chicago

chicago registration opens on february 1st. i'm excited to make it official!
i'm going to register early because it fills up QUICK.

training plan

today i figured out my training plan for chicago.
i am going to follow this plan again. it has worked for me twice already.

following the 18 week plan, means i will start training the week of June 8th. registration hasn't opened yet, so it's not official yet. but the plan is to run it...

other plans for the year include a 2oK at the end of may and a 10K in july.

i'd love to hear about your goals/plans for 2009!

chicago

seriously considering chicago now in october 2009.
i still can't believe i am typing that.

2009

planning for 2009.
i'm considering running the chicago marathon.
yikes......did i just type that?

7

ran in a 7 mile cross-country race this morning. 25 degrees temps with 9 creek crossings. lots of mud and tons of people dressed up crazy. it was so much fun! sooo cold at the finish though and it started snowing just as we ended.

here we all are dressed like pirates (gotta love my pants from the thrift store. they were 2 sizes too big, but the skulls went so well that i couldn't resist).
such a fun way to end the race season for the year!

pushing on

it's getting cold here and dark early, which makes it harder to get my miles in. i'm pulling out the treadmill and i'll be trying to make friends w/it again. i probably won't update my every run here until late winter/early spring when i start training for another 1/2. i will be updating my miles in the sidebar.

i hope you continue to increase your miles and finish the year stronger than you were in the beginning of the year.

5

5 with the wind at my back. 63 degrees. beautiful. a good day.

finally broke 400 miles for the year. hoping to run 500, which means i must do about 2-3 on average every day. we'll see how it goes...