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Pedometer Challenge: Day 1 (Monday)
Welcome to the pedometer challenge! Each day I will start a thread for
us to post our results from the previous day. I plan to include a line about my goal and a line about my results in my posts. Please feel free to use any format that you like for your posts. -- jmk in NC |
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Goal: 10,000 steps plus regularly scheduled program Actual: 13,400 steps + 50:00 elliptical at gym (818 cals, said the machine). It was really nice out yesterday and I was able to get a long walk in at lunch. -- jmk in NC |
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Goal: 10,000
Actual: 9100 I was tied to my office yesterday with a system problem and didn't get a chance to do much walking during the day. Last night was not much better as I was late getting home and didn't have a chance to jump on the treadmill. Saturday and Sunday I had a total of 30,000+ so I don't feel too bad about the total for Monday. I received another free pedometer Sunday at a FitFestival sponsored by the MetroParks. I now have 3 of these things Beverly "jmk" wrote in message ... Goal: 10,000 steps plus regularly scheduled program Actual: 13,400 steps + 50:00 elliptical at gym (818 cals, said the machine). It was really nice out yesterday and I was able to get a long walk in at lunch. -- jmk in NC |
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On 9/14/2004 7:35 AM, Beverly wrote:
Goal: 10,000 Actual: 9100 I was tied to my office yesterday with a system problem and didn't get a chance to do much walking during the day. Last night was not much better as I was late getting home and didn't have a chance to jump on the treadmill. Saturday and Sunday I had a total of 30,000+ so I don't feel too bad about the total for Monday. I wouldn't feel badly at all about 9,100! I think that latter in the week I may have some problems meeting my goal due to uncooperative weather (although it now looks like Ivan may to west of the Appalachians in which case I may be able to get outside after all). I figured that I'd try to do more on the nice days to "make up" for the predicted bad weather. BTW, what kind of bike did you get again? I test rode a Trek 1500 and a Klein Aura V last night. I liked the Klein a bit better, I think, although the Trek was very nice and felt more familiar. The Klein had a smoother ride and the Trek was a bit stiffer (but not bad, just stiffer). I would like to test ride a Specialized Allez and a Giant OCR-1 before deciding for sure. I also took a 30 minute bike maintenance class with a friend who is new to cycling. I was able to tune up my current bike for my commute in today afterward ;-) Nothing fancy but there was a noticeable improvement. We plan to take the "advanced" class (set of three classes) when it is offered this fall. -- jmk in NC |
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"jmk" wrote in message ... On 9/14/2004 7:35 AM, Beverly wrote: Goal: 10,000 Actual: 9100 I was tied to my office yesterday with a system problem and didn't get a chance to do much walking during the day. Last night was not much better as I was late getting home and didn't have a chance to jump on the treadmill. Saturday and Sunday I had a total of 30,000+ so I don't feel too bad about the total for Monday. I wouldn't feel badly at all about 9,100! I think that latter in the week I may have some problems meeting my goal due to uncooperative weather (although it now looks like Ivan may to west of the Appalachians in which case I may be able to get outside after all). I figured that I'd try to do more on the nice days to "make up" for the predicted bad weather. BTW, what kind of bike did you get again? I test rode a Trek 1500 and a Klein Aura V last night. I liked the Klein a bit better, I think, although the Trek was very nice and felt more familiar. The Klein had a smoother ride and the Trek was a bit stiffer (but not bad, just stiffer). I would like to test ride a Specialized Allez and a Giant OCR-1 before deciding for sure. I also took a 30 minute bike maintenance class with a friend who is new to cycling. I was able to tune up my current bike for my commute in today afterward ;-) Nothing fancy but there was a noticeable improvement. We plan to take the "advanced" class (set of three classes) when it is offered this fall. -- jmk in NC I have the Trek 1800C http://www.trekbikes.com/bikes/2004/road/1800c.jsp One of the regular Saturday morning riders has the same bike. He's always amazed that at 5'3" I have a 54cm bike and at 6'1" he has a 58cm bike. I just have long legs for my heightg Have you tried out any of the Trek WSD (women specific design) bikes? I didn't try any when I was looking but I hear they're nice, too. Where did you find the bike maintenance classes? I would love to take a few courses of this type. We had some basics when I took the training for the bike patrol but nothing in depth. A couple of the patrolmen are great at bike repair and have shown me a few things but I would like to know more. My bike shop will let me watch while they do some minor repairs, too. I'm going to check with a local bike club to see if they have anything available. Beverly |
