The drive to choir from Mississauga to the Beaches in the morning was snowy but didn’t get really bad until we exited off the east end of the Gardiner: some kind of lake (Ontario) effect I guess. The return drive home at about 1pm was uneventful though the Gardiner and QEW were only “track bare.” Many heeded the “heavy snowfall” warning and stayed home. We stayed in this evening rather than driving to Scarborough to attend a 50th birthday party for a friend whom we haven’t seen for several years.
With the temperature about -18°C, windchill approaching -30 and lots of blowing snow I decided to stay in and use the treadmill. For some reason the pulse monitor jumped around between 68 and 120 bpm—perhaps because my skin and the household humidity is so dry due to the cold. I experimented and approximated the “pulse” controlled workout with the “interval” workout I used to do. I programmed my fastest walking speed (about 6.8 kmh) and a 10% slope. Judging by the calorie readout of 371 and how I was sweating I think this program equalled the pulse-controlled, 35 year-old program I had been doing.