going back

one sunday morning a few weeks ago i was sitting cross legged at center court of my high school gymnasium with my nine year old daughter. she chose to wake up early and accompany me to support my brother in-law who was running the lakefront marathon, which begins at the high school.

gone are the mascot that i knew and the mural that my sister had painted. still remaining seems to be the PA system which relayed instructions to the runners prepping to depart. honestly, it was a bit trippy to sit and listen with my daughter sitting next to me rather than classmates from years gone by.

after watching the start of the race, we headed south and was able to see him twice along the course with a quick breakfast in between views. we brought along some lightweight folding chairs and found a nice spot near the finish to cheer him along as he finished his second marathon; which was significantly faster than his first marathon earlier this year.

as of late i’ve been reducing my miles to prep for a longer race of my own. i’m a bit old school with my approach and wait until the last few days before the race to register so i can be sure the weather is reasonable. if it isn’t then i’ve got a backup event to consider for the next weekend. this pretty much eliminates me from being able to run the lakefront or chicago marathon’s these days but back in the late 1990’s it was no big deal to register at the race expo for either event.

recent training
Oct 1 – off
Oct 2 – 5 miles
Oct 3 – 7 miles
Oct 4 – 8 miles
Oct 5 – 5 miles
Oct 6 – 9 miles
Oct 7 – off
Oct 8 – 5 miles
Oct 9 – 7 miles
Oct 10 – 6 miles
Oct 11 – 7 miles
Oct 12 – 7 miles
Oct 13 – 12.5 miles
Oct 14 – off
Oct 15 – 5 miles
Oct 16 – 5 miles
Oct 17 – 7 miles
Oct 18 – off

MTD – 95.5 miles (14/18 days)
YTD – 1,828.5 miles (255/292 days)
Odometer – 34,553 miles

19. October 2012 by Jerry Cameron
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