July was a good month. I'm was a little less OCD about getting 10K steps in each and everyday, so my step count average was a little lower than June. I did get several good hikes in and I was happy to find that although the knee is not 100% back to normal it held up fine. I did feel some pain, but even some serious climbs did not aggravate the injury. I was worried that this knee thing was going to be a long term problem and might put a damper on one of my favorite activities -- hiking. I'm glad to find that this is not the case; so far anyway.

Date ---- Steps -- Other Activities
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Aug 01 -- 5,284
Aug 02 - 12,264 - UBWT
Aug 03 - 10,668
Aug 04 - 11,954
Aug 05 - 11,199 - UBWT
Aug 06 - 10,443
Aug 07 -- 4,901 - 2nd floor Laminate flooring project begins
Aug 08 -- 5,928 - I'll be trading some walking time for this DIY project
Aug 09 -- 5,533
Aug 10 -- 9,273 - UBWT
Aug 11 -- 6,651
Aug 12 - 13,107
Aug 13 - 11,137
Aug 14 -- 6,418 - More weekend work on the flooring project
Aug 15 -- 6,298
Aug 16 -- 6,372
Aug 17 -- 5,150 - UBWT
Aug 18 -- 7,014
Aug 19 -- 5,442
Aug 20 -- 8,835 - UBWT
Aug 21 -- 6,083 - Weekend work on flooring project
Aug 22 -- 4,796
Aug 23 - 13,835
Aug 24 - 10,378 - UBWT
Aug 25 -- 6,089
Aug 26 -- 8,574
Aug 27 -- 6,978 - UBWT
Aug 28 -- 9,394 - Packed up DD#3's Pod
Aug 29 -- 7,121 - for her move to TX
Aug 30 - 11,173 - No walk - just a busy day.
Aug 31 -- 5,598

UBWT = Upper body weight training
LBWT = Lower body weight training
Floors = Flights of stairs on the Y's Step Climbing machine