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"jmk" wrote in message ... On 9/14/2004 7:35 AM, Beverly wrote: Goal: 10,000 Actual: 9100 I was tied to my office yesterday with a system problem and didn't get a chance to do much walking during the day. Last night was not much better as I was late getting home and didn't have a chance to jump on the treadmill. Saturday and Sunday I had a total of 30,000+ so I don't feel too bad about the total for Monday. I wouldn't feel badly at all about 9,100! I think that latter in the week I may have some problems meeting my goal due to uncooperative weather (although it now looks like Ivan may to west of the Appalachians in which case I may be able to get outside after all). I figured that I'd try to do more on the nice days to "make up" for the predicted bad weather. BTW, what kind of bike did you get again? I test rode a Trek 1500 and a Klein Aura V last night. I liked the Klein a bit better, I think, although the Trek was very nice and felt more familiar. The Klein had a smoother ride and the Trek was a bit stiffer (but not bad, just stiffer). I would like to test ride a Specialized Allez and a Giant OCR-1 before deciding for sure. I also took a 30 minute bike maintenance class with a friend who is new to cycling. I was able to tune up my current bike for my commute in today afterward ;-) Nothing fancy but there was a noticeable improvement. We plan to take the "advanced" class (set of three classes) when it is offered this fall. -- jmk in NC I have the Trek 1800C http://www.trekbikes.com/bikes/2004/road/1800c.jsp One of the regular Saturday morning riders has the same bike. He's always amazed that at 5'3" I have a 54cm bike and at 6'1" he has a 58cm bike. I just have long legs for my heightg Have you tried out any of the Trek WSD (women specific design) bikes? I didn't try any when I was looking but I hear they're nice, too. Where did you find the bike maintenance classes? I would love to take a few courses of this type. We had some basics when I took the training for the bike patrol but nothing in depth. A couple of the patrolmen are great at bike repair and have shown me a few things but I would like to know more. My bike shop will let me watch while they do some minor repairs, too. I'm going to check with a local bike club to see if they have anything available. Beverly |
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On 9/14/2004 8:19 AM, Beverly wrote:
"jmk" wrote in message ... On 9/14/2004 7:35 AM, Beverly wrote: Goal: 10,000 Actual: 9100 I was tied to my office yesterday with a system problem and didn't get a chance to do much walking during the day. Last night was not much better as I was late getting home and didn't have a chance to jump on the treadmill. Saturday and Sunday I had a total of 30,000+ so I don't feel too bad about the total for Monday. I wouldn't feel badly at all about 9,100! I think that latter in the week I may have some problems meeting my goal due to uncooperative weather (although it now looks like Ivan may to west of the Appalachians in which case I may be able to get outside after all). I figured that I'd try to do more on the nice days to "make up" for the predicted bad weather. BTW, what kind of bike did you get again? I test rode a Trek 1500 and a Klein Aura V last night. I liked the Klein a bit better, I think, although the Trek was very nice and felt more familiar. The Klein had a smoother ride and the Trek was a bit stiffer (but not bad, just stiffer). I would like to test ride a Specialized Allez and a Giant OCR-1 before deciding for sure. I also took a 30 minute bike maintenance class with a friend who is new to cycling. I was able to tune up my current bike for my commute in today afterward ;-) Nothing fancy but there was a noticeable improvement. We plan to take the "advanced" class (set of three classes) when it is offered this fall. -- jmk in NC I have the Trek 1800C http://www.trekbikes.com/bikes/2004/road/1800c.jsp One of the regular Saturday morning riders has the same bike. He's always amazed that at 5'3" I have a 54cm bike and at 6'1" he has a 58cm bike. I just have long legs for my heightg 54 does sound really large for your height but I'm sure that they did a fit and that it's good. I mean, I think that you'd know by now if it *wasn't* a good fit! Have you tried out any of the Trek WSD (women specific design) bikes? I didn't try any when I was looking but I hear they're nice, too. No, I am too tall for the WSD geometry Where did you find the bike maintenance classes? At the same local bike shop that I test rode those to bikes. The other two models that I am interested in are at a different shop. -- jmk in NC |
