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January/February 2020

Here are the January and February 2020 stats. I will qualify these months as continual improvement yet rather plain. It’s still winter here and that changes the outdoor activities. I don’t even attempt to ride the bike when there is the high probability of ice, especially in the dark. Call me wimpy or overly cautious, I just don’t like the idea of crashing the bike in freezing temperatures a few miles from home.

This means there has been a lot of foot-on-the-ground time, which is alright as I’ve been slowly getting a little jogging blended into my walks. My knee recovery continues and I’m very cautious on that as well. After the “blow-out” in 2019, I really don’t want to risk that again. So when I “run”, I probably look like a duck or a hundred year old and I sort of envision those old Tim Conway skits playing the old-timer, but I press forward with the desire to run again. Like most things, you don’t appreciate them as much until you lose them and I miss the freedom of being on a long run in the country.

Here are the numbers for January and February, I am so grateful for the mobility to exercise!

December and 2019 Stats

As I closed out 2019 I had to rethink about the tough year it turned into with all the injuries and tough recovery periods. Yet, I am fortunate enough to keep moving, even if the pace and form are not what they used to be. I am grateful for what I get to do.

December 2019 data

2019 overall (waking, running, cycling)

November 2019 Stats

November is in the books and riding the winter “roller coaster” makes things dynamic each day. Out of the 30 days I was able to ride 21 and had to walk or workout indoors the remainder.

I’ll write a separate post about the health and recovery process, so here are the stats.

October 2019 Activity Stats

I’m still not running. The knee, oh, the knee! But, you know what? I’m extremely grateful for what I can do. I can ride a bicycle for long distances (weather pending) at a decent pace and I can walk 2-3 miles each day. I am blessed!

Below are the October 2019 biking and total statistics.

Sept 2019 summary

I ran 11 total miles in September. Yeah, I know, sad. But, I learned I can run again and that I shouldn’t push so hard after an injury. Yup, I re-injured the knee on the second run. The first run of 5-miles left me recovering fairly well and I was ready to run again in 2 days. I now know I should have stayed with less than 5-miles, for when I exceeded five, I felt the pain increase and at the end of 6-miles I was done.

The injury isn’t as bad as the beginning of August, but enough to know I’ll be riding the bike for several more weeks to recover. I have continued walking at least 2-focused-miles a day as well. Focused miles means, I went on a 2-mile walk, not just that I had X number of steps in a day.

Not that riding the bike is bad, it’s just not the same workout as running. Below are the bicycle stats for September 2019.

Speaking of the bike, at the end of September, I’m 18 miles short of 1000 miles on it, not too bad for a low-end bike. I did replace the rear tire at 850 miles as it was pretty worn out, but overall it’s holding up well!

The combined walk-run-bike summary is below.

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