Monday, July 1, 2013

It’s July 1, 2013 – the summer of 500 miles begins

As part of my effort to live a little healthier I am planning to walk 500 miles between now and the Autumn Equinox (sorry Lisa for calling it a Solstice before).

Autumn begins on Sunday, September 22, 2013 (in 84 days) so I basically have to walk 6 miles a day on average. This will be “planned” walking and not just steps throughout the day. So my “walk time” from the parking garage to Union Station and then from Grand Central terminal to 731 Lexington (until we move offices in a couple of weeks) would count but “steps” in the office do not. I will not count walking from my desk to a meeting (for example) but if I take a break and walk down to the 6th floor and then back up the stairs to 26 I will.


I am interested to see if I can do this and maybe by chronicling my effort maybe a few others will take up their own causes to walk a little bit more and get healthy. 

I will add segments to this post to keep people up to date on my effort.

Hope you can join along with me to a healthier you.
 
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July 1 – 3 miles made, 497 to go over 83 remaining days. This was the normal walking to and from the parking garage, the train stations and my office.

July 2 – 6 miles made, 491 to go over 82 remaining days. This was the normal walking to and from the parking garage, the train stations and my office as well as a lunch hour walk in Central Park

July 3 – 6 miles made, 485 to go over 81 remaining days. This was the normal walking to and from the parking garage, the train stations and my office as well as a lunch hour walk around the inside perimeter of the building at 731 Lexington from floor 26 down to floor 6 and back up.

July 4 – 4 miles made, 481 to go over 80 remaining days. This was the distance covered mowing the lawn (pedometer steps converted to miles; 6,000+); as well as the distance covered parking down the road from my Aunt’s house and walking to and from for the 4th of July party.

July 5 – No additional walking made, 481 miles to go over 79 remaining days.

July 6 – 7 miles made, 474 to go over 78 remaining days. This was the distance covered walking the campaign route as well as the distance covered the Moran / Sheehan / Highland properties collecting at the fireworks.

July 7 – No additional measurable walking made, 474 miles to go over 77 remaining days.

July 8 – 4 miles made, 470 to go over 76 remaining days. This was the normal walking to and from the parking garage, the train stations and my office as well as a short (but measurable) lunch hour walk around the inside perimeter of the building at 731 Lexington

July 9 – 6 miles made, 464 to go over 75 remaining days. This was the normal walking to and from the parking garage, the train stations and my office as well as a lunch hour walk in Central Park

July 10 – 6 miles made, 458 to go over 74 remaining days. This was the normal walking to and from the parking garage, the train stations and my office as well as a lunch hour walk in Central Park

July 11 – 6 miles made, 452 to go over 73 remaining days. This was the normal walking to and from the parking garage, the train stations and my office as well as a lunch hour walk in Central Park.

July 12 – 6 miles made, 446 to go over 72 remaining days. This was the normal walking to and from the parking garage, the train stations and my office as well as a lunch hour walk in Central Park. Starting Monday the 15th I will be working at 120 Park Street so part of my inbound and outbound walking will be lessened and I’ll need to make it up elsewhere.

July 13 – 4 miles made, 442 to go over 71 remaining days. This was walking for literature drops for the campaign on Saturday.

July 14 – 2 miles made, 440 to go over 70 remaining days. This was walking for literature drops for the campaign on Sunday.

July 15 – 3 miles made, 437 to go over 69 remaining days. This was the normal walking to and from the parking garage, the train stations and my office

July 16 – 3 miles made, 434 to go over 68 remaining days. This was the normal walking to and from the parking garage, the train stations and my office

July 17 – 6 miles made, 428 to go over 67 remaining days. This was the normal walking to and from the parking garage, the train stations and my office as well as a lunchtime walk.

July 18 – 6 miles made, 422 to go over 66 remaining days. This was the normal walking to and from the parking garage, the train stations and my office as well as a lunchtime walk.