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On 9/14/2004 8:19 AM, Beverly wrote:
"jmk" wrote in message ... On 9/14/2004 7:35 AM, Beverly wrote: Goal: 10,000 Actual: 9100 I was tied to my office yesterday with a system problem and didn't get a chance to do much walking during the day. Last night was not much better as I was late getting home and didn't have a chance to jump on the treadmill. Saturday and Sunday I had a total of 30,000+ so I don't feel too bad about the total for Monday. I wouldn't feel badly at all about 9,100! I think that latter in the week I may have some problems meeting my goal due to uncooperative weather (although it now looks like Ivan may to west of the Appalachians in which case I may be able to get outside after all). I figured that I'd try to do more on the nice days to "make up" for the predicted bad weather. BTW, what kind of bike did you get again? I test rode a Trek 1500 and a Klein Aura V last night. I liked the Klein a bit better, I think, although the Trek was very nice and felt more familiar. The Klein had a smoother ride and the Trek was a bit stiffer (but not bad, just stiffer). I would like to test ride a Specialized Allez and a Giant OCR-1 before deciding for sure. I also took a 30 minute bike maintenance class with a friend who is new to cycling. I was able to tune up my current bike for my commute in today afterward ;-) Nothing fancy but there was a noticeable improvement. We plan to take the "advanced" class (set of three classes) when it is offered this fall. -- jmk in NC I have the Trek 1800C http://www.trekbikes.com/bikes/2004/road/1800c.jsp One of the regular Saturday morning riders has the same bike. He's always amazed that at 5'3" I have a 54cm bike and at 6'1" he has a 58cm bike. I just have long legs for my heightg 54 does sound really large for your height but I'm sure that they did a fit and that it's good. I mean, I think that you'd know by now if it *wasn't* a good fit! Have you tried out any of the Trek WSD (women specific design) bikes? I didn't try any when I was looking but I hear they're nice, too. No, I am too tall for the WSD geometry Where did you find the bike maintenance classes? At the same local bike shop that I test rode those to bikes. The other two models that I am interested in are at a different shop. -- jmk in NC |
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"jmk" wrote in message ... On 9/14/2004 8:19 AM, Beverly wrote: "jmk" wrote in message ... On 9/14/2004 7:35 AM, Beverly wrote: Goal: 10,000 Actual: 9100 I was tied to my office yesterday with a system problem and didn't get a chance to do much walking during the day. Last night was not much better as I was late getting home and didn't have a chance to jump on the treadmill. Saturday and Sunday I had a total of 30,000+ so I don't feel too bad about the total for Monday. I wouldn't feel badly at all about 9,100! I think that latter in the week I may have some problems meeting my goal due to uncooperative weather (although it now looks like Ivan may to west of the Appalachians in which case I may be able to get outside after all). I figured that I'd try to do more on the nice days to "make up" for the predicted bad weather. BTW, what kind of bike did you get again? I test rode a Trek 1500 and a Klein Aura V last night. I liked the Klein a bit better, I think, although the Trek was very nice and felt more familiar. The Klein had a smoother ride and the Trek was a bit stiffer (but not bad, just stiffer). I would like to test ride a Specialized Allez and a Giant OCR-1 before deciding for sure. I also took a 30 minute bike maintenance class with a friend who is new to cycling. I was able to tune up my current bike for my commute in today afterward ;-) Nothing fancy but there was a noticeable improvement. We plan to take the "advanced" class (set of three classes) when it is offered this fall. -- jmk in NC I have the Trek 1800C http://www.trekbikes.com/bikes/2004/road/1800c.jsp One of the regular Saturday morning