Song Walk
Archived Posts from this Category
Song Walk Day 59, Saturday September 23, 2006
Posted by Administrator on 23 Sep 2006 | Tagged as: 10,000 Steps, Exercise, Song Walk
Left the house just around 9PM. Got back around 9:30PM.
One of our standard walks, down to the Junior High School in a long loop back, with a brief stop to take pictures of the Halloween decorations around the corner. They have Death guarding their door! I saw them putting it up driving home from work on Wednesday night. The Mum, the Dad, and their teen goth son. I love that the Goth son got into the Halloween decorations.
Tried the pedometer a couple of ways, waistband of the jeans, front pocket of the jeans, and then Jeff’s suggestion, the back pocket. That worked, with my every 100 steps checking with the talking button.
We walked 3736 steps or 1.18 miles.
Song Walk Day 58, Friday September 22, 2006
Posted by Administrator on 23 Sep 2006 | Tagged as: Exercise, Song Walk
I’m getting into the idea of walking to do short errands. Get in some exercise, with a goal and a purpose other than just the walking.
Left the house at 11:26, walked to our bank to deposit a couple of checks. Got there at 11:49. Spent 5 minutes in the bank, and then walked down from there to my day job, another 25 minutes (including several stops at the film festival location and the local photographer’s store).
37.44 (21.57 to the bank, 17.38 to work)
4.17 Street Life – Randy Crawford (Jackie Brown Soundtrack)
2.34 Tom’s Penis – King Missile vs Suzanne Vega (diNbOT www.dinbot.com)
2.44 In the Rain – Madness (Absolutely)
3.23 Fox on the Run – Sweet (Billboard Top 100 1976)
3.16 From the End of the World – ELO (Time)
3.43 Down Under – Men at Work
4.24 Slipping Away – Dave Edmunds (Anthology 1968 – 1990) ( Half listened to before the bank, half after)
4.18 When Love Comes to Town – U2 (Rattle and Hum)
3.07 Get Gotten – Ben Lee (Awake is the New Sleep)
2.47 This is Pop? – XTC (Fossil Fuel (Singles 1977-1992) [IMPORT] )
2.59 Burning Love – Elvis Presley (30 Number 1 Hits)
2.03 Song2 – Blur
The pedometer didn’t seem to want to work, it said it was just over a mile. I know how long a mile takes me to walk, and I had some speed here. I’m going with at least 1.5 to 2 miles.
Getting the time to walk to work, that’s not always an option in the morning. Especially when I arrive, and I’m red-faced and sweating, that’s not the way I really want to start the day.
I’ve thought about walking to the gym, which is about 25 minutes, and then catching a 30 minute swim, followed by a shower, and then to work. Then I think about how it’s not so easy to get up early already, and how I’ll need to carry with me whatever I need, and it doesn’t seem to fit me. I’ll try it on a Saturday first, see how that goes.
I’d like to know how long everywhere that I’d go in this town on foot would take me. That’s a long-term project.
Song Walk Day 57, Thursday September 21, 2006
Posted by Administrator on 21 Sep 2006 | Tagged as: 10,000 Steps, Exercise, Song Walk
8:56 – 9.34AM 38 minutes Pedometer says 4580 steps or 1.45 miles
2.47 I Fought the Law – Green Day (Single)
6.56 Xanada (Direct WXtend Mix) – Olivia Newton John/ELO
2.52 So I fall Again – Phantom Planet (Phantom Planet)
2.19 Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy – Bette Midler (Billboard Top 100 1973)
5.21 Discoth̬que РU2 (Pop)
3.05 Need you Tonight – Inxs (Kick)
3.52 Holiday – Green Day (American Idiot)
4.03 Mysterious Ways – U2 (Best of 1990-2000)
3.25 Beer – Asylum Street Spankers (Spanker Madness)
1.57/2.36 Shadow Dancing – Andy Gibb (Billboard Top 100 – 1978)
Had to drag myself out of bed this morning, went to sleep around 2AM. Clearing off Tivo is not a job, I need to remind myself of this. I watched The Biggest Loser, while having a late night snack of Lays Potato Chips. Yes, the irony is clear. I need to have some good quick food available and make sure I eat properly, even when the night gets disrupted with having to go off somewhere and do washing.
