I Run Trails

2012-02-17T17:09:00.000-06:00

Fri, Feb 17, 2012 4:04 PM Central
Oak Lawn Neighborhood
Ran: 3.70 miles
Time: 28:51(hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 7:48 minutes/mile
Temperature: 54°

Short run around the neighborhood to keep loose before Sunday's half.

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2012-02-15T18:25:00.000-06:00

Wed, Feb 15, 2012 12:36 PM Central
Danada County Trails, Herrick Lake
Ran: 11.02 miles
Time: 1:34:12 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 8:33 minutes/mile
Temperature: 41°

Lunch time run, forgot the GU, tough run mentally.

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2012-02-13T18:52:00.000-06:00

Mon, Feb 13, 2012 12:51 PM Central
Danada County Trails, Herrick Lake
Ran: 11.01 miles
Time: 1:32:57 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 8:27 minutes/mile
Temperature: 30°

Lunchtime run, trails were still partially covered with snow, but at least there was no ice. I am looking forward to the Half Marathon in Apache Junction, AZ this coming Sunday, the warmer weather will be nice!

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2012-02-11T11:37:00.002-06:00

Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:51 AM Central
Country Lane Yellow Trail
Ran: 10.70 miles
Time: 1:38:16 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 9:11 minutes/mile
Temperature: 10°

Ready for the cold!

Our Saturday morning group run turned out to be a group of one, so I decided to run the full snowy, icy, hilly Yellow Trail in the 10° weather. I wasn't the only crazy one, I saw 5 other runners, a mountain biker and two walkers. The Yellow Trail is a blast all year long!

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2012-02-09T18:20:00.000-06:00

Thu, Feb 9, 2012 1:02 PM Central
Danada County Trails, Herrick Lake
Ran: 11.01 miles
Time: 1:34:18 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 8:34 minutes/mile
Temperature: 35°

Lunch time run, almost 100 percent, nice sunny day and no more ice on the trails. : )

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2012-02-08T21:25:00.000-06:00

Wed, Feb 8, 2012 3:34 PM Central
Country Lane Trails
Ran: 5.06 miles
Time: 43:15 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 8:33 minutes/mile
Temperature: 35°

Solo, back at the Country Lane trails, it has been almost a month since running these trails. Not quite 100 percent yet, but still enjoyed the hilly muddy trails!

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2012-02-07T18:00:00.000-06:00

Sat, Feb 4, 2012 7:07 AM Central
Turtlehead Lake, Palos Heights
Ran: 4.84 miles
Time: 53:51 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 11:07 minutes/mile
Temperature: 33°

Andy with a bad knee and me still feeling under the weather at Turtlehead Lake(10.5 mile loop), we both agreed that neither one of us were going to be able to run the full loop, so we decided to just run 3mi and back. Well, we ran the first 2 miles and then alternated between walking and running until we got back to the parking lot. My usual assessment is that it just about putting the miles in, but to be honest I feel that walking is like giving up...

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2012-02-02T18:05:00.001-06:00

Thu, Feb 2, 2012 1:01 PM Central
Danada County Trails, Herrick Lake
Ran: 11.01 miles
Time: 1:35:28 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 8:40 minutes/mile
Temperature: 40°

Lunch time run, very tough today, a little bit under the weather fighting off a cold, and it shows in my pace. But it is all about putting the miles in, so I am glad that I got it done.

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2012-01-31T18:21:00.000-06:00

Tue, Jan 31, 2012 4:15 PM Central
Oak Lawn Pavilion
Ran: 5.2 miles
Time: 40:23 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 7:48 minutes/mile
Temperature: Indoor

5 mile run on the indoor track. Tough run, something about the indoor track makes me run a faster, I never have a leisurely run..

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2012-01-30T19:02:00.002-06:00

Sat, Jan 28, 2012 8:02 AM Central
Texas Half Marathon
Ran: 13.1 miles
Time: 1:44:14(hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 7:57 minutes/mile
Temperature: 43°

Set a new PR for a half. The locals(Dallas) thought it was cold, but coming from the midwest the weather(mid 40s) was fine! Nice run around White Rock Lake. 1 of 12 Halfs done, next month Apache Junction, AZ, the Lost Dutchman Half Marathon!

