Global Fit Week 14

A heat wave in October leads to our best week yet.  Two days over 11,000 and nearly a third over 10,000.  Monday and Tuesday both featured walks around the campus, mostly as a way to avoid certain undesirable visitors to SWAT.  Friday was a WFH day while waiting for the new phone, so that had the previously scheduled wellness walk, as well as a trip to FedEx to drop off some deliveries.  This week will run into some weather related woes, so it was nice to use the good weather while it was available.

Goodbye, iPhone 3G – Photo Edition

Today is the delivery day of my new iPhone 4S (currently on the vehicle out of Harvey), so it is time to say goodbye to the 3G that has been my trusty companion for nearly the past 3 1/2 years.  We’ve traveled the world together (well, at least Canada and the UK) and have taken a picture or two.  Here are some of my favorites, in no particular order.

In October of 2008, I spent a weekend in Chicago for my friend Tina’s wedding.  Saturday afternoon, I took a trip to Millennium Park for the first time and caught my first glimpse of the Bean.

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Global Fit Week 13

The week got off to a good start, as I went exploring on Sunday, taking Wolf Rd. south the Steger and then back again.  Google Maps tells me it was about 3 miles.  Following that came another week of SWATting, with some extra steps coming on Thursday, due to a broken badge and bowling, and Friday, due to a trip to North to get a new badge.

Global Fit Week 8

Vacation is over, which means this week I was back to work and able to register my steps for the past two weeks.  Monday marked my first (but not last) trip past the 10,000 step barrier.  It only took 2 months, an hour on the treadmill, and a trip to the Cell to do it.  Tuesday had a small experiment to see how riding a bike would show up.  Not well, as the barely 2000 “other activity” steps show us.  Thursday also pushed past the magical 10,000 mark, thanks to another hour on the treadmill and 3 games of bowling.  Exciting stuff.  The hard part will be keeping it up now that I am back to work and not reverting back to the old routine.

Global Fit Week 6

Another week of SWAT meetings leads to the same mediocre results.  Although, I would have easily broken the 10,000 step mark on Tuesday if not for a 14-inning game which put my 6 block walk back to car early into Wednesday morning.  Saturday also had a slight baseball boost, as an early arrival for Mark Buehrle bobble head day led to a stroll up the ramps to the upper deck to kill time.

Sadly, this week isn’t looking much better.  Perhaps it is time to head over to North Plaza for the afternoon coffee run to get in some extra steps.