5280 feet per mile, i.e. 63,360 inches. My pedometer programmed pace is 20 inches a step, so a mile has 3168 steps in it for me.
4580 steps took me 34 minutes, i.e. 135 steps a minute. That seems like a lot, but I did a quick count, and I do around 300-400 steps in an average 3 minute pop song, which works.
A mile should take me around 23-25 minutes. I should be able to do that every day.
The two 5k (3.25 mile) charity walks should be doable, even if I don’t keep up that pace, in no more than 90 minutes each. Based on Saturday’s 3 mile walk, which wasn’t done at a fast clip for the whole time, 90 minutes is well doable.
Song Walk Day 56, Wednesday September 20, 2006
Posted by Administrator on 20 Sep 2006 | Tagged as: 10,000 Steps, Exercise, Song Walk
10:32PM – 11:03PM 31 minutes. 3632 steps aka 1.15 miles.
Washing machine at Jeff’s Mum and Dad’s place, preceded by a visit from the plumber/grader guys meant the walk went late tonight.
I’m aiming for about a mile a walk now, which we seem to be able to do in around about the 30 minute mark.
Not quite Roger Bannister, but speeding up.
Song Walk Day 54, Monday September 18, 2006
Posted by Administrator on 18 Sep 2006 | Tagged as: 10,000 Steps, Exercise, Song Walk
9:21-9:43AM 21 minutes, 15 seconds Pedometer says 2763 steps, or .87 miles.
That corresponds with both the red and the blue pedometers on their good days. The one day this new one registered the walk as half a mile, I don’t believe it was moving well. If the waistband on whatever jeans/shorts/track pants that I’m wearing isn’t just so, the pedometer does not want to play. The beauty of this new beastie is that I can push the talking button in between songs and get some clear idea if it’s on track and recording correctly or not.
2.06 BBC – Ming Tea (Austin Powers)
4.40 Atomic – Blondie (Eat to the Beat)
4.05 With a Shout – U2 (October)
3.18 God, Pt. 2 – U2 (Rattle & Hum)
3.00 Sloop John B – Beach Boys (Pet Sounds)
3.18 Fall at Your Feet – Crowded House (Woodface)
.48/2.38 I Knew the Bride (when she used to Rock n Roll) – Dave Edmunds (A Pile of Rock Live)
Woke up melancholy. The particularly vivid dream involving Rachael Ray being the only person who could save the world from demon infected zombies didn’t help. I’m less and less a RR fan, and I’m absolutely not into horror flicks particularly. I liked Shaun of the Dead; the humour leavened out the horror for me. Still a surprisingly touching movie that one. I don’t seek out horror at the cinema, so not a delightful dream to start the day.
Then I forgot (ahhh!) to say Happy Birthday to Jeff after forgetting (aaaaahhh!) to say it as we moved into his birthday last night. My only (feeble) excuse is that we went to his brother/SIL/niece’s place on Saturday night for cake and presents, and then out with his Mum and Dad last night for dinner and presents, so my brain half thought we’d done the birthday thing. bugger. (We are doing work cake and card for him, which I’m picking up today. It’s not forgetting if you get it on the day, right??)
Then while walking along briskly, I kicked the body of a small dead bird which made me sad, and walked past a dead garter snake upside down, which made me sadder. Garter snakes flip upside down to pretend that they’re dead, to avoid trouble. Doesn’t work with cars, poor little thing.
The song shuffles were all on the bittersweet side too.
Sigh.
Song Walk Day 53, Sunday September 17, 2006
Posted by Administrator on 17 Sep 2006 | Tagged as: 10,000 Steps, Exercise, Song Walk
11:48 – 12:28PM 40 minutes. Pedometer says 4747 steps, or 1.5 miles.