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2012-01-25T18:17:00.000-06:00

Wed, Jan 25, 2012 12:17 PM Central
Danada County Trails, Herrick Lake
Ran: 11.04 miles
Time: 1:39:25 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 9:01 minutes/mile
Temperature: 32°

Another crack at my lunchtime run today. I remembered my pull over spikes, they really helped. I would say that at least 5 of the 11 miles was iced over trails. It tool a lot of concentration and focus to run on the trails today. But overall it was kinda of cool because it was such a challenge! So far this month, I have run in 10° weather, 8+ inches of snow on hilly trails and extremely icy trails, I still say better than a treadmill!

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2012-01-24T20:01:00.000-06:00

Tue, Jan 24, 2012 2:03 PM Central
Danada County Trails, Herrick Lake
Ran: 3.15 miles
Time: 26:24 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 8:23 minutes/mile
Temperature: 32°

My lunchtime run today was cut way short, ran 1 1/2 miles to the start of the limestone trail and had to head back because the trail was all ice and I forgot my pull over spikes in the locker. I was looking forward to the 11 mile run as my final run prior to the half marathon on Saturday. So it looks like I will try again tomorrow. Looking forward to a new PR in Dallas on Saturday, a relatively flat course around White Rock Lake.

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2012-01-23T18:05:00.000-06:00

Mon, Jan 23, 2012 4:15 PM Central
Oak Lawn Pavilion
Ran: 5.1 miles
Time: 39:18 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 7:42 minutes/mile
Temperature: Indoor

Solo on the indoor track. Nice pace running in circles : )

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2012-01-21T12:21:00.000-06:00

Sat, Jan 21, 2012 8:52 AM Central
Swallow Cliffs 6mi Loop
Ran: 6.94 miles
Time: 1:20:33 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 11:37 minutes/mile
Temperature: 20°

Angelica, Shawn and myself at Swallow Cliffs, running in 9" of snow. What a workout! The hills were like running in place. I wore the pull over spikes, which don't help much with all the snow, but there were a few bare stretches with ice and they seemed to work well. Overall, a fun run in the snow.

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2012-01-19T17:52:00.000-06:00

Thu, Jan 19, 2012 10:59 AM Central
Danada County Trails, Herrick Lake
Ran: 11.04 miles
Time: 1:35:36 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 8:40 minutes/mile
Temperature: 11°

Lunchtime run in the cold, it 11° at the start and 9° at the end. The trails were very icy, of course I left my pull over spikes in my bag because I mistakenly thought that all of the snow from last week had melted, so it was a slick, hard, bumpy run. A new temp record for me, at least I was prepared clothing wise, I can honestly say that I was not cold.

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2012-01-16T15:40:00.000-06:00

Mon, Jan 16, 2012 11:20 AM Central
Country Lane Yellow TrailRan: 11.00 miles
Time: 1:37:35(hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 8:52 minutes/mile
Temperature: 43°

Solo on the snow covered Yellow trail, once there is snow on the trails there is a role reversal for the limestone portion and the narrow wooded portions of the trail; with snow, the limestone portion is more difficult because of the slipping going up the hills and the narrow wooded portion of the trails are easier because of the packed snow(Thank you mountain bikers). I brought by pull over spikes with me but didn't need them because there was no ice on the trails and my trail running shoes were fine. Overall, it was a pretty tough run today.

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2012-01-14T11:27:00.001-06:00

Burbank Frosty 5K
Ran: 3.1 miles
Time: 24:14 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 7:48minutes/mile
Temperature: 14°

Angelica, Maria, Andy and I running the Burbank Frosty 5K. The conditions were cold, with snow flurries, and the streets were salty, icy and slushy. For me a new record PW(personal worst), I learned two important things, 1) don't run 5 miles the night before a race, and 2) Be sure to tie your running pants before a race. I decided to wear my waterproof/windproof running pants for the race, when I put them on in the warm house they were very snug so I didn't tie them, but after about a mile into the race in the cold temps they loosened up and I had to keep pulling them up, then after about two miles I had to hold them up while I was running until the end of the race : ( . It was a fun race, just wished that I was better prepared.

