4 days to the Chicago Marathon!  And I'm thinking about time predictions... I'm very proud of my marathon history.  I've run 12 marathons over the last 14 years.  I have many that were disappointing for one reason or another, and many that were kick-ass awesome.  It is fun to periodically look through the results and

5 days to the Chicago Marathon!  And I decided to take a rest day this morning.  I could have ran, and under other circumstances I would have, but with only 1 day off after a hard triathlon, with some muscle soreness in my legs, just decided to give it one more day.  In a perfect

6 days to the Chicago Marathon!  And I was way too busy today to write up my race report from yesterday.  Maybe I'll start on the report tonight and try to get it finished tomorrow. The news to report is that I finished 25 out of 27 in my age group (M 35-39 was actually

7 days to the Chicago Marathon!  And today I had a blast at the Red Bank Triathlon, and ran a great race (for me).  Now I can enter my taper in peace :) I'll write up a full race report later, but here are the stats, as recorded on my watch: Swim (1/4 mileish) -

8 days to the Chicago Marathon!  And today, I made a silly video. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkwU3boNXTM&hd=1] Not much to add.  Rest day today, but had fun out with my 9 year old around town, including the New York Aquarium.  The trip to Baskin Robbins afterwards unfortunately tied my stomach in knots, but was worth it, and I'm

9 days to the Chicago Marathon!  And today will be a rest day from running, although I did have a great session with my personal trainer at lunchtime.  My set of sessions are done and now time to think about whether I want to pay the king's ransom required to continue working with him.  It

Running – 84.7 miles over 13 runs.  Probably not as many miles as I would like in my last month before a marathon, but it was my second consecutive month over 80 miles, so I'll take it.  At 764.8 miles, I am still on target for my goal of 1000 miles for the year.  I'm

10 days to the Chicago Marathon!  And I got another late run in, pushing the distance up to 7.9 miles.  It felt good.  I didn't feel like I would be able to go another 18.3 miles, but I'm sure on race day in Chicago it will not be nearly as windy or as humid.  At

11 days to the Chicago Marathon!  And today I was too busy to think much about it.  I did get a run in early this morning, which was a bonus, but then didn't have a chance to think about it the rest of the day. I'm attending a conference here in NYC, which means long