A December rant

Our calender captures us in the month of December already into its third day. It is easiest to either put things off or half-heartidly follow other people's pace minus engaging the ole noggin.

I am putting the boxing gloves against the everlasting calender by creating actions which I have declared most important to myself. Keeping myself in tip-top shape has become a center pillar in my priorities.... yes, I know that I have passed the average peak age [27 years old] for a professional athlete by a full twenty years. My point is that sometimes you have to throw things out the window and go by your instinct.

On the other hand, the old cliche, "knowledge is power," ought to be put into action to help finish complete the circle. I tend to have a book planted in front of my failing eyes on one hand, while often using complicated statistical analysis on the other hand. I have a need to sort through the chaos of life with as many mediums as possible.

A small sample of my influences include the hard working Benjamin Franklin, the out of the box thinking by baseball's statistical guru, Bill James, Bruce Lee's combination of hard work and scientific data to constantly tweak his workouts, and Mark Twain's healthy dose of cynicism to help put his own world in a warped perspective.

All the words etched above proves to myself that their are various assorted ways to reach any decision. My goal of running 50 miles for the month of December [or slightly over eighty kilometers for you metric aficionados] and also working out in total media silence is decided by not only how I feel, but by what I have analyzed to the point of seeing if I am ready to point towards a certain goal.

Equivalent Miles Journal : October 11-17, 2010

Similar writing with explanation

http://atm1963.blogspot.com/2010/10/equivalent-miles.html

Equivalent Miles conversions
1. Running : 1 mile= 1 mile
2. Cycling : 1 mile = .75 mile
3. Walking : 1 mile = .5 mile
4. Leasure walking : 1 mile = .4 mile  
5. Stationary exercizes : 1 mile = 15 minutes of exercize


Monday, October 11, 2010
Running : 1.89 miles = 1.89 EQM
Leasure walking  : 8464 steps = 1.20 EQM
TOTAL EQM =  3.09

Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Walk : 2.13 miles = 1.07 EQM
Yoga & Isatomic Strength Training  : 1 hour 37 minutes = 6.47 EQM
Leasure walking : 16,500 steps = 2.34 EQM
Total EQM = 9.88 EQM

Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Run : 1.96 miles = 1.96 EQA
Yoga = 1 hour 2 minutes = 4.13 EQM
Leasure walking = 10,000 = 1.42 EQM
Total EQM = 7.51 EQM

Thursday, October 14, 2010
Walk : 2.07 miles = 1.04 EQM
Yoga and Isometric Strength Training : 1 hour 45 minutes = 7 EQM
Leasure Walking : 10,000 steps = 1.42 EQM 
Total EQM = 9.46 EQM

Friday, October 15, 2010
Run :  2.48  miles = 2.48 EQM
Cycle : 7.10 miles = 5.33 EQM
Leasure Walking : 3000 = .43 EQM
Total EQM =  10.01 EQM

Saturday, October 16, 2010
Walk : 2.52 miles = 1.26 EQM
Yoga : 1 hour 4 minutes = 4.27 EQM
Cycling : 6.57 miles = 4.93 EQM
Leasure Walking = 4.74 EQM 
Total EQM = 15.2 EQM

Sunday, October 17, 2010
Cycling : 6.88 miles = 5.16 EQM
Yoga & Isometric Strength Training : 1 hour 31 minutes = 6.07 EQM
Leasure Walking : 11,634 steps = 1.38 EQM
Total EQM = 12.61 EQM

Overall Stats
67.76 Weekly EQM  average = 9.68 EQM per day

Equivalent Miles [EQM]

What do you get when you mix a math nerd with a a slow runner in training? 

Ever since Mark Twain blurted out the infamous phrase, "There are lies, damn lies, and then there are statistics," people have questioned the world according to mathematical statistics... so  I beleive some individuals will doubt this self serving training statistic I have called equivalent miles [EQM]. 

First of all, why does somebody want to create a statistic called EQM?  In short, nothing is  created equal. Therefore,  I am trying to figure out a way to level  out  a way to evaluate  my training  whenever  I sweat my way through training. Hence, EQM is a way to turn every matrix into miles even when your muscles do not creep an inch forward.

Cut to the chase... lets figure out  EQM in my own little world of running by dissecting my training journal.

1. Simply add the amount of miles running and you divide the walking by one half. You can figure a way to add in other forms of sport [ie; bicycling, swimming, etc.] but there must be some sort of handicap which I am not covering today.

2. With your handy pedomiter,  figure out the amount of steps taken and divide it by 1760 and again divide this outcome by 4 because household/work walking-strolling is not extremly substancial, but enough to take this semi-leasure activity into minor account.

3. When movement is lacking because the runner is performing his training   either via strengthing his/her muscles,  performing yoga for better balance and additional stretching, or other activities to improve running while the individual is not in motion.  I simply equate one mile for every fiveteen minutes of this  sometimes sweat-drenching physical extra carricular activity.



So lets simply open up my training journal and show you my final outcome.    

1. Running :  1.92 miles
2. Yoga and strength training : one hour and 18 minutes = 5.2 miles
3. Additional steps : 12,000 = divide this figure by 1,760 and divide again by 4 =  1.70 miles
4. Final : 1.92 + 5.2 + 1.70 =  8.82 EQM

1. Walking  : 2.10 = 1.05 miles
2. Yoga and strength training : fourty eight minutes = 5.2 miles
3. Additional Steps : 8000 = 1.14 miles
4. Final : 1.05 + 5.2 + 1.14 = 7.39 EQM

LET THE DEBATE BEGIN!