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2012-01-13T19:24:00.000-06:00

Fri, Jan 13, 2012 5:30 PM Central
Oak Lawn Pavilion Indoor Track
Ran: 5.1 miles
Time: 39.35 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 7:48 minutes/mile
Temperature: Indoor

Andy and I at the Pavilion. Felt great after a day off running. I rather run outside but the indoor track is a convenience when you are short on time.

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2012-01-12T16:39:00.000-06:00

Wed, Jan 11, 2012 12:00 PM Central
Danada County Trails, Herrick Lake
Ran: 11.04 miles
Time: 1:33:58 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 8:31 minutes/mile
Temperature: 50°

Another lunch time run, beautiful sunny 50° weather. You would think that the great weather would make for an easy run, but this had to be the toughest run on this trail for me, just feeling sluggish and fatigued, at the 8 mile mark I walked a block and then sucked it up and finished the run.

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2012-01-09T21:47:00.000-06:00

Mon, Jan 9, 2012 1:46 PM Central
Danada County Trails, Herrick Lake
Ran: 11.01 miles
Time: 1:32:52 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 8:26 minutes/mile
Temperature: 45°

Lunch time run. Nice sunny windy afternoon! The wind made it a tough run.

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2012-01-07T10:49:00.000-06:00

Sat, Jan 7, 2012 7:47 AM Central
Country Lane Yellow Trail
Ran: 8.17 miles
Time: 1:20:29 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 9:51 minutes/mile
Temperature: 34°

Angelica, Maria, Rhonda, Shawn, Andy, John, myself and Daisey on the Yellow trail. Nice sunny Saturday morning run!

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2012-01-05T17:12:00.000-06:00

Thu, Jan 5, 2012 3:28 PM Central
Oak Lawn Neighborhood Loop
Ran: 7.23 miles
Time: 1:03:26 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 8:47 minutes/mile
Temperature: 47°

John and I around the hood. What a great day for running, unbelievable for January!

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2012-01-04T17:38:00.000-06:00

Wed, Jan 4, 2012 2:38 PM Central
Country Lane Yellow Trail
Ran: 11.01 miles
Time: 1:38:14 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 8:55 minutes/mile
Temperature: 40°

Solo on the Yellow Trail, the muddy trails slowed me down, lots of slipping and sliding today.

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2012-01-02T17:33:00.000-06:00

Mon, Jan 2, 2012 2:51 PM Central
Country Lane Yellow Trail
Ran: 10.82 miles
Time: 1:33:25 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 8:38 minutes/mile
Temperature: 21°

Solo, first run of the New Year, my goal was 11mi, after the last hill, I was at 10.7mi when I hit the parking lot, I was going to go to the end of the parking lot and back, but a cold wind blew across the parking lot, and I was done. A tough cold run!

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2011-12-31T10:23:00.002-06:00

Sat, Dec 31, 2011 7:48 AM Central
Swallow Cliffs 8mi Loop
Ran: 8.67 miles
Time: 1:25:08 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 9:49 minutes/mile
Temperature: 30°

Angelica, Maria, John, Andy, Daisey and I at Swallow Cliffs. I hung back with Angelica, nice easy run just putting in the mileage and not worrying about the time/pace.

Last run of the year, 1,701.70 miles for the year, 138 miles for December and 41 miles this week. Best of all, I ran my first marathon this year!

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2011-12-30T18:50:00.000-06:00

Fri, Dec 30, 2011 4:45 PM Central
Oak Lawn Pavilion Indoor Track
Ran: 5.10 miles
Time: 39:40 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 7:48 minutes/mile
Temperature: indoor

Solo at the Pavilion, another 5 miles, nice run feeling stronger.

