YOSEMITE PARK WEATHER

Exactly three weeks from now, 21 days to be exact...I will be in a van with 6 other guys headed to Yosemite Park in preparation for the climb up Half Dome.  A few months ago I was concerned that my physical condition was peaking.  I am sure that my conditioning has improved much over the past few weeks.  My plan is to start 'relaxing' my physical output as the October 1st hiking date approaches.  My current thinking is that once I get to within a week or ten days of the actual climb that I need to start ratcheting down my workouts.   During that last week or so will be no time to take 30 mile bike rides or spend three hours on an elliptical machine.   It is never a good time for an injury and now would be a particularly bad time - so I need to be extra careful.

It is now time to start thinking about the weather that we might be facing on October 1.

As I review this chart it appears that it might be quite cold in the early morning hours when our hike begins.   As the temperature is likely to rise to the high sixties or low seventies, it appears that we will not be too cold during the day.   The very fact that I am reviewing this information and thinking about the weather in Yosemite Park continues to confirm that the day of the hike is looming ever closer.   I am looking forward to it!

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 Tuesday MENU

breakfast   oatmeal, center cut bacon, poached eggs                                 608 calories

lunch         baby spinach salad, asparagus, tomato, clam chowder
                 ginger crystallized dark chocolate                                            841 calories
dinner       melon salad, copping soup, chewy ginger, choc chips            690 calories
SNACKS  MULTIGRAIN RICE CAKES, DIVINE DARK CHOC      1345 calories

total calories consumed     3484 calories                                                              

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YMCA PRECOR EFX elliptical 120 minutes, manual setting

level 20 resistance, level 20 incline                      1767 calories

TOTAL CALORIES BURNED 1767CALORIES

TUESday net calories 1717 calories

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Yesterday I received my first weekly update from fitbit... I am definitely enjoying this new toy...

Hi Marc, here are your weekly stats. Aug 31, 2015 to Sep 06, 2015 WEEK'S MOST ACTIVE DAY Sun, Sep 6 WEEK'S LEAST ACTIVE DAY Mon, Aug 31 TOTAL STEPS 91,616  DAILY AVERAGE 13,088 steps BEST DAY 40,001 steps TOTAL DISTANCE 43.87 miles  DAILY AVERAGE 6.27 miles BEST DAY 19.09 miles TOTAL FLOORS CLIMBED 72  DAILY AVERAGE 10 floors BEST DAY 33 floors TOTAL CALS BURNED 21,682  DAILY AVERAGE 3,097 cals BEST DAY 5,811 cals WEIGHT CHANGE 1.1 lb  LIGHTEST 225.8 lbHEAVIEST 226.9 lb AVG SLEEP DURATION 6 hrs 49 min  AVG TIMES AWAKENED 7 AVG TIME TO FALL ASLEEP 0hrs 10min Last week's step winners 1 Bobby 95,006 steps 2 Marc  91,616 steps 3 Andrew J. 83,253 steps See current leaderboard Last week's badges See all of my badges

THIS FIRST WEEKLY SUMMARY THAT I RECEIVED FROM FITBIT ONLY INCLUDED THAT STATS FROM FIVE DAYS (Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sun, Mon).... I ONLY PURCHASED THE THING ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON!

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fitbit day 6

15,691 steps