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Special hugs to family members who are suffering from the power outage right now. (Obviously, you won’t be reading this until power is restored. Duh! Lynne!)
Today is supposed to hit 90+ for the first time in…hmmm…it seems like it may be the first time this summer! I’ve been lucky. I choose to do a marathon […]

No running on The Plan today, so I did 15 minutes on the treadmill with a 10% grade, 10 minutes on the step mill, 10 minutes kicking ass on the bicycle and 3×25 on the ball with a medicine ball.
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Okay, so besides the fact that I’m a really, really slow runner, why was my run on Wednesday so slow?
It wasn’t extraordinarily hot.
I wasn’t tired.
I encountered no dogs or other reasons to slow down (although I did tell an older couple how to get to a specific bakery, even after they called me “sir.” Um, […]

I worked until 7:30 last night then after I got home we took the Hoon for his nightly trot around the neighborhood. We chatted briefly with a woman who has many wonderful dog friends and discovered that she’s an Animal Aid home — she fosters dogs until they find a permanent home so they aren’t […]

The Plan called for four today and I put in 4.3, slowly…very slowly.
More later…much to do.
Platter up: Lynne’s Mix #5. Never made it to Billy Idol but grooved on Sonia Dada and had a good old time.

Motivation: I downloaded and printed the race map today. Now that’s motivation!

New Feature!
It’s about time we get to know this little town that is hosting the marathon for which I’m training, don’t you think? So starting today, I’ll post a daily Chi-Town Scoop, and together we’ll learn all about Chicago.
Chi-Town Scoop According to the City of Chicago Office of Tourism, there are 26,630 hotel rooms in […]

Yeah, yeah. I know that “blazing fast” is not a phrase that would be used to describe how I run. But 4 miles at an average pace of 10:37 is very fast for me! I think I was taking my work frustrations out on the road.
To the sounds of…Nick Drake, Nick Cave (all Nick, all […]

Tuesday AM is sleep-in day, so I was in bed until 6 am. Joy!That joy, however, was short-lived. The other writer at our agency is leaving.
When there is a tremendous amount of work going on in his accounts.
And all of it is due by mid-October.
Fuck. FUCK!
I always knew he’d leave us. He’s a great guy, […]

It’s a rest day on the marathon training schedule, but for me that means BFL-style cardio. So I did 20 minutes of intervals on the treadmill, at speeds ranging from 5.2 mph to 8.0 mph with a 1%-2% grade. Then I walked another 8 minutes at 4-15% grade, bicycled for 8 minutes and did 3×25 […]

The best days are when you feel invincible, like you were always meant to move, always meant to be an athlete, always meant to succeed.
Those days, my friends, are few and far between.
Most days are like today. When I awoke at 4:20, I just did NOT WANT TO GET OUT OF BED, DAMMIT and I […]