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2011-12-29T20:47:00.000-06:00

Thu, Dec 29, 2011 6:30 PM Central
Oak Lawn Pavilion Indoor Track
Ran: 5.10 miles
Time: 39:50 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 7:48 minutes/mile
Temperature: Indoor

Andy and I at the Pavilion. Nice run on the indoor track, I still prefer the outdoors but at least the track allows us to get the miles in when it is too dark to run outside. Well at least the days are starting to get longer so in a few months we can do all of our running outside!

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2011-12-28T18:16:00.000-06:00

Wed, Dec 28, 2011 12:01 PM Central
Danada County Trails, Herrick Lake
Ran: 11.06 miles
Time: 1:33:33 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 8:27 minutes/mile
Temperature: 24°

Lunch time run, cold but refreshing! I would rather run in the 20° cold than in the high +80° heat and humidity.

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2011-12-26T11:00:00.000-06:00

Mon, Dec 26, 2011 7:54 AM Central
Country Lane Yellow Trail
Ran: 11.00 miles
Time: 1:35:41 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 8:42 minutes/mile
Temperature: 28°

Solo, on the Yellow trail plus 1 mile. Nice sunny cold morning!

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2011-12-24T11:32:00.000-06:00

Sat, Dec 24, 2011 7:42 AM Central
Turtlehead Lake, Palos Heights
Ran: 10.55 miles
Time: 1:29:10 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 8:27 minutes/mile
Temperature: 24°

Angelica, John, Andy, myself and Daisey on the Turtlehead Lake trail, cold sunny morning. Started out a little cold, but after the first mile we were good to go!

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2011-12-22T12:40:00.001-06:00

Thu, Dec 22, 2011 9:48 AM Central
Country Lane Yellow Trail
Ran: 10.21 miles
Time: 1:32:32 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 9:04 minutes/mile
Temperature: 37°

Tough, tough run on the Yellow trail, sore and little energy, but at least I finished the full 10.

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2011-12-22T12:33:00.000-06:00

Wed, Dec 21, 2011 6:00 PM Central
Oak Lawn Pavilion
Ran: 5.10 miles
Time: 40:38 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 8:00 minutes/mile
Temperature: Indoor

Andy and I at the Pavilion, 40 tough laps on the indoor track.

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2011-12-22T12:25:00.000-06:00

Mon, Dec 19, 2011 12:00 PM Central
Danada County Trails
Ran: 10.99 miles
Time: 1:32:37 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 8:26 minutes/mile
Temperature: 43°

Lunch time run, perfect weather sunny and in the 40's.

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2011-12-18T18:15:00.000-06:00

Sat, Dec 17, 2011 8:21 AM Central
Country Lane Trails
Ran: 6.89 miles
Time: 1:04:00 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 9:17 minutes/mile
Temperature: 36°

Angelica, John, Andy, myself and Daisey on the trails, first time running on snow this season!

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2011-12-16T08:45:00.000-06:00

Thu, Dec 15, 2011 1:15 PM Central
Danada County Trails
Ran: 11.1 miles
Time: 1:35:00 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 8:34 minutes/mile
Temperature: 39°

Another lunch time run at work. Very windy, which made it feel colder that it was. I had set my Garmin to run the Course to utilize the map function which worked but it did not track my run. It is very confusing using the Course, I select the Course, hit Enter at the "Do Course" prompt and then if it finds the Course it tracks the run, sometimes you have to hit the start/stop button, well this time I didn't hit the start/stop button, the Course Map screen worked fine showing me the my position on the Course so I assumed it was tracking the run, sadly it didn't track the run. Sometimes when I hit the start/stop button after hitting enter at the "Do Course" prompt it stops and I have to hit the start/stop button again. Confusing, I think the best approach is to always hit the start/stop button and if it stops hit it again.

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2011-12-15T06:49:00.000-06:00

Wed, Dec 14, 2011 3:15 PM Central
Oak Lawn Pavilion
Ran: 5.1 miles
Time: 42:47 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 8:20 minutes/mile
Temperature: Indoor

40 laps at the Oak Lawn Pavilion today, just didn't feel like running in the rain.

