It is springtime here in Philadelphia. Since the weather was warmer, my next assignment starts tomorrow, and someone suggested I should excercise more I decided to take a long walk.
I walked out the door at 1:20 or so, determined to walk a marathon (i.e. 26.2 miles.) To start, I headed from my front door to Market street. I went on Mapquest and verified the distance to calibrate my pedometer. The sky was overcast, but walking quickly I was soon warm even in my light jacket.
The pedometer was correct to within 6% (close enough for my purposes) and so I started walking around. After zipping into Chinatown I walked across the Delaware and back again. Then I checked out the very cool Northern Liberties neighborhood and had an iced coffee and baklava at Elixir Cafe.
Then I headed back towards home. Unfortunately I got nowhere near a marathon. Instead, I walked only 12 miles. Ah well, maybe next time.
