Now you may be wondering, just how many "by foot" miles have I logged this week. Well, I'll start by saying that after being on the train for over 2 1/2 hours Monday I was ready for an afternoon walk! So with the cooperation of the weather in the Big Apple I walked about a mile before having the opportunity to indulge in a specialty order of Chocolate Chunk and Raspberry Pancakes at the Clinton Baking Co! Another mile+ after dinner was very helpful for settling that very satisfied feeling of eating an amazing dinner - even if it was pancakes!
Tuesday morning I started right off by getting in 3 miles (my standard mileage) in the early stages of a light snow! Now, keeping a steady pace during the morning rush hour of bodies headed to work is no easy task ... especially in a light snowfall. Thank goodness I was not worried about looking fashionable at 8:00 AM! I was able to pop in to Crumbs for a pickup of muffins, croissant and classic cupcakes.
Following this outing I logged another mile or so of leisurely walking in the snow doing errands and such with my girls and then we headed uptown for a wonderful lunch at Sarabeth's ( a favorite of ours!) I had a wonderful cheddar burger that came with guacamole. Yum! Then a short walk to the Cooper Hewitt Museum for a small exhibit of Rodarte clothing and then over to Central Park. For those of you who don't know the Cooper Hewitt is located at 91st str. and 5th Ave. right near the entrance to Central Park at the reservoir. So off we went, southbound! Taking pictures and people watching took us 20 blocks south to the Alice in Wonderland statue at the Boat Pond. Here we exited the park and walked down 5th Avenue to Rockefeller Center and then over to Crumbs (yes, again!). And then we walked down to my daughter's apt. at 20th bet. 7th/8th Aves. Well, you do the math. 20 city blocks to the mile! and the east-west clocks are twice as long as a north-south block. Every foot matters (well, to me!) Once back at the apt. it was time to crash and eat pasta! One more evening walk about capped the day! I figured about 6.5 miles total.
Wednesday started with about a mile and a quick lunch at a favorite in my daughter's Chelsea neighborhood, Elmo. A delicious and light chicken breast sandwich curbed the appetite for anything more. Then off for another casual stroll which lasted an hour and a half and covered a couple more miles. During the outing I was in the Times Sq. area, 44th and Broadway, and actually bumped into a fellow townsperson - who said, "I never bump into people." And I replied, "Actually, this happens to me a lot!" Once my daughter's class was over we met up at 38th and 7th and chose a dining spot over on the East side (60th and bet. 3rd & 2nd), Serendipity, known for Frozen Hot Chocolate. My city daughter has been there before with me, but my VT daughter had not had the pleasure yet. So off we went. And despite an almost hour wait (well worth it!) we were seated upstairs and the girls shared a Mint Frozen Hot Chocolate. Okay - I had a couple of spoonfuls! Mostly I enjoyed a footlong hotdog!
And what does one do after dinner? Why walk more of course! Back over to 5th Avenue to see Bergdorf's windows and on down, again, to 20th and 7th o the apt. So - another 6 miles for the day.
Are you keeping track? Well, I am figuring for the NYC trip somewhere close to 16 miles total. Not too shabby.
Did I mention I also did Week 6, Day 1 pushups? Well, I did!
Thursday there was the travel back to VT - lots of sitting in a train and a car. And guess what? That was fine by me! A day off is good!
Friday brought the drive to Geneva. Reunion with my sister and brother-in-law... and pizza! After hours of conversation and a shared viewing of The Patriot (Mel Gibson and Heath Ledger!) I decided to just see how my consecutive pushup level was coming along and the answer was 60 modifieds! Pleased by this, I went to bed with a clear conscience having not walked measurable mileage either Thursday or Friday.
Welcome to Saturday. Off to the University of Rochester campus to pick up my niece and we roamed about "tour-style") for close to an hour. Then off to the local mall - Eastview. Now maling is stop & start walking, but we were at it for 3 hours! Gotta be some mileage in that. And yes, there was lunch at Johnny Rockets (a burger again!) but I skipped a shake ... and I shared french fries!
And that brings me to the here and now. The smell of roast beef cooking (thanks to my sister and brother-in-law) as well as Yorkshire Pudding. And let's not forget the red wine!
Sunday will bring 4 plus hours of driving ... but my sister has mentioned we can go walking at the indoor track in the morning!
Hmmm ... What to do? What to do ? Stay tuned.
I forgot to mention my breakfast Thursday morning. I had a wonderful waffle topped with fresh berries and a cinnamon whipped butter! Take that you darn modified pushups!
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