Fitness

11 Million Steps

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604 days
by in Fitness

I have been walking and counting my steps since, January 21, 2008, entering my steps into www.walkertracker.com each day. Today I went over 11,000,000 steps.

Total steps to date, is 11,036,171, which is equivalent to about 5,400 total miles (that is virtually walking across America and back) or my daily average of 12,656 steps  (six miles). This month is slightly up with an average of 13,747 steps each day.

66 Miles Ride

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606 days
by in Fitness

It has been a long time since I posed, but I plan to ride to Kick-back with one of high-schoolers. Doing 200 miles in two days. Leaving our homes and riding to Bakersfield (day 1) , get up and ride again for another 100 miles. The plan is arrive at Kelley’s beach in Reedley, Monday afternoon.

Today was a conditioning ride of 66 miles, from the house to 3-Points and come out at Neenach. We saw our friend pastor Mike Rice mowing the lawn at Grace Chapel of Neenach. From there we rode home with the wind behind us.

The elevation gain was 2,550 feet maxing out at 4,116 feet, the moving average was 12.5. The wind was very strong from the west. We rode all the mountain in a facing wind. Sometimes this wind must have reach at least 40 MPH and was trying to stop us. Even some of the down hills, we found it hard because of the wind.

Ride Home from Work – High Winds

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631 days
by in Cycling

Today is May 17th at this time normally we are way into summer. Well, not this year. Riding home from work, I got rained on. But, I enjoy this weather, it will get hot soon.

Activity: Cycle
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Started: May 17, 2010 4:54:02 PM
Ride Time: 47:30
Stopped Time: 0:00
Distance: 10.65 miles
Average: 13.45 miles/hr
Fastest Speed: 21.74 miles/hr
Climb: 164 feet
Calories: 744
Official Route: No

California Bike Commute Week

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631 days
by in Fitness
 

 California Bike Commute Week , May 17-21, 2010

California Bike Commute Week is comprised of several regional Bike to Work Day events throughout California, and is held in conjunction with National Bike to Work Week

Click Here to find out about Bike To Work Day events in your area! 

California Bike Commute Week is a project of the California Bicycle Coalition, and sponsored by the California Department of Transportation(CALTRANS).  

First Ride to Work this Year!

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631 days
by in Cycling

Today I rode to work. All is good, but I do still have to ride home.

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Started: May 17, 2010 5:55:28 AM
Ride Time: 43:27
Stopped Time: 0:00
Distance: 10.60 miles
Average: 14.64 miles/hr
Fastest Speed: 20.64 miles/hr
Climb: 230 feet
Calories: 792
Official Route: No

10,000,000 Steps and Counting

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690 days
by in Walking

My friend and fitness guru Tracy Whittaker and I have been walking all over the place and walk together at lunch when we are at work. We started to track our walking on www.walkertracker.com over two years ago. Amazing that we are about the same amount of steps, but she is ahead of me.

I just walked over 10 million steps in 786 days, or an average of 12,724 (Tracy’s is 12,887) per day. It is really a lot of steps. For easy calculations, 2,000 steps is about a mile, so we have walked around 5,000 miles. That is walking coast to coast and back.

My public profile is http://walkertracker.com/douglas.

Sunday’s Ride

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694 days
by in Cycling

It was a beautiful Sunday for a ride and I talked Chris Twogood, one of the high school guys to go out riding. He had some obligations, but he managed to change them or drop them. We left the house around 1:30pm and rode out to H, G, 30th, and west to 110th west. Up to avenue I and out the Poppy Reserve. We met up with Pat from the High Desert Cyclist group. We also saw many lambs being moved my dogs and a Shepard, while many cars stopped to take photographs of these lambs. Many folks were out hoping for poppies but they were still being shy. The ride was 37 miles and was a great day.

Tour De Sewer

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702 days
by in Fitness

This morning, I left the house at 4:45am to drive down to Temple City to meet up with Jim Pike, my wife’s cousins husband. We loaded up the bikes and headed to Bell Gardens. Since we were a bit early, we stopped at Starbucks for some coffee. We got to the John Aston Ford Park and Jim registered, I pre-registered. Due to possible rain, we stated upfront that we would do the 30 miler, instead of the 62. That made more sense, since I am so out of shape. I have only rode twice this calendar year. Once for 25 miles and last weekend for 36 miles.

The course was just beautiful and we cycled up the San Gabriel river for six miles and then up the hill to Montebello. Down we went and got some light rain. Cycling has really thin tires and with rain and a guy who is heavy, the center of gravity is also high, so I needed to be careful. I had to reduce speed around any corners just to be sure not to crash.

After the first stop about 17 miles, in the rain picked up again. We could feel the temperature drop and rain increase. When we got down with south bound river segment, and went west on Foster road, the rain just opened up on us. It rained really hard and filled the streets with plenty of water. Being we were riding in inches of water on the roads, there was not a dry spot on us. I feared for my phone not surviving (it did). We finished up in about two hours, wet and cold. The meal was nice (chicken, bread, and salad). We were some of the first to return, so we were able to find cover out of the rain while we eat.

My Garmin data.

Walking and lack of Fitness

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717 days
by in Fitness

Yesterday, I got and did a little exercise. I did 24,000 steps which includes my cycling of 22 miles. Today, I am a little sore. The wife and I went out this morning for a light walk/run. That hurt. I am so out of shape, it is embarrassing.

Cold, Windy, Ride

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718 days
by in Cycling, Fitness

I got on the bike, the first time this year and cycled West. It was cold and the wind was way up. I thought of quitting before the first mile was done. I stuck it out and rode from the house to 30th West and went North; Just to keep the wind at bay. I rode out to 60th street West and Avenue B in Rosamond and returned. It took me an hour and 50 minutes to go 22 miles. I got chased by a dog on Avenue F, so my max speed was over 24 mph. My average speed was only 11.7 mph.

This is my GPS activity: Garmin Connect – Activity Details for Untitled.

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