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Fitbit IX – Week 41

After four weeks, I managed to get back on the other side of the 30,000-step plateau.  The week got off to a decent start on Sunday, finishing with 5200 steps thanks in part to an early morning trip to Logan to fly home from Boston.  A day off on Monday, including a car wash and a trip to the mall for lunch, led to 5400 steps.  Heading back to work on Tuesday followed by an afternoon waiting for trick or treaters who mostly never came left me 15 steps shy of 3200.  Wednesday saw a nice increase, going up to 3800 steps.  Another increase on Thursday pushed me up to 4100 steps.  A big drop-off came on Friday, dropping down to 2600 steps.  A trip to the city on Saturday night for dinner and drinking led to my best day of the week, finishing with 6500 steps.

Total steps: 30,944

Daily average: 4420.6

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Fitbit IX – Week 40

Another week of training put me in a big hole, but a weekend trip out East almost pulled me back up over 30,000 steps.  The week got off to a decent start on Sunday, finishing with 4600 steps.  Things fell off a bit on Monday, going down to 3300 steps.  Another week of morning training started on Tuesday, which left me 25 steps shy of 2500.  Wednesday saw a slight increase, coming just 4 steps away from 2600.  Thursday saw a big increase, jumping back up to 4100 steps.  Celebrating my birthday on Friday pushed me up over 4500 steps.  A trip to Boston on Saturday to see Angelina was easily my best day of the week, finishing with 8000 steps, the first time I passed my daily goal in nearly a month.

Total steps: 29,687

Daily average: 4241

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Fitbit IX – Week 39

Another week without football leaves me below 30,000 steps for the third week in a row.  The week got off to a good start on Sunday, finishing with 5300 steps thanks to a trip to the grocery store.  Things fell off a bit on Monday, needing an additional 14 steps to get to 4000.  Morning training starting on Tuesday limited me to 3200 steps.  Wednesday saw a bit of an increase, coming 33 steps away from 3900.  Thursday fell back down again, earning just 2500 steps.  A day off of work, with a 3-hour Taylor Swift movie on the agenda, pushed me back up to 3600 steps.  Saturday rose a little more, falling just 4 steps shy of 4000.

Total steps: 26,614

Daily average: 3802

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Fitbit IX – Week 35

A successful week, garnering my highest step total since my trip to Seattle back in June.  Despite a trip out to Anderson’s Bookshop to meet Millie Bobby Brown, Sunday ended up a disappointment, needing 2 additional steps just to get to 2600.  Monday saw a nice improvement, coming 27 steps shy of 5400 thanks in part to a lunch trip to the mall.  A post-work trip to Wrigley Field, my final visit of the regular season, pushed me up over 8300 steps on Tuesday.  Wednesday fell back down to a now-normal 4000 steps.  Thursday also came in just over 4000 steps, despite a 2-hour drive to Lafayette after work.  Friday turned into my second 10,000 step day of the year, finishing just 15 steps shy of 11,700 thanks to a remote working day followed by Purdue football losing once again to Wisconsin.  A morning walk about campus followed by breakfast with Danny before heading home led to 4200 steps on Saturday.

Total steps: 40,262

Daily average: 5751.7

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Fitbit IX – Week 34

A pretty good week, as I managed to surpass my daily goal twice while putting up my second-highest weekly total of the year.  A trip to Wrigley Field with old friends on Sunday got the week off to a great start, coming 10 steps away from 7600 steps.  Predictably, Monday’s total fell off just a little bit, dropping to 3500 steps.  Tuesday improved on that total, jumping up to 3600 steps.  A trip to the office on Wednesday pushed me up over 4600 steps.  Thursday went down a little, finishing with 4100 steps.  Friday saw a nice increase, going up to 4400 steps.  My first Purdue football game of the season led to a big surge on Saturday, ending the day 24 steps shy of 7800.