riders has the same bike. He's always amazed that at 5'3" I have a 54cm bike and at 6'1" he has a 58cm bike. I just have long legs for my heightg 54 does sound really large for your height but I'm sure that they did a fit and that it's good. I mean, I think that you'd know by now if it *wasn't* a good fit! Have you tried out any of the Trek WSD (women specific design) bikes? I didn't try any when I was looking but I hear they're nice, too. No, I am too tall for the WSD geometry Where did you find the bike maintenance classes? At the same local bike shop that I test rode those to bikes. The other two models that I am interested in are at a different shop. -- jmk in NC A good bike shop certainly figures into your bike purchase. There are bike shops closer than the one where I bought my bike but they just didn't have the service reputation. I walked into the bike shop a couple weeks ago with a flat tire and they fixed it free of charge since I already had the new tube in and just couldn't pry the tire back on the rim. Tony said when it came time for new tires we would switch to a tire that was easier to change. He said even he had trouble changing my type of tire. Beverly |
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On 9/14/2004 8:38 AM, Beverly wrote:
"jmk" wrote in message ... On 9/14/2004 8:19 AM, Beverly wrote: "jmk" wrote in message ... On 9/14/2004 7:35 AM, Beverly wrote: Goal: 10,000 Actual: 9100 I was tied to my office yesterday with a system problem and didn't get a chance to do much walking during the day. Last night was not much better as I was late getting home and didn't have a chance to jump on the treadmill. Saturday and Sunday I had a total of 30,000+ so I don't feel too bad about the total for Monday. I wouldn't feel badly at all about 9,100! I think that latter in the week I may have some problems meeting my goal due to uncooperative weather (although it now looks like Ivan may to west of the Appalachians in which case I may be able to get outside after all). I figured that I'd try to do more on the nice days to "make up" for the predicted bad weather. BTW, what kind of bike did you get again? I test rode a Trek 1500 and a Klein Aura V last night. I liked the Klein a bit better, I think, although the Trek was very nice and felt more familiar. The Klein had a smoother ride and the Trek was a bit stiffer (but not bad, just stiffer). I would like to test ride a Specialized Allez and a Giant OCR-1 before deciding for sure. I also took a 30 minute bike maintenance class with a friend who is new to cycling. I was able to tune up my current bike for my commute in today afterward ;-) Nothing fancy but there was a noticeable improvement. We plan to take the "advanced" class (set of three classes) when it is offered this fall. -- jmk in NC I have the Trek 1800C http://www.trekbikes.com/bikes/2004/road/1800c.jsp One of the regular Saturday morning riders has the same bike. He's always amazed that at 5'3" I have a 54cm bike and at 6'1" he has a 58cm bike. I just have long legs for my heightg 54 does sound really large for your height but I'm sure that they did a fit and that it's good. I mean, I think that you'd know by now if it *wasn't* a good fit! Have you tried out any of the Trek WSD (women specific design) bikes? I didn't try any when I was looking but I hear they're nice, too. No, I am too tall for the WSD geometry Where did you find the bike maintenance classes? At the same local bike shop that I test rode those to bikes. The other two models that I am interested in are at a different shop. -- jmk in NC A good bike shop certainly figures into your bike purchase. There are bike shops closer than the one where I bought my bike but they just didn't have the service reputation. I walked into the bike shop a couple weeks ago with a flat tire and they fixed it free of charge since I already had the new tube in and just couldn't pry the tire back on the rim. Tony said when it came time for new tires we would switch to a tire that was easier to change. He said even he had trouble changing my type of tire. Beverly Yes, I asked around a lot about which LBS folks preferred. One seems to think that a penis is required equipment so I eliminated them (I experienced this treatment as did two other people who I spoke with seperately). I tried Peformance in Chapel Hill (the catalog place) and they are good for clothing but were unhelpful with the new bike thing. That left All-Star and Cycling Spoken Here. They carry different product lines and I intend to try bikes from both shops. One down, one to go... ;-) -- jmk in NC |
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