Ok, I am not sure what day exactly hails the "start" of summer...but, really, for all intensive purposes summer is HERE! Today it was in the upper eighties here! Wonderful! I got two 4-mile runs in this week after work in the evenings (and some gym visits of course), which was great...the weather was perfect and it was SO nice to be able to take advantage of that.
So, after my race on April 11 (the half marathon that I wrote about!), I've ran in 2 additional events thus far this year...The Race to Wrigley ("just" a 5K) and The Lake Run (a 12K here in Bloomington). Awesome! I've had a great time at both. The Race to Wrigley was a tad underwhelming...it was hard to get a good run in, because the course was narrow; especially at the end when we had to run through the concourse of the ball field. There were soooo many people walking or taking it way easy, so it was actually somewhat dangerous at times to try to dodge people without hurting them or myself! All in all, though, it was a fun day. The Lake Run was also great...it was on May 2 and the weather was PERFECT! I actually drove up to Lake Bloomington, where the race was held, all by myself! I did end up seeing a few people I knew there (namely my boss, Kory, who was handing out water bottles at the end; he is a member of Kiwanis)...but for the most part I was by myself. I was fine, though, and had a really good time.
Here's my big news....I registered for the Chicago Marathon! Yup, believe it! Just 141 training days left, too! :) I am pretty pumped, but I am starting to get intermittently nervous :)
I hope to get in some other events this summer....we are registered to run the Bix together in July, and will probably run something on the 4th of July. That's all that we have planned for now, though :). I will probably try to get in another half marathon (at least) between now and October. We'll see! :)
Wish me luck! ;)
