MARC, MARATHON MAN

First, I will never run a marathon. I do not aspire to run a marathon. I will not jog a marathon. I do not aspire to do that either. But walk....that is a different story. Two months ago, I joined the Chicago Marathon (from the sidewalks) and mirrored their route and completed the 26.2 miles. For the past few weeks I have many times taken a 'power walk' of ten miles or more.  Yesterday, I had a doctors appointment in Skokie. Skokie is not exactly next door. The doctors office is 13 miles from home. I had energy, I had time and I had the wild idea to walk there. And then walk back. And that is precisely what I did. This was the map of the path(s) offered by google.

It is obvious that google has determined that a human being should be able to walk 3mph which is how it is determined that a 13 mile walk should take 4 hours and 20 minutes.  'Athlete' that I am, I was able to make this trek (turned out to be 13.5 miles) in 3:21:25.
4.1mph

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The route that I took home was a bit longer. I was a bit tired(er) and yet my speed was remarkably almost the same as the speed to my destination. On the way home, the trip was 14.75 miles. The  return trip took 3:40:18.

4.02mph

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One would think that after walking 13.5 miles to Skokie + 14.75 miles back from Skokie (28.25 miles total) that one would be through for the day.  One would be wrong.  I decided that I 'needed' to 'break' 30 miles for the day.  A short walk to downtown Chicago and through downtown and back home at a more leisurely pace with my family added an additional 4.5 miles. When the day ended I had logged 32.75 miles.  I don't know about you...but I was impressed with myself. 32.75 miles? An actual marathon is 'only' 26.2 miles.,

One thing that never happens when one walks on a treadmill or works out on an elliptical machine is that new cool things are never 'discovered'.  This is a picture of a subway entrance in Chicago which has been reworked to tout a new Greek exhibit at the Field Museum.  My daughter is in the photo just to give some sense of scale.

TROJAN HORSE SUBWAY ENTRANCE to promote Greek Exhibit at the Field Museum

Your Food Diary For:

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

BREAKFAST	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
Quaker - Instant Oatmeal - Original, 4 packet (28 g)	400	76	8	16	300	0
Red Delicious - Apple, Small, 1 apple (2 1/2 " diameter)	56	15	0	0	1	11
	456	91	8	16	301	11
L U N C H
Starbucks - Reduced Fat Turkey Bacon, 2 Sandwich	460	56	12	26	1,120	6
That's It - Apple & Blueberry Fruit Bar, 1 serving	100	26	0	1	25	19
	560	82	12	27	1,145	25
D I N N E R
Whole Foods - Tuna Avocado Roll, 1 container	420	70	1	18	680	0
WHOLE FOODS - NATURAL WASABI GREEN PEAS, 3/5 cup (30 grams)	216	34	5	7	432	4
WHOLE FOODS 8497 - CHERRY VANILLA GRANOLA, 68.75 g (3/4 cup)	300	50	9	6	75	19
Chick Fil A From Website - Diet Lemonade, 30.6 oz medium	40	12	0	0	20	4
Calbee - Baked Shrimp Chips, 1 oz (28g/About 22 pieces)	130	19	6	2	230	1
	1,106	185	21	33	1,437	27
S N A C K S
WHOLE FOODS - YOGURT PRETZELS, 80 g (approx 8 pcs)	380	56	0	4	360	38
whole foods milk chocolate - milk chocolate marshmallows, 9 pieces	330	63	8	0	30	57
	710	119	8	4	390	95
Totals	2,832	477	48	81	3,273	158
Your Daily Goal	8,341	1,042	278	418	2,300	312
Remaining	5,509	565	229	337	-972	153
	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
	*You've earned 6,411 extra calories from exercise today

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       Your Exercise Diary for:

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
Walking, 4.0 mph, very brisk pace	202	2,324
Walking, 4.0 mph, very brisk pace	221	2,537
Walking, 4.5 mph, very, very brisk pace	26	328
Walking, 3.0 mph, mod. pace, walking dog	25	193
Walking, 2.5 mph, leisurely pace	33	227
MFP iOS calorie adjustment	N/A	802
Daily Total / Goal	508 / 30	6,411 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	673 / 210	8,861 / 4,130

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total calories consumed 2832 calories

total calories burned (32.75 miles) 5609 calories

total net calories 2777 calorie defecit

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fitbit day 111

60006 steps

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Red Alert!  Tomorrow I post my before and after pictures... I know that I am looking forward to this.