Total steps: 35,765

Daily average: 5109.3

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Fitbit IX – Week 33

A nice bounce back, thanks to a couple trips out to the ballpark.  An unsatisfying trip to Guaranteed Rate Field on Sunday got the week off to a decent start with 5400 steps.  Monday’s total fell off just a little, coming just 27 steps short of 4300.  An after-work trip to Wrigley Field on Tuesday led to my best total of the week with 7100 steps. Things came back down to Earth on Wednesday, finishing 15 steps away from 4300.  Thursday was the low point of the week, needing 2 additional steps just to reach 3000.  Friday saw a small increase, going up to 3300 steps.  A trip out to dinner on Saturday helped drive a much bigger increase, coming 23 steps shy of 4700.

Total steps: 32,187

Daily average: 4598.1

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Fitbit IX – Week 31

Another good week, as I posted my highest total since going to Seattle back in June.  Things got off to a decent start on Sunday as I finished with just over 4000 steps.  A post-work trip to Guaranteed Rate Field on Monday left me just 6 steps shy of 5900.  Tuesday fell off a bit, dropping down to 3800 steps.  A day off from work, a day game at the ballpark, and nearly 100-degree temperatures combined to put me 26 steps away from 5700 on Wednesday.  Another White Sox game on Thursday night, following another 100-degree day, pushed me up to 6400 steps.  Friday turned out to be my worst day of the week, getting only 3400 steps.  One final trip to the ballpark on Saturday pushed me back up, coming just 29 steps short of 5900.

Total steps: 35,163

Daily average: 5023.3

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Fitbit IX – Week 25

A week mostly without baseball ended my streak of 30,000-step weeks at eight.  Things got off to a decent enough start on Sunday as I finished with 4500 steps finishing out the first half of the season at Guaranteed Rate Field.  Monday was my first day of work in well over a week, yet still finished with 4300 steps.  A big drop on Tuesday put me at just 2700 steps.  A nice bounce back on Wednesday saw me land 32 steps away from 3900.  Thursday saw a slight decline, dropping down to 3200 steps.  Friday jumped back up again, needing a mere 11 steps to reach 4000.  Saturday was a lost cause, failing to reach 2200 steps by 26.

Total steps: 24,862

Daily average: 3551.7

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Fitbit IX – Week 23

Another decent week, as I managed to extend my streak of 30,000-step weeks to seven.  Things got off to a pretty good start on Sunday, finishing with 5200 steps thanks to a tilt between Sox Red and White at Guaranteed Rate Field.  Monday slowed down a bit, dropping to 3700 steps.  A slight increase on Tuesday left me just 19 steps shy of 4200.  A last-minute request on Wednesday led me to sitting at the computer most of the day, needing 16 more steps just to get to 2100.  Eleven days of vacation started on Thursday, with an afternoon meet and greet session at Wrigley Field with Nico Hoerner followed by a nighttime game between the Cubs and the Phillies pushed me up to 9600 steps, easily the high point of the week.  Friday saw a huge drop, going down to 2800 steps.  A slight rebound on Saturday ended the week with 3900 steps.

Total steps: 31,640

Daily average: 4520

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Fitbit IX – Week 21

A tremendous week, as I put up my best total since my Hawaii trip in February of last year.  The week got off to a good start thanks to a trip to Guaranteed Rate Field to watch the White Sox battle the Marlins, leaving me with 5600 steps.  Monday saw a slight decline, dropping to 4600 steps.  A trip in to work on Tuesday helped put me back over 5000 steps.  Wednesday night saw me travel down to Wrigley Field, which left me 14 steps shy of 6900.  Thursday was the low day of the week, finishing with just 3700 steps.  A trip to O’Hare, followed by a flight to Seattle and visits to Pike Place Market and T-Mobile Park to see the White Sox battle the Mariners ended a mere 11 steps away from 10,300, my first 10,000 step day of the year and my first on the mainland since 2021.  Despite a return trip to the ballpark teamed with a trip to the Space Needle, Saturday saw a slight drop-off, but still managed to be well above goal, needing just 4 steps to reach 8600.

Total steps: 44,802

Daily average: 6400.3