*Week #3, September 21-27 Monday: PLAN – OFF ACTUAL – OFF and went to see podiatrist. My feet don’t hurt as much as before but I have some horrible calluses that I cannot get rid of no matter how much…

*Week #4, September 14-20 Monday: OFF Tuesday: 8 miles The plan was 2 miles easy, 2 x 1 mile tempo pace with 1 minute walk in between, 2 miles easy, 1 mile tempo, and 1 mile easy. I switch my Tuesday and Wednesday runs…

*Week #5, September 7-13 Monday: OFF Day off from school and from running. Tuesday: 3 miles and 10 strides The plan was to run them all easy. A humid day but luckily not as hot.  I did not want to…

*Week #7, August 24-30 Monday: OFF Best email I received on Monday. Back to work.  I was in meetings all day so that was fun.  Here are some pictures of my room. This one makes me smile. Tuesday: 5 miles…

*Week #8, August 17-23 Monday: OFF Tuesday: 6 miles I’ve been having pain in my IT band in both legs.  On Monday I went to get a massage and while it was painful, I felt so much better afterwards. I…

*Week #10, August 3-9 Monday: Spinning and 3 miles at easy pace I did not feel as tired as I normally do on my run.  It must have been because I took it easy in the spin class. Total 3…

I will start writing a weekly recap of my training for the Chicago Marathon.  The last one I posted was this one back in June.  And it wasn’t really a recap but more of a summary.  So I hope you…