Entries from August 2008

August 24, 2008

16 Miles and Still Going Strong

If you’re participating in the Chicago Marathon Training Program, chances are you are up to about 16 miles. I was rather suprised to find that the 16 miler that we did yesterday was actually a lot easier than my 8-miler of last week. It odd, my the only real hard miles is the first 4-5 [...]

August 6, 2008

Dave’s Own Private Half-Marathon

This year I’ll be side-lining it for the Chicago Distance Classic. My wife is running it and I’ll be playing the role of spectator and Gatorade-hander-outer. I’m excited for her (it’s her first half-marathon) but I’m a little nervous for myself having been presented the challenge of doing this rather long run (13.1 miles for [...]