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2011-12-12T18:41:00.000-06:00

Mon, Dec 12, 2011 12:16 PM Central
Danada County Trails
Ran: 11.01 miles
Time: 1:33:31 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 8:30 minutes/mile
Temperature: 45°

Lunch time run. Nice sunny afternoon, but a tough run after a light week, I'm sure all of those xmas cookies didn't help. NO cookies this week!

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2011-12-11T20:30:00.000-06:00

Thu, Dec 8, 2011 9:08 AM Central
Country Lane Yellow Trail
Ran: 10.00 miles
Time: 1:35:53 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 9:31 minutes/mile
Temperature: 37°

John and I at Country Lane, nice leisurely run on the Yellow Trail.

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2011-12-03T09:51:00.000-06:00

Sat, Dec 3, 2011 7:43 AM Central
Country Lane
Ran: 6.01 miles
Time: 56:38 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 9:26 minutes/mile
Temperature: 43°

Rhonda, Andy, John, Daisey and I at Country Lane. Cold and rainy but still a decent morning run!

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2011-12-01T17:53:00.000-06:00

Thu, Dec 1, 2011 3:18 PM Central
Country Lane 5mi Loop x2
Ran: 10.10 miles
Time: 1:27:35 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 8:41 minutes/mile
Temperature: 46°

Solo run on the trails. Just finished as it was getting dark, geez dark at 4:50PM?

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2011-11-30T17:00:00.000-06:00

Wed, Nov 30, 2011 3:50 PM Central
Oak Lawn Neighborhood
Ran: 5.14 miles
Time: 42:49 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 8:19 minutes/mile
Temperature: 42°

Solo, around the neighborhood. Only 5mi but still tough.

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2011-11-28T18:08:00.000-06:00

Mon, Nov 28, 2011 12:24 PM Central
Danada County Trails, Herrick Lake
Ran: 11.01 miles
Time: 1:30:43 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 8:14 minutes/mile
Temperature: 40°

Solo, my Monday lunch time long run. A slight improvement on my average pace by 4sec.

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2011-11-26T10:15:00.000-06:00

Sat, Nov 26, 2011 7:47 AM Central
Country Lane/Bullfrog Lake
Ran: 7.73 miles
Time: 1:16:12 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 9:52 minutes/mile
Temperature: 52°

Nice leisurely Sat run with the group(Angelica, Maria, John and Andy) on the Bullfrog Lake trail, AKA Loosey Goosey trail. The trail John nicknamed Loosey Goosey because of all of the rocks, roots, ruts, turns, ups and downs. Each one of us have fallen at least once on this trail. Today it was Angelica's turn.

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2011-11-24T11:21:00.000-06:00

Thu, Nov 24, 2011 8:04 AM Central
Palos Park Turkey Trot
Ran: 4.0 miles
Time: 30:34 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 7:39 minutes/mile
Temperature: 43°

Andy and I running the Palos Park Turkey Trot. The wind made if feel a lot colder that it was. Nice turkey day run through the 4 mile hilly course!

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2011-11-21T18:03:00.001-06:00

Mon, Nov 21, 2011 12:05 PM Central
Danada County Trails, Herrick Lake Out & Back
Ran: 11.01 miles
Time: 1:31:20 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 8:18 minutes/mile
Temperature: 44°

11mi run during lunch break from work. Nice refreshing run, sunny and cool!

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2011-11-19T13:00:00.000-06:00

Sat, Nov 19, 2011 10:01 AM Central
Orland Hills 5K Turkey Trot
Ran: 3.1 miles
Time: 21:49 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 7:02 minutes/mile
Temperature: 48°

5K Turkey trot with the group, Angelica, Maria, Maria's sister, Rhonda, Sal, John, Andy and myself. Set a new 5K PR for myself, but still not good enough to beat John!

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2011-11-16T12:28:00.000-06:00

Wed, Nov 16, 2011 10:03 AM Central
Country Lane Yellow Trail
Ran: 10.00 miles
Time: 1:25:17 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 8:32 minutes/mile
Temperature: 38°

Solo, Nice run on my favorite trail, cool and sunny, second best time on the Yellow Trail!

