I ran 5 times for 32.91 miles this week.
I took 58,594 steps this week according to my Garmin Vivoactive HR (VA-HR) smartwatch.
My VA-HR gives me steps, heart rate, hours slept and floors climbed (take those last 2 data points with a grain of salt).
My Withings WS-50 Smart Body Analyzer scale gives my weight.
Sunday, 3/15/2020
5556 steps, 49/145 resting/peak HR, 9:16 hrs sleep, 170.4 lbs, 2 floors climbed
run: 5.05 miles, 40:18, 7:58 pace, 49 ft elevation gain, 138 avg HR, 167, avg cadence, 30F, 51% RH, 12 mph NE wind, wind chill 21F, sunny
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| My "real" can opener from the 2020 Virtual Runnin' of the Green |
I did my virtual Runnin' of the Green this morning. I chose a simple out and back course just like the Runnin' of the Green course of Blue Cross Arena out to the U of R and back. It was a bit weird running hard all by myself but we all have to maintain social distance now. My splits were: 7:46, 7:56, 8:02, 8:01 and 8:10. I submitted my results to runsignup.com since it was a virtual race, link here. UPDATE: 147 entered ... I won my virtual M 60-64 age group out of 3 other runners. No prize ... just virtual bragging rights for a race that never happened.
Coronavirus update: the number of cases in Monroe County rose to 10. The new normal is daily briefing from NY Governor Cuomo. I know a lot of upstate NYers are Republicans and hate his guts ... but he really gives good advice and is very informative. Personally I like him ... but then I lean to the left. Oh ... all public schools in NYC are closed.
Monday, 3/16/2020
8150 steps, 51/140 resting/peak HR, 7:23 hrs sleep, 170.9 lbs, 5 floors climbed
run: 5.25 miles, 45:46, 8:43, 141 ft elevation gain, 132 avg HR, 161 avg cadence, 44F, 23% RH, 6 mph SSE wind, wind chill 41F, mostly cloudy
Well ... I am off on vacation all week. Ricoh has a "use it or lose it" vacation and floating holiday policy so I have 6 days to use before the Ricoh fiscal year ends at the end of March. I get 4 weeks vacation and 5 floating holidays per year.
So ... I got out for another run. I took my time before I headed out but I did get out. I took up a steady pace. My splits were: 8:56, 8:57, 8:41, 8:34, 8:32 and 8:13 over the last 0.25 mile.
I say an article on the Atlantic, "10 Days Later: What Italians Wish They Had Known", link here. Everyday Italians wishing they had known better about COVID-19 ten days ago. I also saw this NSFW link, #STAYTHEFUCKHOME.
Tuesday, 3/17/2020
8256 steps, 49/136 resting/peak HR, 8:07 hrs sleep, 171.2 lbs, 10 floors climbed
run: 4.75 miles, 42:05, 8:51 pace, 98 feet elevation gain, 127 avg HR, 161 avg cadence, 42F, 82% RH, 12 mph SW wind, wind chill 36F, overcast
I got out early for my fourth run in a row. I kept it really easy ... got it done. My splits were: 8:51, 8:46, 8:42, 8:59 and 8:59 over the last 0.75 mile. There are news articles that it is illegal to run in France and Italy due to their shelter-in-place lockdowns.
A very quiet St Patrick's Day. All the bars are closed in NY, CT and NJ (they closed on Monday at 8 PM) except for takeout. Yes ... you can order and take home beer. All the gyms and movie theaters are closed (not that we go to either nowadays). The news from across the country is that other states are beginning to close various venues to #FLATTENTHECURVE. NYS says that companies should have 50% of employees in non-essential companies stay home.
Wednesday, 3/18/2020: 2329 steps, 48/121 resting/peak HR, 7:42 hrs sleep, 3 floors climbed
Today was a rest day. So ... I thought I would wake up early so I could venture out to grocery shop. I woke up Christine and she prepared a grocery list ... and caused her to worry while I was out I was sure. I didn't get into Wegmans Latta until 8:45 AM. Their hours have been reduced from 24 hours to 6 AM - 12 AM (a few days ago) to 7 AM - 10 PM (yesterday). Well ... I got what I could. There was no bread, meat, no eggs, no toilet paper and a few tubs of vastly overpriced Cascade dishwasher pellets. I just got what I could ... muffins, OJ, beans, bananas, tomatoes, carrots, canned beans, canned tomato products. I had a faux pas when I got to the checkout. I had left my wallet at home ... luckily I remembered that I had loaded Google Pay on my Ricoh cell and paid with that. I took my haul home, retrieved my wallet and headed to BJs. Well ... BJs had meat so I got a rotisserie chicken, hamburger, pork chops, evaporated milk, condensed milk, oranges, potatoes, dishwasher pellets.
