Today's weather was: Drizzly, windy, lower 40's.

New post format: I am only going to post the summary stuff (calories, miles, hours, days, etc) once a month or whenever I hit a milestone; otherwise, I will be giving a daily summary of miles completed as I do them. I officially started my walking season on October 15th, so here is October 15-November 12:

10/15: Walked 6 miles
10/16: Walked 6 miles
10/17: Cycled 6.4 miles
10/18: Walked 4.5 miles
10/19: Rested
10/20: Cycled 6.4 miles
10/21: Walked 6.1 miles
10/22: Walked 6.5 miles
10/23: Walked 8.0 miles
10/24: Cycled 6.4 miles
10/25: Rested
10/26: Rested
10/27: Cycled 6.4 miles
10/28: Cycled 7.0 miles, walked 4.1 miles
10/29: Walked 6.4 miles
10/30: Walked 8.2 miles
10/31: Rested
11/1: Walked 1.5 miles
11/2: Rested
11/3: Cycled 6.2 miles
11/4: Cycled 12.0 miles, walked 1.5 miles
11/5: Cycled 12.0 miles
11/6: Cycled 10.3 miles
11/7: Cycled 8.2 miles
11/8: Rested
11/9: Rested
11/10: Cycled 7.0 miles, walked 6.1 miles
11/11: Cycled 7.0 miles, walked 7.1 miles
11/12: Cycled 7.0 miles, walked 7.0 miles

As you can see, the last three days have been walking for 6-7 miles, then cycling 7 miles. I pop on the bike trainer when I get home and put in about 30-40 minutes of sweating at my average pace on that thing (~14mph). It's great exercise that leaves me feeling good and exhausted.

I was also about 4 pounds from my target weight this morning, which also feels pretty fan-freakin-tastic.

Today's weather was: Sunny, blue skies, high in the 40's, brisk.

The new training schedule is going exceptionally well; the combination of walking and cycling is REALLY benefiting me so far. I'm doing an average of 13-14 miles a day (6 or 7 walking, 7 cycling). I will be ramping this up to about 20 miles a day once I get used to the new routine. I've been keeping track of food I have been eating, too, since my urge to feast on fast food and sweets gets out of control during the winter. You can see what I've been munching on at loca_locavore.

Since 4/6/2008...
Miles cycled: 2123.4 at an average speed of 14.1 mph
Miles walked: 67.8 at an average speed of 3.7mph
Total miles completed: 2191.3

Hours in the saddle: 150.6
Hours in my walking shoes: 18.6
Total hours completed: 169.1...that's 7.1 DAYS of just straight exercise!!!

Total days trained since 4/6/08: 168
Total days not trained since 4/6/08: 52
I have trained 76% of that time.

I have burned a total of 83,491.65 calories.
That is: 154.61 Big Mac sandwiches, or 397.58 Hershey Bars!

I have lost a total of 20 pounds (17 fat, 3 lean); 9.5 inches, 8.3% of my body fat, and 3.2 units from my BMI.
I currently have a normal BMI, am athletic per body fat%, but am still a "fat hourglass!"