Another decent week, with an outlier on Wednesday thanks to a trip to the local bowling establishment with our visitors from ANI. Friday barely missed out on the 5000 step mark, thanks to a busy day at work and a tremendously long commute. The weekend was actually better than most, but still somewhat disappointing.
Total steps: 45,392
Daily average: 6484.6
Another pretty good week, with my highest total since heading to San Diego back in April, with the entire work week surpassing 6000 steps and 3 of the days above 8500. Nothing too far outside the norm until Friday, where a trip to US Cellular Field for Grinder Bash pushed my total well above 12,000. Saturday was disappointing only in that I finished a scant 48 steps below the 5000 step mark despite a trip to the mall and a bowling outing. Sunday, while well below my goal of 5000 steps, did manage to have more than the negligible amount I have been getting.
Total steps: 51,356
Weekly average: 7336.6
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.
The week got off to an odd start as the temperature broke 50 degrees for the first time all year on Monday, but an overturned semi gave me my second 2 1/2 hour plus commute to work in under a week. Despite that, and thanks to a meeting in North plaza in the morning and a coffee run in the afternoon, I was able to put up a pretty good total. Tuesday finished a mere 60 steps below the 5000 step mark, mainly due to my decision to not wear the tracker when I got home from work. Yet another snowstorm kept me home on Wednesday, which led to the day’s small total. Thursday was a good bounce back day, thanks to my last night of bowling for the season. Friday finished off the pretty decent week, before yet another horrid weekend performance.
Total steps: 32,876
Weekly average: 4696.6
After 2 weeks of successful work weeks, things went off the rails about this week. Monday, Thursday, and Friday were the only good days, thanks to bowling and a time-killing trip to the mall. Once again, the weekends were a wasteland where very little was accomplished, other than finishing a good book.
Total steps: 36,828
Weekly average: 5261.1
Another pretty good week, with all 5 work days over the 5000 step mark for the second week in a row. Monday saw a torrential snow storm which sent me home early, so that day’s total is a little surprising. After that, the weather actually started to warm up for the first time all year, so there were occasional trips outside to head over for coffee during the week. Thursday saw the usual bowling bump. The weekend, however, continued to be a sinkhole of inactivity.
Total steps: 33,640
Weekly average: 4805.7
A somewhat decent week, with another day stuck at home due to the weather. Monday and Tuesday were pretty typical work days. Wednesday started by getting stuck in the snow on the driveway, so I spent the day at home trying to get the car moving while calling in to meetings all day. Thursday was back to work, followed by quite possibly the worst night of bowling I’ve had in some time. Friday included a post-work trip to H&R Block to get my taxes done. Saturday’s activity was mostly going to Costco and Mariano’s, while Sunday was spent clearing off the DVR.
Total steps: 32,972
Weekly average: 4710.3
A somewhat disappointing week, with only 3 days over 5000 steps, mostly due to trips over to North plaza for expensive coffee drinks. Thursday got another bowling bump, which my average did not. The weekend was above its normal lows, thanks to skating competitions for Angelina and basketball games for Danny.
Total steps: 34,856
Weekly average: 4979.4
A pretty decent week, with 4 days over the 5000 step mark and a weekend day passing the 4000 step plateau. An actual 5 day work week, my first in well over a month, contained quite a few trips over to North plaza for coffee runs. Thursday marked my first bowling outing of the new year, which didn’t work out too well for my average.
Total steps: 36,544
Weekly average: 5220.6
A bit of an up and down week, where bad days were followed with good days, and a surprising decent weekend output was preceded by a day off that barely broke 2000. Another week of bowling helped make Thursday the most prolific day of the week.
Total steps: 32,852
Weekly average: 4693.1