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Tuesday Morning Workout

With today’s day off of work, I decided to brave the elements and head out for a quick walk around the neighborhood.  Here are the tunes that accompanied me.

You Shook Me All Night Long (Live) AC/DC Private Parts: The Album 9/3/2013 10:46 AM
I Wanna Be Sedated The Offspring We’re A Happy Family: A Tribute To The Ramones 9/3/2013 10:48 AM
American Pie Don McLean The Best Of Don Mclean 9/3/2013 10:57 AM
Moneytalks AC/DC AC/DC Live 9/3/2013 11:01 AM
Achy Breaky Heart Billy Ray Cyrus Some Gave All 9/3/2013 11:05 AM
I Quit Hepburn Buffy The Vampire Slayer: The Album 9/3/2013 11:09 AM
Champagne Supernova Oasis (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? 9/3/2013 11:16 AM
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Monday’s Commute

It’s been about 3 months since we’ve taken a look at the playlist that got me through a commute.  Monday’s got off to a late start and took nearly 2 hours, though some of that time was spent waiting for the good folks at Papa John’s to cook my dinner for the evening.

Raspberry Swirl Tori Amos From The Choirgirl Hotel 8/19/2013 5:26 PM
Spoonman Soundgarden Superunknown 8/19/2013 5:31 PM
Hash Pipe Weezer Weezer (Green Album) 8/19/2013 5:34 PM
Trippin’ On A Hole In A Paper Heart Stone Temple Pilots Tiny Music…Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop 8/19/2013 5:37 PM
Pinch Me Barenaked Ladies All Their Greatest Hits 1991-2001 8/19/2013 5:42 PM
Black Velvet Alannah Myles 90’s Style (Disc 1) 8/19/2013 5:47 PM
It’s So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday Boyz II Men Cooleyhighharmony 8/19/2013 5:50 PM
The Blob The Five Blobs Halloween Hits 8/19/2013 5:52 PM
Celebrate You Veruca Salt American Thighs 8/19/2013 5:57 PM
Unskinny Bop Poison Swallow This Live 8/19/2013 6:01 PM
Getting Better The Beatles Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band [2009 Stereo Remaster] 8/19/2013 6:04 PM
Malibu Hole Celebrity Skin 8/19/2013 6:07 PM
Walk Through The Fire The Cast Of Buffy The Vampire Slayer Once More, With Feeling 8/19/2013 6:11 PM
Dick In A Box (ft. Justin Timberlake) The Lonely Island Incredibad 8/19/2013 6:14 PM
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GlobalFit III: Week 5

Y3Week5Overall, it was a pretty good week with 4 days over the 5000 step mark and a 5th just missing.  Most of the days involved trips from South to North plaza, either for meetings or smoothies.  Friday also had the ramp from the UD down to the parking lot following another disappointing White Sox loss.  Saturday’s total is actually pretty impressive considering I was up all night thanks to release issues.

Total steps: 39,664

Weekly average: 5709

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The Need For Speed

A recent conversation at work reminded me that I hadn’t checked in on my internet speeds since February’s fun with out good friends at Comcast.  At the time, my download speed had more than doubled, landing at 36.07 Mbps, while my upload speeds stayed about the same at 6.77 Mbps.  So how are things looking now, 5 months later?

I ran the test twice, first using Google Chrome and then again using Microsoft’s Internet Explorer.
chromespeediespeedThe download speeds for both are much improved since February, with a gain of nearly 20 Mbps.  The Chrome example boosted the upload speed much more than IE, but both were an improvement over February.

 

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GlobalFit III: Week 2

Y3Week2Overall, it was a disappointing week, with only 2 days over 5000 steps.  But those 2 days were way over, both breaking 9000 and Friday nearing 12,000.  Monday’s total was thanks to 2 meetings in North Plaza, with an hour in between, so I had to make 2 trips.  Friday had the exciting double feature of a trip to North for smoothies at Red Mango and a train ride to the Cell for exciting White Sox baseball and a trip down the ramps afterwards.

Total steps: 40,064

Weekly average: 5723.4

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GFY2 – Week 52

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A disappointing start to what was an otherwise pretty good week, breaking my streak of consecutive 5000 step days at 7.  I got right back in to the swing of things, though, on Monday and Tuesday, which is especially good since I was off both days.  Wednesday was a return to work for one day, which also managed to sneak across the 5000 step mark.  Thursday was the holiday, so things were pretty quiet.  Friday and Saturday were bounce back days, again with days off work.  Saturday benefited somewhat from Angelina’ graduation party.

Sunday was the final day of June, which was the end of the challenge to kick off the Allstate’s 1 Million Steps to Wellness.  The goal was to gather 200,000 steps over the course of the month, and I am happy to say that the goal was achieved.  My total for the month was 225,052, or an average of just over 7500 steps per day.  If I keep this rate up, I should have no problem getting to 1,000,000 steps by October.  That’s a mighty big if, though, as I won’t be going to Disney every month.

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GFY2 – Week 51

Y2Week51Well, this turned out to be the best week in some time, with every day over 5000 steps and all but one over 6000.  Sunday benefited from a trip down to Wrigley Field for exciting Cub baseball.  The work week saw me spend plenty of time gallivanting around the campus trying to find a way to get the tracker to be recognized.  Friday and Saturday were helped along by exciting White Sox baseball.