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Friday, 03 February 2012 - Written by lazyking [profile] Hi everyone. I just signed up for the Chicago Marathon and I'm SOOOOO excited about it. I haven't been in such good mood or happy in a looooong time. Registration opened 2 days ago and the website says that over 30000 people have already registered and the limit is 45000. So if you want to run it or know someone who wants to, do it now and tell them to register now because it might sell out by Monday. It's 150$ but this is Chicago (expensive city) and the Chicago Marathon is the 2nd biggest marathon in the country and in the top 5 worldwide. |
Last year, I went there to cheer on some running buddies and I had a fantastic weekend watching the race. This year, I'll be running it and hopefully BQ. To answer ADIGERATI, no I can't BQ in Louisville I need a 3:04 and I'm shooting for a 3:1X. Chicago has the habit of being super hot in October (over 80 degrees in the last 2 years) so my main goal is to have a great time and run a decent time. But I'll go for a PR if I know that I can do it.
Now, back to this week marathon training: I skipped my speed workouts and only focused on getting my mileage up. I also took an extra day rest and got new shoes. I'll try to take it easy tomorrow during my long run and I should reach my 40 miles goal for the week. I did two seances of stationary biking and accumulated 29.5 miles. This has been a very emotional week for me but I'm glad that at least my training is getting back to shape and I should do my first 20 miler in a month which I'm very excited about. Have a great weekend warriors!
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