One thing ... hoarding. I didn't go down the paper products aisle so I don't know if BJs had a sign about any limits per products but I saw some shoppers with multiple toilet paper megapacks. Another thing ... I saw shoppers with face masks. I didn't have one. I maintained my distance from everyone and I hope I didn't spread anything that I might have (I don't think I do) ... or picked up anything.
The news is depressing. There are 14 COVID-19 cases and 1 death (who was a Rochester General Hospital employee) in Monroe County. There are about 2382 cases in NY and 20 deaths now according to https://ncov2019.live/data. A military hospital ship has been dispatched to NYC. The stock market is down, up and down so far this week. The DJIA is roughly 19100, down 2000 points right now at 3:36 PM. There were digital road signs on 390 that read: SAVE LIFES, #FLATTENTHECURVE, STAY HOME, STOP THE SPREAD.
Thursday. 3/19/2020
10233 steps, 47/140 resting/peak HR, 9:06 hrs sleep, 171.5 lbs, 12 floors climbed
run: 6.05 miles, 51:55, 8:35 pace, 112 ft elevation gain, 132 avg HR, 162 avg cadence, 42F, 92% RH, 5 mph S wind, overcast
I needed to run ... it's the only thing that makes sense nowadays. I got out and went around the block. It was warmer (42F) so I wore shorts, short sleeve tech, Brooks 1/4 zip long sleeve pullover, Brooks beanie and heavy running gloves. I was a bit overdressed on the top but not overly so. I maintained my social distance as I passed by 2 bicyclists. My splits were: 8:36, 8:33, 8:32, 8:43, 8:33 and 8:30.
More depressing news: 30 cases on COVID-19 and 1 death in Monroe County. NYS says that only 75% of employees in non-essential companies should stay home. Trump is starting to give mini-rallies at his daily press conferences (rah USA, rah economy, lying media, me, me and not that I could watch more than 10 seconds), ... he actually seemed semi-presidental on Tuesday. Now it's the "China virus" instead of COVID-19. More people have died now in Italy (41035 cases, 3405 deaths) than in China (80928 cases, 3245 deaths) per as of 3/19/2020 at 6:36 PM.
Friday, 3/20/2020
12281 steps, 50/139 resting/peak HR, 6:59 hrs sleep, 171.1 lbs, 12 floors climbed
run: 5.26 miles, 47:07, 8:58 pace, 144 ft elevation gain, 130 avg HR, 157 avg cadence, 65F, 76% RH, 20 mph WSW wind, overcast
Well ... it's first day of spring. I trimmed off my beard that had grown since 12/23/2019. It only took 15 minutes. I used my trimmer at 3/8", 1/4", stubble and bare cutter. Then I finished up with my regular electric razor. Back to shaving every weekday morning! I also put away my snowshoes. Boy ... did I tempt old man Winter!
Then ... I got dressed and got out into the first day of spring warmth. It was 65F so I wore shorts and short sleeves! I was very sluggish and stiff. It felt like I was moving in slow motion. The warm weather brought out more people but I maintained a social distance. The weather was variable: it was windy (especially when I was headed back from the pier), then a glimmer of sun and then light rain. I was kind of damp when I got done. My splits were: 9:09, 8:43, 8:54, 9:07, 9:03 and 8:28 over the last 0.26 mile.
More depressing news: 34 cases on COVID-19 and 1 death in Monroe County. Now NYS says that 100% of employees in non-essential companies should stay home, NY on PAUSE link here. My Ricoh boss has told me that a L3Harris work order has been placed so I can get a soft VPN installed so I can check on the L3Harris printers that I manage from my L3Harris laptop from home. But ... until that is installed I have to go in every day for a bit to check on the printers onsite. Still ... I have a job which is a good thing in these uncertain times.
Saturday, 3/21/2020
11789 steps, 51/136 resting/peak HR, 8:23 hrs sleep, 10 floors climbed
run: 7.56 miles, 1:05:47, 8:42 pace, 151 ft elevation gain, 129 avg HR, 164 avg cadence, 25F, 62% RH, 13 mph NNE wind, wind chill 14F, partly cloudy
Wow ... did the temp fall overnight! It was a full 40F (50F with the wind chill) colder than yesterday! So ... it was bad to my usual winter running gear: CW-X tights, shorts, long sleeve tech, Brooks 1/4 zip long sleeve pullover, Brooks beanie and heavy running gloves. I thought about my balaclava and ski mittens but had hope that I would warm enough not to need them. It was Saturday so I took up a steady pace and then stretched the run out to Beach Ave and Dewey Ave instead of turning left on Greenleaf Rd. It felt good to push it to over 7 miles. My MP3 player was set to shuffle but I had 5 Rolling Stones songs in a row! My splits were: 8:30, 8:38, 8:52, 8:55, 8:48, 8:35, 8:43 and 8:33 over the last 0.55 mile.
