MONON TRAIL

Tuesday was a day that began early in the morning with a customer in Indianapolis. It ended with me driving home and meeting my wife and daughter in Chinatown back in Chicago for my wife's birthday dinner. It was fun as my daughter and I surreptitiously planned for me to show up unexpectedly. Before I left Indianapolis, I spent some time on the MONON Trail. Before I returned to my car, I had trekked fifteen miles.

This tunnel is used to cross under Interstate 465 on the MONON Trail.

from wikipedia...

The Monon Trail is a rail trail located entirely within the state of Indiana. The Monon Railroad was a popular railroad line connecting the cities of Chicago and Indianapolis, with stops at major settlements along its route. After the decline of railroad travel and the sale of the company in 1987, the portion of the line between Indianapolis and Delphi, Indiana was abandoned. In the Indianapolis area, the trail consists of 18.1 miles (29.1 km) running through Hamilton and Marion counties, connecting Indianapolis, Carmel, and Westfield. The Monon Trail in the Indianapolis area runs from just north of downtown Indianapolis, passing through Martindale's Hillside Neighborhood, King Park, Mapleton-Fall Creek, Meridian-Kessler, Broad Ripple, and Nora neighborhoods, and then proceeding intoCarmel and Westfield, Indiana, a length of 18.1 miles (29.1 km). In the Indianapolis area, the Monon Trail is used by more than 1.3 million people annually. The trail has been cited as having a positive economic impact to neighborhoods adjacent to the trail, including Broad Ripple in Indianapolis and the mixed-use developments of downtown Carmel, which have experienced a large growth in population over the past decade.

I started my hike on the MONON Trail at 65th Street and hiked up to 111th Street.  There was a  side trip to Whole Foods at 86th Street. Once I reached 111th Street, I returned to my car along a different route.  The last couple of miles on the return trip were in a Forest Preserve which was particularly enjoyable. 

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Your Food Diary For:

Tuesday, August 9, 2016

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Kroger - Grits	600	126	6	12	2,040	6
	600	126	6	12	2,040	6
L U N C H
SUN DRIED FIGS, 40 g (approx 4 figs)	130	42	0	1	0	28
UNSWEETENED BANANA CHIPS	225	21	13	3	7	1
FRENCH VANILLA ALMOND GRANOLA	200	37	6	4	48	11
YOGURT ALMONDS	220	22	14	4	20	19
	775	122	33	12	75	59
D I N N E R
Chinese Beef LoMein	450	50	17	23	879	4
Sweet & Sour Pork	300	41	2	27	225	21
Wonton soup	200	16	8	16	850	1
	950	107	27	66	1,954	26
S N A C K S
Sobe Life Water - Coconut Water	80	21	0	0	110	20
SEMI-SWEET CHOCOLATE CHIPS	245	35	14	4	0	28
Chinese Almond Cookie, 2 cookie	200	22	12	2	40	0
Chinese - Fortune Cookie, 1 Cookie	30	7	0	0	22	4
	555	85	26	6	172	52
Totals	2,880	440	92	96	4,241	143
Your Daily Goal	4,413	551	147	221	2,300	165
Remaining	1,533	111	55	125	-1,941	22
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 2,483 extra calories from exercise today

If every day were like today...   You'd weigh 197.5 lbs in 5 weeks.

Your Exercise Diary for:

Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
15 Mile Hike	216	2,686
Daily Total / Goal	216 / 30	2,686 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	391 / 210	4,410 / 4,130

CHINATOWN in Chicago

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and finally...some history... from monon.org

The Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railroad, known affectionately as the Monon, is Indiana's own. Monon derives from Potawatomi Indian words that sounded to the first settlers like metamonong or monong and seemingly meant "tote", or "swift running". In 1882, the railroad started printing "The Monon Route" on company maps, later naming itself "Monon - The Hoosier Line" on timetables, letterheads, and rolling stock.