar days were Thursday, which was beset with meetings, and Sunday, which had a surprisingly high total for a weekend day.
Total steps: 43,288
Daily average: 6184
Way back on May 2, I passed the 5,000,000 step mark on this little GlobalFit adventure. On Tuesday, a little more than 5 months later, the 6,000,000 plateau came and went, easily the quickest amount of time it has taken me to amass 1,000,000 steps. If I keep up this pace, I’ll be posting about 7,000,000 steps some time in late March.
A bounce back week that saw the 4 days I worked all pass the 7000 step plateau, before a noticeable drop off for the long 3 day weekend. Saturday saw a nice rebound, nearly crossing 5000 steps as I headed downtown for some interesting Cub talk.
Total steps: 41,744
Daily average: 5963.4
Well, we’ve reached the end of the first quarter here in our fourth year of using the GlobalFit tracker, so it is time to check in on my progress towards my goal of 2,002,000 steps, or an average of 5500 per day. One quarter of that total would be 500,500. So how did I do?
Well, as of my last check-in at work on Thursday, I was at 555,072 steps for the year, good enough for 28% of my goal for the year. Without taking the last 2 days into account, I’ve got a buffer of over 54,500 steps to help me over the winter, where I am likely to slow down somewhat, if past experience is any indicator.
This is certainly a good start. We’ll check back in January for a mid-year checkpoint, where I should have crossed the 1 million step plateau.
Well, that was a pretty disappointing week, with my lowest step total since April. Things got off to a decent start, but went south on Wednesday and never really recovered. My first post-baseball season weekend also proved to be pretty disappointing, but at least I managed to break 1000 steps each day.
Total steps: 31,460
Daily average: 4494.3
My best week of the year so far, and my highest weekly total since the San Diego trip in April, thanks mainly to the Sprint and Stride event on Tuesday, which turned out to be my 4th highest single day total since starting this whole experiment. The work week saw every day above 6000 except for Friday, which still came in over 5500. Saturday nearly hit 10,000 steps thanks to a walk around the neighborhood and a trip to Grandstand before Paul Konerko night at US Cellular Field. Sunday was the one low point of the week, as the baseball season came to an end.
Total steps: 52,612
Daily average: 7516