Apparently this is the “Rob-goes-for-a-walk” blog
It seems like I only talk about lunch-time walks these days. Well, they are fun when I get to do them and I've been photographing a lot along the way so, why not?
Yesterday and today were both nice days for walking during lunch. 3 miles yesterday, 2.8 miles today. Yesterday I walked Randolph St. to Racine and then back and around the river area. Today was down Lake St. to Ada St. and then back along Randolph St.
Lake Street is interesting because it cuts through part of the Fulton Market district. Lots of food warehouses and guys in bloody white butchers coats standing around outside on their lunch breaks. The smells range from the horrific (dumpster next to a fish warehouse) to the exotic (spice wholesaler). Today I saw a guy loading 3 giant plastic garbage buckets full of scrap meat into a truck. I wanted to take a picture, but I still have this fear of photographing strangers.
Lake Street also has the El (Green Line) running right above it, and a walk under it can be painful to the ears.
On my way back along Randolph I stopped at a bar and grill for a burger (considered and then reject the idea of having a lunch-time beer) and eventually arrived back to work only 10 minutes late. Not too bad. Snapped some interesting (to me at least) photographs and stretched the legs.
cetan.org has been moving along swimmingly. I'm pretty happy with having it update every two days. I do need to get in there and cleanup the stylesheets a bit though.
Well isn’t that nice
While the weather is making lunch time walks difficult, I spent 30 minutes on the elliptical machine tonight (and 20 minutes last night). I forgot to check the approximated total number of calories burned by the end of tonights exercise but the last number I remember was 220.
Turns out that 20 oz bottle of Mountain Dew I had with lunch has 183 calories.
So, I worked off a bottle of Dew and that's about it.
*sigh* I can see this is going to go well...
A little bit further…
The near 50 deg temps lead me west down Madison St. today. 1.3 miles out and 1.3 miles back. Fewer photos, which is how I was able to get further out this time, and I think I could go further still within the hour.
This is where I'd like to head next:
http://lnk.nu/maps.google.com/7lc
Sadly, our wonderful temps won't be back for a bit. But when they are, I'll be ready 
Stretch the legs
Despite the fact that it's only 34 deg F downtown today (a tad below the predicted high of 39, I might add) I decided I couldn't miss any of the sunshine, however fleeting it was going to be (and it was).
So I grabbed my @work camera and started walking west down Washington Ave. Turns out that, with traffic lights and snapping photos along the way, I can get just about 1.1 miles in 30 minutes. Which is what, in fact, I did.* After a quick block over and back to Randolph St., I headed back and was at my desk by the end of lunch.
Things I learned during my walk today:
- There is now a Le Peep almost right next to Harpo Studios. Like MacArthur, I will return. Unlike MacArthur it won't take me two years and cost hundreds of lives. At least I hope it won't.
- I need to be more brave when photographing within the city and less worried about people freaking out.
- My shoes really need to be more comfortable if I'm going to continue these long walks during lunch.
*When I used to drop off film at Lab One (before they closed), I would routinely walk 3 miles in that hour, but that was without stopping for new photographs.