July 19 – 3 miles made, 419 to go over 65 remaining days. This was the normal walking to and from the parking garage, the train stations and my office

July 20 – No additional measureable walking made, 419 miles to go over 64 remaining days.

July 21 – 6 miles made, 413 to go over 63 remaining days. This was a day of campaign walking.

July 22 – 6 miles made, 407 to go over 62 remaining days. This was the normal walking to and from the parking garage, the train stations and my office and then campaign walking at night.

July 23 – 6 miles made, 401 to go over 61 remaining days. This was the normal walking to and from the parking garage, the train stations and my office and then campaign walking at night.

July 24 – 6 miles made, 395 to go over 60 remaining days. This was the normal walking to and from the parking garage, the train stations and my office and then campaign walking at night.

July 25 – 6 miles made, 389 to go over 59 remaining days. This was the normal walking to and from the parking garage, the train stations and my office and then campaign walking at night.

July 26 – 6 miles made, 383 to go over 58 remaining days. This was the normal walking to and from the parking garage, the train stations and my office and then campaign walking at night.

July 27 – 6 miles made, 377 to go over 57 remaining days. This was a day of campaign walking and the distance covered while moving my lawn.

July 28 – No additional measureable walking made, 377 miles to go over 56 remaining days.

July 29 – 12 miles made, 365 to go over 55 remaining days. This was the normal walking to and from the parking garage, the train stations and my office and then campaign walking at night.

July 30 – 5 miles made, 360 to go over 54 remaining days. This was the normal walking to and from the parking garage, the train stations and my office (a little light on the distance today than the normal 6 miles).

July 31 – 12 miles made, 348 to go over 53 remaining days. This was the normal walking to and from the parking garage, the train stations and my office and then a walk after work to Ground Zero and the Freedom Tower in NYC.

Aug. 1 – 5 miles made, 343 to go over 52 remaining days. This was the normal walking to and from the parking garage, the train stations and my office (a little light on the distance today than the normal 6 miles).

Aug. 2 – 6 miles made, 337 to go over 51 remaining days. This was the normal walking to and from the parking garage, the train stations and my office and then campaign walking at night.

Aug. 3 – 6 miles made, 331 to go over 50 remaining days. This was campaign walking and the distance covered while moving my lawn.

Aug. 4 – 6 miles made, 325 to go over 49 remaining days. This was campaign walking.

Aug. 5 – 12 miles made, 313 to go over 48 remaining days. This was the normal walking to and from the parking garage, the train stations and my office, some walking at lunch, and then campaign walking at night.

Aug. 6 – 9 miles made, 304 to go over 47 remaining days. This was the normal walking to and from the parking garage, the train stations and my office, some walking at lunch and then campaign walking at night.

Aug. 7 – 5 miles made, 299 to go over 46 remaining days. This was the normal walking to and from the parking garage, the train stations and my office and some walking at lunch.

Aug. 8 – 5 miles made, 294 to go over 45 remaining days. This was the normal walking to and from the parking garage, the train stations and my office and some walking at lunch.

Aug. 9 – 4 miles made, 290 to go over 44 remaining days. This was the normal walking to and from the parking garage, the train stations and my office and then campaign walking at night.

Aug. 10 – 6 miles made, 284 to go over 43 remaining days. This was the distance covered mowing my lawn and then for some campaign walking.

Aug. 11 – 5 miles made, 279 to go over 42 remaining days. This was the distance covered campaign walking.

Aug. 12 – 11 miles made, 268 to go over 41 remaining days. This was the normal walking to and from the parking garage, the train stations and my office, some walking at lunch, and then campaign walking at night.

Aug. 13 – 5 miles made, 263 to go over 40 remaining days. This was the normal walking to and from the parking garage, the train stations and my office and some walking at lunch.

Aug. 14 – 5 miles made, 258 to go over 39 remaining days. This was the normal walking to and from the parking garage, the train stations and my office and then campaign walking at night.

