Hell week is over...training has begun.

The NYC Half Marathon is over and I finally get to sleep again. I put in a lot of hours last week, but I was able to be about 15 yards from the finish line to watch the elites come in.

Anyway, today was day 1 of marathon training for Chicago. I really, really, really want to qualify for Boston, so I'm getting serious. I logged 3.5 miles this morning and then did another 6 miles tonight. Tomorrow is a track workout.

Thanks to a long work week and a hell of a cool boss, I'm now running in these:








These shoes are sweet. Completely different than anything I've run in. I'm hoping I can do long runs in them, because I want to run Chicago in the racer version of the the lunars.