This Sunday afternoon was short-wearing weather in the Salt Lake Valley; that is, mostly clear skies, sunny, and a snow-covered Wasatch Mountain Range. I did an easy-pace 10.2-mile run that went from Big Cottonwood Park over to Murray Holladay Road, up to Holladay Boulevard, down Arbor Lane, through the Holladay neighborhoods to Walker Lane, over to the Cottonwood Country Club, then returning with a stop at Smith’s to pickup some groceries before heading home.
In addition to running, I took some time today to do the math on my stride measurements from Saturday. There are 63,358.141 inches per mile (i.e., 39.37 inches per meter multiplied by 1,609.3 meters per mile); therefore, at my average stride of 51.125 inches, it takes me 1,239.279 strides to complete a mile. As a result, it takes me 32,469.111 strides to finish a marathon. My stride elasticity is 1.96%; in other words, if I am able to increase the average length of my stride by 1 inch, that would be 635.093 fewer strides per marathon (i.e., 32,469.111/51.125).
For my non-running workout, I did get in 610 sit-ups, an 80-second plank on elbows and toes, 24 side planks (elbow-floor touches), 12 bridges (held each for approximately 10 seconds), and 35 metronomes. | 