I’m finally getting around to writing my race report on Chicago Marathon 2017. Lately I’ve been so busy with my team at LivestockCIty, but that’s another post for another time. My original plan was to try to get into NYC Marathon for 2017 until I heard it would be the 40th Anniversary at Chicago, AND Chicago moved their deadline up to be before NYC’s (I wish they would move
October 21st, 2014
Chicago is in the books!
I did it! The positive result of endless perseverance and determination finally came as I crossed the finish line at the Bank of America Chicago Marathon. It has been quite a journey to reach this summit. My story follows. In 2013, I was going full force, running about 750 miles total for the year – more than double what I did in 2012. I had completed 3 half marathons, all
September 27th, 2014
Chicago Training Continued
I was so busy this week that I am just now updating about last Sunday’ s run. I set out to attempt 22 miles, not knowing how my knee/ankle would respond. My previous longest run has been 18 miles. It was a long run! I’ll just summarize – I made it 21 miles. My knee was great and my ankle okay. But I must have had fueling/drinking issues because I