More depressing news: 46 cases of COVID-19 and 1 death of Monroe County. Today was my daughter, Karen's, 32nd birthday. It has been our tradition in past years of going out to IHOP or Applebee's to eat lunch. This year ... I called her and wished her a happy birthday. I would have had to drive out to Palmyra and we would have had to do take-out at a restaurant. It wouldn't have been the same.
Coronavirus update: the number of cases in Monroe County rose to 10. The new normal is daily briefing from NY Governor Cuomo. I know a lot of upstate NYers are Republicans and hate his guts ... but he really gives good advice and is very informative. Personally I like him ... but then I lean to the left. Oh ... all public schools in NYC are closed.
Monday, 3/16/2020
8150 steps, 51/140 resting/peak HR, 7:23 hrs sleep, 170.9 lbs, 5 floors climbed
run: 5.25 miles, 45:46, 8:43, 141 ft elevation gain, 132 avg HR, 161 avg cadence, 44F, 23% RH, 6 mph SSE wind, wind chill 41F, mostly cloudy
Well ... I am off on vacation all week. Ricoh has a "use it or lose it" vacation and floating holiday policy so I have 6 days to use before the Ricoh fiscal year ends at the end of March. I get 4 weeks vacation and 5 floating holidays per year.
So ... I got out for another run. I took my time before I headed out but I did get out. I took up a steady pace. My splits were: 8:56, 8:57, 8:41, 8:34, 8:32 and 8:13 over the last 0.25 mile.
I say an article on the Atlantic, "10 Days Later: What Italians Wish They Had Known", link here. Everyday Italians wishing they had known better about COVID-19 ten days ago. I also saw this NSFW link, #STAYTHEFUCKHOME.
Tuesday, 3/17/2020
8256 steps, 49/136 resting/peak HR, 8:07 hrs sleep, 171.2 lbs, 10 floors climbed
run: 4.75 miles, 42:05, 8:51 pace, 98 feet elevation gain, 127 avg HR, 161 avg cadence, 42F, 82% RH, 12 mph SW wind, wind chill 36F, overcast
I got out early for my fourth run in a row. I kept it really easy ... got it done. My splits were: 8:51, 8:46, 8:42, 8:59 and 8:59 over the last 0.75 mile. There are news articles that it is illegal to run in France and Italy due to their shelter-in-place lockdowns.
A very quiet St Patrick's Day. All the bars are closed in NY, CT and NJ (they closed on Monday at 8 PM) except for takeout. Yes ... you can order and take home beer. All the gyms and movie theaters are closed (not that we go to either nowadays). The news from across the country is that other states are beginning to close various venues to #FLATTENTHECURVE. NYS says that companies should have 50% of employees in non-essential companies stay home.
Wednesday, 3/18/2020: 2329 steps, 48/121 resting/peak HR, 7:42 hrs sleep, 3 floors climbed
Today was a rest day. So ... I thought I would wake up early so I could venture out to grocery shop. I woke up Christine and she prepared a grocery list ... and caused her to worry while I was out I was sure. I didn't get into Wegmans Latta until 8:45 AM. Their hours have been reduced from 24 hours to 6 AM - 12 AM (a few days ago) to 7 AM - 10 PM (yesterday). Well ... I got what I could. There was no bread, meat, no eggs, no toilet paper and a few tubs of vastly overpriced Cascade dishwasher pellets. I just got what I could ... muffins, OJ, beans, bananas, tomatoes, carrots, canned beans, canned tomato products. I had a faux pas when I got to the checkout. I had left my wallet at home ... luckily I remembered that I had loaded Google Pay on my Ricoh cell and paid with that. I took my haul home, retrieved my wallet and headed to BJs. Well ... BJs had meat so I got a rotisserie chicken, hamburger, pork chops, evaporated milk, condensed milk, oranges, potatoes, dishwasher pellets.
One thing ... hoarding. I didn't go down the paper products aisle so I don't know if BJs had a sign about any limits per products but I saw some shoppers with multiple toilet paper megapacks. Another thing ... I saw shoppers with face masks. I didn't have one. I maintained my distance from everyone and I hope I didn't spread anything that I might have (I don't think I do) ... or picked up anything.
