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Chicago Marathon Training Recap Week #5

Read this Post: Chicago Marathon Training Recap Week #5*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 run cause I was tired. Waited as much as I could before going out for…
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Chicago Marathon Training Recap Week #6
Read this Post: Chicago Marathon Training Recap Week #6*Week #6, August 31-September 6 Monday: OFF I was sick with a cold. Definitely was not happy about it. I had been sick in July but this time it was much worse. Tuesday: 4 miles The plan was to run at an easy pace with 10 strides. It was a hot and muggy day. Did not…
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Chicago Marathon Training Recap Week #7

Read this Post: Chicago Marathon Training Recap Week #7*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 The plan was to run at an easy pace. It was my nephew’s birthday so I…
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Chicago Marathon Training Recap Week #8

Read this Post: Chicago Marathon Training Recap Week #8*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 wasn’t sure if I could run today. I spent a few hours setting up my…
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Chicago Marathon Training Recap Week #10

Read this Post: Chicago Marathon Training Recap Week #10*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 miles @11:13 average pace. Tuesday: 5 miles The plan was: mile 1: 11:00-11:30; mile 2, 3:…
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Chicago Marathon Training Recap Week #11

Read this Post: Chicago Marathon Training Recap Week #11I 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 stick around with me for the journey. *Week #11, July 27-August 2 Monday: Spinning and…
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Friday Randomness – July 31, 2015
Read this Post: Friday Randomness – July 31, 20151. Is it weird to get excited when your coach emails you dates of upcoming long runs? So far I have 18 on 8/22; 20 on 9/5; 18 on 9/12; and 20 on 9/19. Ha, it’s been a long time since I’ve done anything longer than 13.1 miles. It must have been Spring 2014 when…
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Shipyard Old Port Half Marathon

Read this Post: Shipyard Old Port Half MarathonAnother really late post. I am usually really good about posting race recaps right away but somehow I slacked with this one. It won’t happen again. I ran the Shipyard Old Port Half Marathon on Saturday, July 11. So that was state #34 for me. You can read about what I did the day before…
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Trip to Portland, Maine
Read this Post: Trip to Portland, MaineA little late with this post but better late than never right? Two weeks ago I flew into Boston to meet up with Kim, Elizabeth, and Sonya. We were all running the Old Shipyard Port Half Marathon on Saturday morning. Elizabeth flew in from Atlanta and both Kim and Sonya flew from Portland, Oregon. I…
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Community Bank of Elmhurst 4 on the 4th
Read this Post: Community Bank of Elmhurst 4 on the 4thSaturday morning I was up for a race. Normally I have a long run with the CES group but due to the holiday my group did not meet. Instead, all of the groups from the various locations met on Sunday in one location. Back to the race. It is one of my favorites. Very cheap-$25-and…

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