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.
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| I joined the racecourse before the elite runners came barreling by at their blistering 5mph pace. This photo shows the police escorts on motorcycles who are insuring that the path is clear for those elite runners who will practically finish the race before some of the thousands and thousands of runner behind the starting line actually get started. |
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| 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. |
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| This was the second walk of the day. Once I completed my 26.2 miles, I took a more leisurely urban hike 7 miles to Mariano's Market to meet my family for an early dinner. My pace when I was trying to go as fast as possible during the marathon was 13:06 minutes per mile. My pace when I was really trying to go much, much slower was still under 16 minutes per mile. |
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.
CHICAGO BANK OF AMERICA 2016
MARATHON RESULTS
Top 30 Men
Top 30 Women
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| The weather in Chicago for the marathon was spectacular. It is hard to believe that the elite runners who started at 7:30AM were crossing the finish line by 9:41AM. |
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