How many Oura points did Sen. Cory Booker lose during his 25-hour marathon speech in protest of President Donald Trump?
The answer, it seems, is a lot.
Oura rings are a trendy fashion accessory that uses biometrics to track things like heart rate, sleep, stress indicators and more. A NOTUS reporter earlier this week spotted that Booker was wearing an Oura ring on the floor as he delivered the longest Senate speech in history. The stats from his ring were later provided by his office.
On Monday, when his marathon speech started, Booker’s ring tracked him as having 1 hour and 15 minutes of stress, primarily bucketed toward the end of the day. He began his speech around 7 p.m. The senator is tracked as burning 3,479 calories and taking 8,467 steps that day, totaling 4.9 miles. His ring marked him as having 1 hour of “restorative time.” His lowest average heartbeats per minute in the daytime was 68.
On Tuesday, as his speech continued into its 25th hour, his ring tracked him as being stressed for 4 hours and 15 minutes, spread widely throughout the day. He burned 3,934 calories, according to the ring, and took 12,677 steps for a total of 6.9 miles. As NOTUS noted earlier this week, Booker in the late hours of his speech began pacing — and partially waddling — back and forth in the allotted space behind his desk.
His lowest average heartbeats per minute in the daytime on Tuesday was 83, spiking from the day before. He had only 15 minutes of restorative time.
And Booker’s sleep stats show how he seemingly prepared — and then paid for — his all-nighter. His Monday sleep stats show him as having spent 10 hours and 29 minutes in bed before the speech. His Tuesday report showed no sleep stats whatsoever. His Wednesday sleep stats show him having 9 hours and 35 minutes in bed.
Booker said he’d physically prepared for the speech well in advance, in which he was not allowed to sit down, leave the Senate floor or take a restroom break. He’s been applauded by Democratic leaders for the action, which broke the record previously set by former Sen. Strom Thurmond, who was protesting the Civil Rights Act.
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Ursula Perano is a reporter at NOTUS.