Chicago Marathon Week

Good morning.

Well, here we are. It's Chicago Marathon week and the excitement is starting to build.

A light training week this will be.

I feel great and look forward to letting my body glue itself back together. Come race day it should be all systems go.

I had my last sorta long run yesterday. It was an easy effort and I had to hold myself back. My legs wanted to go faster, especially once I hit the Lakefront path. The "passing" gene wanted to take over but I said, shut up legs.

The weather was nice and cool. Still a hat drenching sweat was had.

I was a little surprised by how low my heart rate was for this run. I don't recall ever staying under 120 beats per minute for an entire run. Interesting.

Split Time Moving Time Distance Elevation Gain Elevation Loss Avg Pace Avg Moving Pace Best Pace Avg HR Max HR Steps Calories
1 0:09:38 0:09:25 1 0 6 9:38 9:25 8:09 108 118 0 56
2 0:08:42 0:08:38 1 11 0 8:42 8:38 6:28 114 128 0 53
3 0:08:32 0:08:30 1 2 0 8:32 8:30 6:21 115 127 0 50
4 0:08:43 0:08:29 1 95 114 8:43 8:29 4:15 115 121 0 49
5 0:08:48 0:08:38 1 13 0 8:48 8:38 5:43 115 126 0 47
6 0:08:39 0:08:08 1 6 0 8:39 8:08 7:25 116 136 0 41
7 0:08:48 0:08:28 1 0 3 8:48 8:28 7:25 117 137 0 40
8 0:08:54 0:08:20 1 0 4 8:54 8:20 7:37 117 138 0 41
9 0:08:37 0:08:26 1 8 7 8:37 8:26 7:54 118 129 0 41
10 0:00:02 0:00:03 0.01 0 0 6:55 7:54 8:22 117 117 0 0
Summary 1:19:27 1:17:05 9.01 135 134 8:49 8:33 4:15 114 138 0 418



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" Beyond the very extreme of fatigue and distress, we may find amounts of ease and power we never dreamed ourselves to own, sources of strength never taxed at all because we never push through the obstruction."

* It takes courage to push yourself to places that you have never been before... to test your limits... to break through barriers. And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” - Anais Nin