Most people who run the Chicago Marathon, or any marathon, plan and train for months and months in advance. Regular readers of this blog are aware that I am not most people, besides I do not plan to ever run the Chicago Marathon, or any marathon, ever. I like to walk. I can easily be convinced to walk a marathon. In essence, I train for such an endeavor year-round. As midnight approached on Saturday night and I was reminded that the Chicago Marathon would be the next day, I came to the conclusion that this would be a good idea, that is, to walk the Chicago Marathon, again. Last year, I stumbled on the marathon as I was taking a two hour morning walk, and simply decided to walk along the sidewalk of the racecourse until I had logged 26.2 miles. That is precisely what I did one year ago. This year, the only change, was that I walked out my front door 'knowing' that I was going to travel 26.2 miles. I logged nearly 4 miles in nearby Lincoln Park before 'joining' the marathon route from the sidewalk. Just like last year, I did not take a single cup of water, or half a banana or even a cheer from the sidelines that did not belong to me. As far as anyone is concerned who might have seen me, it would appear that I was moving to get a better vantage point to view the event. I was moving along the course for a bit more than 20 miles until my mapmywalk application confirmed that I had traveled 26.2 miles. I was racing only against myself. I admit that I was a bit perturbed to discover that last year, I completed 26.2 miles four minutes quicker. Let's face it, last year I was a young man of 57 years old, this year, I am now 13 months shy of my 60th birthday - so I am happy that I was able to complete my task. I am one of those people who never knows when enough is enough. As soon as I 'ended' my workout at 26.2 miles, I started a new workout and walked an additional 7 miles to a grocery store near my home and met my family there for a celebratory early dinner. I walked 33 miles on Sunday. I am a person with an unusual hobby - and I love it.
I took one picture to try to show the 'zillions' of runners that were passing me all day long. |
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This is the smile of man who has just walked 26.2 miles in 5 hours, 43 minutes and 32 seconds. |
Your Food Diary For:
BREAKFAST | Calories
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Quaker - Grits - Instant - Original, 4 packet | 400 | 88 | 0 | 8 | 1,240 | 0 | |
Apple - Braeburn, 3 medium apples | 220 | 59 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 44 | |
Quaker - Chewy Granola, 2 bar | 180 | 38 | 4 | 2 | 160 | 14 | |
800 | 185 | 5 | 11 | 1,400 | 58 | ||
L U N C H | |||||||
Spicy Salmon Maki | 350 | 39 | 16 | 14 | 278 | 0 | |
Pineapple Melon Mango Grapes Fruit Salad | 750 | 175 | 0 | 13 | 125 | 163 | |
Bai Antioxidant Cocofusion Coconut Lime | 10 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 2 | |
Vitamin Water (Lemonade) Zero | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1,110 | 244 | 16 | 27 | 473 | 165 | ||
D I N N E R | |||||||
Polish Kielbasa Smoked Sausage | 170 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 570 | 1 | |
Enriched Hot Dog Bun, 1 bun | 110 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 220 | 2 | |
Post Great Grains (Raisins, Dates & Pecans) | 800 | 156 | 15 | 15 | 514 | 50 | |
1,080 | 179 | 32 | 25 | 1,304 | 53 | ||
S N A C K S | |||||||
Hersheys Dark Chocolate Bar | 500 | 28 | 38 | 9 | 100 | 11 | |
500 | 28 | 38 | 9 | 100 | 11 | ||
Totals | 3,490 | 636 | 91 | 72 | 3,277 | 287 | |
Your Daily Goal | 7,455 | 932 | 248 | 373 | 2,300 | 279 | |
Remaining | 3,965 | 296 | 157 | 301 | -977 | -8 | |
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*You've earned 5,525 extra calories from exercise today |
If every day were like today...
You'd weigh 174.4 lbs in 5 weeks.
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