134 Days Until The Chicago Marathon

Saturday 5/30.
12:08 PM.
AT Loop.
5 mi.
42:44.
8:33/mi.

I had right knee pain still. Im not sure how long that will be bothering me. It kind of has me worried. My chest was hurting more towards the right lung && it was hard to breathe. Im not sure if the freshly cut grass was affecting me. It is allergy season after all. My body was giving me all sorts of aches && pains. I accepted running slow. I am terribly out of shape. I ran a lil more than originally intended. The bridge is under construction on Schick. I guess I wont be running a Mayflower Loop for awhile.

Thursday 5/28.
8:39 PM.
Bills Apt - out && back towards 14.
3 mi.
24:36.
8:12/mi.

I had right knee && left lower shin pain. I got a side stitch on my left side at one point. I need to start running consistently again or I am doomed to be reunited with the world of injuries.

Bill made us dinner on Thursday. That was a nice surprise. He made our favorite stir fry meal. I feel like we see each other less often these days. That may or may not be true. I fell asleep early last nite && I woke up late this morning. Im feeling a bit fatigued as of lately. I think its because I dont sleep much on the weekdays. Running is proving to be difficult. That can mostly be attributed to being out of shape. Its kind of pathetic that I can get out of shape so quickly. I feel like I cant run any faster than marathon pace no matter how short my runs are. I hope to change that soon.

Final exams started on Friday. Only 3 days of high school remain && I will have officially completed my first full year of teaching. I know Ive been desperately waiting for summer, but packing up my classroom is a lil depressing. I will miss most of my classes. The key word there is most. I hope I get good groups of kids next year. I hope I can become a better teacher next year too. I have a 5-8 page paper due in 10 days. I have yet to start typing. I lack confidence in my writing abilities so I keep putting it off. I got a good resource for my paper from my principal yesterday. I got the information I needed from him about our districts policies too.