This was my second time running the 10 Nautical Mile (11.5 miles) Fort2Base race that goes from Fort Sheridan Army Base to the Great Lakes Naval Base. I was lucky enough to win a free entry from Valerie over at The Style Files. Here in the Chicago area we’ve been sweltering in a “ring of [Read More]
Race Report: Espirit de She Chicago
On Thursday night I headed down into the city for the Espirit de She 5k/10k. Minus the 2-hours spent sitting in traffic, I loved everything about being an Ambassador for this race. I got there with enough time to snag (free!) street parking, catch my breath and take in the beauty that is the Chicago [Read More]
Race Report: Soldier Field 10 Mile
Unlike last week, this time I was not up ahead of my 3:40 alarm, but rather in the midst of a dream when I was awakened. One where I was calculating training paces for one of my run coaching clients. I’ve heard that deep sleep is when the brain orders its thoughts and apparently that’s [Read More]
Chicago Spring Half Marathon
I muttered my usual “why do I do this?” when I got up at 3:40 to begin the trek into the city for this race. I tell myself no more city races, yet I keep finding myself running them. I had a special guest star today. I was picking up Wendy, the voice behind Taking [Read More]
Flying Pig 3-Way Part II: Half Marathon Day
If you’re just joining us, look here for the 5k and 10k action that preceeded this half. I woke Sunday morning in the wee hours to loud voices in our hotel hallway. A prom the night before apparently partied on in the hallway. At 3am. Ugh. I never got fully back to sleep, so at [Read More]
Flying Pig 3-Way Challenge
The Skyline Chili 3-Way Challenge and Flying Pig weekend are in the history books and I lived to tell about it. Let me back up and say this was not my idea. Thing 2 is obsessed with all things pig and has begged me to do this race for years. Finally I acquiesced. When I [Read More]
Race Report: The One w/a Dogfight to the Finish
I entertained blowing this one off. It was a crazy night. A house not a half mile down the road was leveled by a gas explosion, taking 6 other homes with it. 20 houses on fire in all. The loudest, scariest sound I’ve ever heard in my life. It took me hours to settle down [Read More]
Eggshell Shuffle Race Report
On Saturday morning, we ran the Eggshell Shuffle. This year Thing 1 agreed to run and recruited a friend to join her as well. The weather was pretty much perfection minus a little wind. Like I mentioned in my last post, I took the Yoplait Greek 100 Taste-Off to the race for more taste testing. Runners [Read More]
Lincoln Presidential Race Report
On Friday my ‘runtourage’ and I headed to Springfield, IL for the 50th running of the Lincoln Presidential Half Marathon. 50 years=wow. We stayed at the Hilton which was the race’s host hotel so packet pickup was nice and easy. 75 cent parking? Toto we are not in Chicago anymore! The expo was nothing special. [Read More]
Long Grove Turkey Trot
I did the 5k right here in our tiny town for a third time, the second time on this course. It was cold. Although warmer than I expected, the wind chill was 15, making this probably the coldest race I’ve done…unless my runner’s amnesia is flaring. This race has grown exponentially. It sold out before [Read More]