The news is depressing. There are 14 COVID-19 cases and 1 death (who was a Rochester General Hospital employee) in Monroe County. There are about 2382 cases in NY and 20 deaths now according to https://ncov2019.live/data. A military hospital ship has been dispatched to NYC. The stock market is down, up and down so far this week. The DJIA is roughly 19100, down 2000 points right now at 3:36 PM. There were digital road signs on 390 that read: SAVE LIFES, #FLATTENTHECURVE, STAY HOME, STOP THE SPREAD.
Thursday. 3/19/2020
10233 steps, 47/140 resting/peak HR, 9:06 hrs sleep, 171.5 lbs, 12 floors climbed
run: 6.05 miles, 51:55, 8:35 pace, 112 ft elevation gain, 132 avg HR, 162 avg cadence, 42F, 92% RH, 5 mph S wind, overcast
I needed to run ... it's the only thing that makes sense nowadays. I got out and went around the block. It was warmer (42F) so I wore shorts, short sleeve tech, Brooks 1/4 zip long sleeve pullover, Brooks beanie and heavy running gloves. I was a bit overdressed on the top but not overly so. I maintained my social distance as I passed by 2 bicyclists. My splits were: 8:36, 8:33, 8:32, 8:43, 8:33 and 8:30.
More depressing news: 30 cases on COVID-19 and 1 death in Monroe County. NYS says that only 75% of employees in non-essential companies should stay home. Trump is starting to give mini-rallies at his daily press conferences (rah USA, rah economy, lying media, me, me and not that I could watch more than 10 seconds), ... he actually seemed semi-presidental on Tuesday. Now it's the "China virus" instead of COVID-19. More people have died now in Italy (41035 cases, 3405 deaths) than in China (80928 cases, 3245 deaths) per as of 3/19/2020 at 6:36 PM.
Friday, 3/20/2020
12281 steps, 50/139 resting/peak HR, 6:59 hrs sleep, 171.1 lbs, 12 floors climbed
run: 5.26 miles, 47:07, 8:58 pace, 144 ft elevation gain, 130 avg HR, 157 avg cadence, 65F, 76% RH, 20 mph WSW wind, overcast
Well ... it's first day of spring. I trimmed off my beard that had grown since 12/23/2019. It only took 15 minutes. I used my trimmer at 3/8", 1/4", stubble and bare cutter. Then I finished up with my regular electric razor. Back to shaving every weekday morning! I also put away my snowshoes. Boy ... did I tempt old man Winter!
Then ... I got dressed and got out into the first day of spring warmth. It was 65F so I wore shorts and short sleeves! I was very sluggish and stiff. It felt like I was moving in slow motion. The warm weather brought out more people but I maintained a social distance. The weather was variable: it was windy (especially when I was headed back from the pier), then a glimmer of sun and then light rain. I was kind of damp when I got done. My splits were: 9:09, 8:43, 8:54, 9:07, 9:03 and 8:28 over the last 0.26 mile.
More depressing news: 34 cases on COVID-19 and 1 death in Monroe County. Now NYS says that 100% of employees in non-essential companies should stay home, NY on PAUSE link here. My Ricoh boss has told me that a L3Harris work order has been placed so I can get a soft VPN installed so I can check on the L3Harris printers that I manage from my L3Harris laptop from home. But ... until that is installed I have to go in every day for a bit to check on the printers onsite. Still ... I have a job which is a good thing in these uncertain times.
Saturday, 3/21/2020
11789 steps, 51/136 resting/peak HR, 8:23 hrs sleep, 10 floors climbed
run: 7.56 miles, 1:05:47, 8:42 pace, 151 ft elevation gain, 129 avg HR, 164 avg cadence, 25F, 62% RH, 13 mph NNE wind, wind chill 14F, partly cloudy
Wow ... did the temp fall overnight! It was a full 40F (50F with the wind chill) colder than yesterday! So ... it was bad to my usual winter running gear: CW-X tights, shorts, long sleeve tech, Brooks 1/4 zip long sleeve pullover, Brooks beanie and heavy running gloves. I thought about my balaclava and ski mittens but had hope that I would warm enough not to need them. It was Saturday so I took up a steady pace and then stretched the run out to Beach Ave and Dewey Ave instead of turning left on Greenleaf Rd. It felt good to push it to over 7 miles. My MP3 player was set to shuffle but I had 5 Rolling Stones songs in a row! My splits were: 8:30, 8:38, 8:52, 8:55, 8:48, 8:35, 8:43 and 8:33 over the last 0.55 mile.
More depressing news: 46 cases of COVID-19 and 1 death of Monroe County. Today was my daughter, Karen's, 32nd birthday. It has been our tradition in past years of going out to IHOP or Applebee's to eat lunch. This year ... I called her and wished her a happy birthday. I would have had to drive out to Palmyra and we would have had to do take-out at a restaurant. It wouldn't have been the same.