Aug. 15 – 9 miles made, 249 to go over 38 remaining days. This was the normal walking to and from the parking garage, the train stations and my office and then campaign walking at night.

Aug. 16 – 4 miles made, 245 to go over 37 remaining days. This was the normal walking to and from the parking garage, the train stations and my office.

Aug. 17 – 5 miles made, 240 to go over 36 remaining days. This was the distance covered mowing my lawn and then campaign walking at night.

Aug. 18 – no measurable distance covered. 240 miles to go over 35 remaining days.

Aug. 19 – 7 miles made, 233 to go over 34 remaining days. This was the normal walking to and from the parking garage, the train stations and my office and then campaign walking at night.

Aug. 20 – 6 miles made, 227 to go over 33 remaining days. This was the normal walking to and from the parking garage, the train stations and my office and then campaign walking at night.

Aug. 21 – 6 miles made, 221 to go over 32 remaining days. This was the normal walking to and from the parking garage, the train stations and my office and then campaign walking at night.

Aug. 22 – no measurable distance covered. 221 miles to go over 31 remaining days.

Aug. 23 – 7 miles made, 214 to go over 30 remaining days. This was the normal walking to and from the parking garage, the train stations and my office and then campaign walking at night.

Aug. 24 – 4 miles made, 210 to go over 29 remaining days. This was from campaign walking.

Aug. 25 – 5 miles made, 205 to go over 28 remaining days. This was from campaign walking.

Aug. 26 – 3 miles made, 202 to go over 27 remaining days. This was the normal walking to and from the parking garage, the train stations and my office.

Aug. 27 – 12 miles made, 190 to go over 26 remaining days. This was the normal walking to and from the parking garage, the train stations and my office and then campaign walking at night.

Aug. 28 – 5 miles made, 185 to go over 25 remaining days. This was the normal walking to and from the parking garage, the train stations and my office.

Aug. 29 – 4 miles made, 181 to go over 24 remaining days. This was the normal walking to and from the parking garage, the train stations and my office.

Aug. 30 – 6 miles made, 175 to go over 23 remaining days. This was the normal walking to and from the parking garage, the train stations and my office and then campaign walking at night.

Aug. 31 – 2 miles made, 173 to go over 22 remaining days. This was walking from mowing the lawn.

Sept. 1 – 5 miles made, 168 to go over 21 remaining days. This was from campaign walking.

Sept. 2 – no measurable distance covered. 168 miles to go over 20 remaining days.

Sept. 3 – 4 miles made, 164 to go over 19 remaining days. This was the normal walking to and from the parking garage, the train stations and my office.

Sept. 4 – 7 miles made, 157 to go over 18 remaining days. This was the normal walking to and from the parking garage, the train stations and my office and then campaign walking at night.

Sept. 5 – 12 miles made, 145 to go over 17 remaining days. This was the normal walking to and from the parking garage, the train stations and my office and then campaign walking at night.

Sept. 6 – 7 miles made, 138 to go over 16 remaining days. This was the normal walking to and from the parking garage, the train stations and my office and then campaign walking at night.

Sept. 7 – 8 miles made, 130 to go over 15 remaining days. This was campaign walking, putting up signs, an afternoon with the kids and mowing the lawn.

As it stands I need to cover 8.6 miles a day on average over the remaining 15 days to hit the mark as I run out of time; that is a higher per day average than when I started due to “short” days and worse than the 6.85 average I was recently at but it is still permissible especially since we are doing a “biggest loser” contest at work through to the week before Thanksgiving.

I know it’s autumn in two weeks but I am still thinking I can do this.

2 comments:

  1. How many miles of streets are there in Wallingford? Will you cover them all?

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  2. Unless I am mistaken, the town has about 250 miles or road.

    http://www.town.wallingford.ct.us/MinutesAgendas/customer-files/TCSMBudWkshpMin50613.pdf (page two)

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