My daughter was to arrive back home from a weeklong trip to California. Her arrival time at Midway Airport was scheduled for 8:15PM. My wife took the car to pick her up and bring her home. I still wanted to greet her at the gate when she deplaned. I had planned all week to walk to Midway Airport from my home. This urban hike would have been twelve miles if I had taken a direct route. I decided to make the hike a bit longer. I walked all along the lakefront, detouring at Navy Pier and Northerly Island and continued all the way down to 'The Promenade' and then I headed west for about 10 miles more and continued my hike to Midway Airport. I made a few side trips along the route to insure that my mileage when I arrived at the airport would be 26.2 miles. I walked the distance of a standard marathon. I left my home at 11:30AM and took a 30 minute break at the Hyde Park Whole Foods. I arrived at Midway Airport exactly when I wanted to arrive - 7:30PM, in time to check in with the desk and get my TSA pass to meet my daughter at the gate. Still, even I know that a 26.2 mile to the airport is some kind of madness. Guilty as charged. My actual hiking time was six hours thirty five minutes. Madness. Healthy madness.
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| I walked 26.2 miles yesterday from my home to Midway Airport. A direct route would have been only 12 miles. I did not walk 'direct.' |
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Shortly after picking up a snack at Whole Foods in Hyde Park I passed a street that was being protected by a rail, and two unmarked SUV cars manned by Secret Service agents. I was at Greenwood Avenue - Chicago home of the President of the United States. You can be sure that I asked if it was OK to take a picture before I did. Permission was granted. The next two photos are approved by the Secret Service of the United States of America.
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Your Food Diary For:
| BREAKFAST | Calories
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Carbs
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Fat
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Protein
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Sodium
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Sugar
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| Kroger - Grits, 5 cup | 500 | 105 | 5 | 10 | 1,700 | 5 | |
| Maltomeal - Honey Nut Scooters, 2 cup | 240 | 48 | 3 | 6 | 420 | 18 | |
| 740 | 153 | 8 | 16 | 2,120 | 23 | ||
| L U N C H | |||||||
| Read - 3 Bean Salad | 300 | 65 | 0 | 5 | 1,500 | 40 | |
| Take 5 - Candy Bar, 1 package (2 bars) | 200 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 180 | 18 | |
| Nice! - Whole Cashews Roasted | 200 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 150 | 0 | |
| Nice! - Almonds Smoked | 250 | 8 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| 950 | 108 | 51 | 23 | 1,830 | 58 | ||
| D I N N E R | |||||||
| Whole Foods Salmon Avocado Roll, 7 oz | 430 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 430 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| S N A C K S | |||||||
| DRIED MANGO SLICES | 110 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 20 | |
| YOGURT PRETZELS | 190 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 180 | 19 | |
| Whole Foods - Banana Chips | 150 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 10 | |
| FRENCH VANILLA GRANOLA | 400 | 74 | 13 | 8 | 96 | 22 | |
| 850 | 147 | 23 | 13 | 277 | 71 | ||
| Totals | 2,970 | 408 | 91 | 52 | 4,227 | 152 | |
| Your Daily Goal | 6,394 | 799 | 213 | 320 | 2,300 | 239 | |
| Remaining | 3,424 | 391 | 122 | 268 | -1,927 | 87 | |
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| *You've earned 4,464 extra calories from exercise today | |||||||
Your Exercise Diary for:
| Cardiovascular | Minutes | Calories Burned | |
26.2 MILE HIKE
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395 | 4,464 | |
| Daily Total / Goal | 395 / 30 | 4,464 / 590 | |
| Weekly Total / Goal | 1605 / 210 | 19,629 / 4,130 | |
Wow....great news... I can consume 3000 calories per day as long as I walk 26.2 miles and after five weeks I will weigh 178.5 lbs. What a fantasy. I do not think that I will be taking another 26.2 mile hike for awhile.
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THE STREETS ARE PAVED WITH GOLD - found another dime yesterday.
MONEY FOUND WHILE HIKING...The hobby that pays for itself
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