Matches up with my just around 3 miles in 1 hour 20 minutes yesterday.
I don’t think 5 k walks are going to be an issue for me. Although I do have blisters on my left ankle from yesterday. This means I need a better pair of shoes, and probably slightly longer socks.
I have some Puma ankle socks, but I think I need socks a little bit past the ankle. I also prefer wigwam brand, they’re the best supporting sock I’ve found.
My current shoes I bought on the cheap, from Evil Walmart, Dr Scholls brand, with the gel heels. Not bad, but not really good for walking long distances. Consumer reports mag for this month has a recommendation Saucony Grid Omni Walkers or New Balance 791.
We should have some spare dosh in the next pay, so I’m aiming to buy both. I need a new pair of gym shoes also. They’re supposed to be cross trainers, so I’m going to check out Consumer Report’s website for their recommendation.
I sound a little sheep like, but really, Consumer Reports does all the work for me. There’s dozens and dozens of brands, and something to make one of them stand out, reduces the tyranny of choice for me.
We walked up and round past Wheaton Arts; the Italian Festival was on, and we nearly got run down by some lazy cow in a red SUV who couldn’t walk the 100 metres from her parking spot but had to drop people off at the front, without looking for those people already walking past.
Song Walk Day 52, Saturday September 16, 2006
Posted by Administrator on 16 Sep 2006 | Tagged as: 10,000 Steps, Exercise, Song Walk
pedometer 9253 steps 2.93 miles. Add 925 more steps (when the pedometer wasn’t working. We measured it for about the period of time/distance we’d missed, 5 short blocks or 925 steps). 11:45 – 1.30PM. take away 25 minutes for the sundry bits and pieeces (Holly City Gym to sign up for the Walk American Challenge, lemonade shop, Bank atm). 1 hour 45 minutes total, 1 hour 25 minutes actual walking.
925 steps @20 inches = 18,500 inches. /12= 1541.667 feet. =.291 miles.
.291 miles + 2.93 = 3.22 miles = 5.18 kilometres.
I’d like to walk a 12K walk one day, like the City to Bay. The woman who won it in 2005 walked 12km in 57 minutes. Holy crap that’s fast! Based on my average speed of 2.25 miles and hour, I’d be there in 5 and a half hours.
The slowest walker in that race took 2 hours and 53 minutes. That’s 4.15 miles an hour. I’ve got a little way to go there.
The slowest 6km walker took 2.15 hours. I can do that! We did 5.18km today in 1.25 hours. Another 3/4 of a kilometer is only quarter of a mile. That’s about 5-10 minutes on. I’d be towards the end of the pack, but I’d be there.
Song Walk Day 51, Friday September 15, 2006
Posted by Administrator on 15 Sep 2006 | Tagged as: 10,000 Steps, Exercise, Song Walk
3251 steps, 9:56PM 10:30PM 1.03 miles
Walked after Third Friday. Even though Third Friday usually leaves me knackered, the walk is important, and has to get done.
Song Walk Day 50, Thursday September 14, 2006
Posted by Administrator on 14 Sep 2006 | Tagged as: Exercise, Song Walk
Up at 7:45 for the pool filler in man.
Walked after the 2nd MWC meeting, didn’t get home until after 10. Walk was from 10:25 – 10:55PM Didn’t have the pedometer with me, it was raining, just had a short walk.
Song Walk, Day 33 Sunday August 27th, 2006
Posted by Administrator on 27 Aug 2006 | Tagged as: Exercise, Song Walk
In the morning, from 2AM until about 10ish, we got 4-5 inches of rain. Completely put the kibosh on our planned fundraiser cruises today. Crappy weather and having to cancel everyone’s Sunday plans, I spent the day napping and watching the teev.
We went to an open house soiree this evening, a couple of new guys in town for the Arts.
Jeff and I then went for a walk after that, started at 8:50, got back around 9:25. No pedometer, just a short stroll.