Posted in chicago, marathon, running on Sunday, 12 October 2008 | 3 Comments »
Congratulations to everybody who ran the Chicago Marathon today! Y’all are awesome.
Since I swore after last year’s royal fuck-up that I’d never do Chicago again, I decided I should at least cheer the runners on. So I made a sign last night that said YES YOU CAN in huge blue letters, and I headed down [...]
Posted in running on Sunday, 27 January 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today I ran 13.1 miles in 2:15:18, a PR for me! That averages out to a 10:20 pace (10:16 for the first leg and 10:23 for the second leg). I prefer to run a negative split, in which you run the second half faster than the first, but that will be something to work on [...]
Posted in running on Saturday, 26 January 2008 | 2 Comments »
Tomorrow morning I am getting up at approximately o’dark thirty and running 13.1 miles in THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WEATHER EVER. Seriously, y’all, it was 75F today. That is about 80 degrees warmer than what I left early Friday morning. I might run extra-slow just to stay outside and enjoy the weather longer. Do you [...]
Posted in running on Monday, 14 January 2008 | 5 Comments »
Normally the new year brings some sense of renewal or rebirth. I’m not much for either New Year’s Eve partying or for resolutions, but the rest of the world seems to celebrate both, and so the passage of time somehow seems more profound. Except that this new year didn’t feel that new to me. Maybe [...]
Posted in running on Saturday, 8 December 2007 | 1 Comment »
I skipped my group run this morning so I could sleep in; I figured since it was only seven miles, it would be easy enough to do on my own (and yes, I do recognize the insanity of the words “only seven miles”). So I headed out about 10:30am. (The one nice thing about running [...]
Posted in chicago, marathon, running on Sunday, 28 October 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Posted in marathon, running on Wednesday, 10 October 2007 | 2 Comments »
A couple things about my first marathon took me by surprise—namely, the fact that it’s a more emotional experience than I would have guessed.
But there are few other things nobody told me about. Like how the last two nights I woke up every time I turned over in my sleep. My muscles were so sore [...]
Posted in marathon, running on Monday, 8 October 2007 | 6 Comments »
I was going to just stick this in the comments of the Marathon Recap post, but it’s too good to risk getting lost.
A sign at the starting line alerting us to the video camera said, “Smile Your On Camera.” Forget poor planning—I might never do this marathon again because of this sign.
A guy named Pat [...]
Posted in marathon, running on Monday, 8 October 2007 | 6 Comments »
As most of you already know, it sucked. It sucked a lot. The weather forecast for Sunday was never very good, but I don’t think anybody realized just how bad it would be. The Trib and Sun-Times both have decent write-ups, but since a lot of you have emailed, here’s what happened from my perspective.
I’m [...]
Posted in marathon, running on Thursday, 4 October 2007 | 4 Comments »
I had hoped I’d be able to finish recording all my Panama stories by now, but I’m moving pretty slowly, and I need to interrupt the travelogue to tell you about the other Big Thing: Marathon Sunday. Yup, this Sunday is when 22 weeks of training and complaining culminate in one 26.2-mile race. From my [...]
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