113 Days Until The Chicago Marathon

Thursday 6/18.
9:02 AM.
Schick && back.
3 mi.
24:18.
8:06/mi.
My legs felt super weak. I went out at what I thought was a relaxed pace. Not quite an easy run, but by no means was it a hard run either. It was kind of a building run, but not by much. I stayed pretty consistent, I think. The good thing was that my quads && hams were what was bothering me during this run. My knee surprisingly didnt really bother me that much at all. :)

Wednesday 6/17.
9:23 AM.
Devon && back.
5.10 mi.
51:37.
8:09/mi.
I was really pleased w this run. I mostly felt really sore. My knee didnt bother me that much which is great! The second mile was kind of slow, but I started to feel good after the third mile. I picked up the pace a lot.
9 PM.
Bartlett LIFEcenter.
Weight Circuit.
I did an 8 min warmup (1.9 mi) && about a 14 min cooldown (3.35 mi) on the upright bike. I kind of lost track of time on the cooldown bc I was on the phone w Bill. I was having a freak out, but I prolly should have waited until after I stretched && calmed down to call him back though.

Tuesday 6/16.
9:02 AM.
Schick && back.
3.10 mi.
26:00.
8:23/mi.
Oh heyyy, its Boston marathon qualifying pace! Rawr. Now if only I can hold that for 26.2 miles again. Actually, I need to go faster than that if I want to accomplish my goal. Boo. Decent run though. I could have felt better. I was tired from the weight circuit the night before, I think. The knee felt the same. Nothing unusual.

This week has been a mostly productive week. We got the food tasting done on Wednesday night. Now we have a menu && we got our centerpiece idea approved. Yayness. We finished up w our sponsor couple on Thursday night. Tomorrow we are going to register for gifts - finally!

I was in cleaning mode last night && this morning. Actually, I woke up way later than planned. I wanted to be up at like 8am, but instead I wasnt up until around 11am. I think I have my sleeping habits way messed up. I guess thats what summer does, but I allow myself to put off sleep if I want to. It doesnt feel like summer though. If I didnt know any better Id say it was spring. It rains nearly every day &&/or night. Im surprised it hasnt rained on me during a run yet. Knock on wood. The weather during my runs has been great actually. Apparently the tornado siren went off this morning. I was comatose so I of course didnt hear it. We had t-storms all day today && it was super humid. We finally have the air conditioning on in our house. Thank God.