Walking Progress
So here are three images that I’ll update moderately on my walking progress. I figured rather than a new blog post every time I wanted to add new images that it would be easier to just keep it all in one place that is regularly updated. Also, I’ve added the a few dates below for a general idea of the time progression as well. Explanations of each graph are below the respective images. So without further ado, here they are.
2010-04-22: Since the last time I uploaded the images, I’ve made some changes. One goal of my rehab lately has been to walk more often – as close to every day as possible. As such, there is now much greater variation in my day-to-day walking. The graphs started to look like such a mess of data that I’ve instead decided to only plot days on which I reached a new maximum number of steps. I’ve also removed the moving average trend lines, as they are no longer meaningful.
2010-09-12: Updated. Managed to hit 3,000 steps a couple days ago. I’m continuing walking nearly every day and trying to up my daily maximum, which is different from the maximum values which appear in this graph and I only hit occasionally. But of note is that both the average number of steps per walk, as well as the maximum number of steps in a single walk, are both either equal to or greater than the total number of steps I could walk in a day when I first started tracking just over a year ago. Pretty cool.
This shows the progress of total number of steps walked within a given day. Keep in mind, they aren’t consecutive steps. So the graph starts with 600 total steps back in August, and comes to 2100 steps in a single day in March. It provides insight into longer-term endurance.
2010-04-22: While my daily sessions used to last roughly two hours, I’ve since tried to make my walking a bit more typical. I now break up my sessions throughout the course of a day, rather than just resting until I’m no longer fatigued. My goal is to get closer to the concept of walking throughout a day. It forces me to stretch my legs more, as they tend to tense up a bit between walking, however the long-term consequence of this is I’m stretching out a lot more than previously.
This image shows the maximum number of steps I was able to walk within a single walk before resting. This gives an idea of shorter-term endurance.
And finally, this last graph indicates the average number of steps I’m taking in each individual walk per day. It also gives more of an idea of short-term endurance, and gives an idea of how far I can walk in shorter bursts before needing to rest.
Chris,
This is absolutely amazing. What a grand story. We are so very proud of what you are doing and have done.
Glad you are in Cleveland. It’s a great center.
Lots of love and good wishes. Aunt Jane
rocking it out in november i see.. you must have put more trance back on your iphone!
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That is not just progress, that is phenomenal. Now we know what has been keeping you so busy. Keep in touch. Love, Aunt Patsy.