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2011-11-14T18:32:00.001-06:00

Mon, Nov 14, 2011 1:00 PM Central
Danada County Trails
Ran: 10.73 miles
Time: 1:32:03 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 8:35 minutes/mile
Temperature: 51°

Solo, ran the Danada County trails by work today, @1 mile street running then all lime stone trails. Nice afternoon run!

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2011-11-12T10:02:00.000-06:00

Sat, Nov 12, 2011 7:10 AM Central
Turtlehead Lake, Palos Heights
Ran: 10.70 miles
Time: 1:36:34 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 9:01 minutes/mile
Temperature: 36°

Maria, John, Andy and I at Turtlehead Lake, cool leisurely group run on a sunny Saturday morning.

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2011-11-10T17:45:00.000-06:00

Thu, Nov 10, 2011 3:18 PM Central
Country Lane 5mi Loop x2
Ran: 10.04 miles
Time: 1:25:03 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 8:29 minutes/mile
Temperature: 39°

Solo run at Country Lane, just got my 10miles in before sunset. Tough run today, nothing like yesterday's 5mi run.

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2011-11-09T17:42:00.000-06:00

Wed, Nov 9, 2011 4:01 PM Central
Oak Lawn Neighborhood
Ran: 5.10 miles
Time: 41:28 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 8:08 minutes/mile
Temperature: 39°

Solo around the hood. Cool and wet run. Despite the weather, this is really the first time since the marathon that I felt really good physically, no soreness in my quads, helped me maintain a nice pace for 5 miles.

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2011-11-08T16:26:00.002-06:00

Mon, Nov 7, 2011 12:28 PM Central
Lisle 5mi Loop x2
Ran: 10.30 miles
Time: 1:29:60 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 8:44 minutes/mile
Temperature: 55°

Solo, 5 mile loop(times 2) around work at lunch time. With the changing of the clocks, it is too dark to run 10mi after work, so I decided to take a long lunch to run 10 and work 2 hours later. It was a decent loop but I think I will experiment with some trails that close by. My goal to to run @35 miles a week. I am figuring 10mi on Mon or Tues, 5mi on Wed, 10mi on Thurs and 10 on Sat with the group. I figure I can run the 10mi on Mon or Tues during lunch at work and run the 10mi at Country Lane immediately after work since I work from home on Thurs.

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2011-11-05T10:40:00.000-05:00

Sat, Nov 5, 2011 7:49 AM Central
Country Lane 5mi Loop + 4mi Loop
Ran: 9.29 miles
Time: 1:31:44 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 9:53 minutes/mile
Temperature: 38°

Angelica, Maria, John, Andy, Daisey and I at Country Lane. Nice Saturday morning run, started out a little chilly but turned out to be a great morning for a run!

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2011-11-04T17:47:00.000-05:00

Fri, Nov 4, 2011 8:05 AM Central
Country Lane Yellow Trail
Ran: 10.06 miles
Time: 1:29:48 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 8:56 minutes/mile
Temperature: 43°

Solo run on the Yellow Trail, beautiful morning run, not one of my better times for this loop, but still a nice enjoyable trail run!

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2011-11-01T18:54:00.000-05:00

Tue, 1 Nov 2011 16:06 Central
Country Lane Yellow Trail
Ran: 10.00 miles
Time: 1:26:18 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 8:38 minutes/mile
Temperature: 63°

Solo run on the Yellow Trail, nice run, I can't remember the last time I saw so many people on the trail, runners, trail bikers, horse riders, walkers and a 8 point buck! Everyone was probably taking advantage on the nice sunny autumn afternoon.

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2011-11-01T18:49:00.001-05:00

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:55 Central
Oak Lawn Neighborhood
Ran: 5.14 miles
Time: 43:32 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 8:28 minutes/mile
Temperature: 50°

Solo, around the neighborhood run on Halloween.

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2011-11-01T18:31:00.001-05:00

Sat, 29 Oct 2011 7:20 Central
Country Lane 5mi Loop x2
Ran: 10.00 miles
Time: 1:32:29 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 9:15 minutes/mile
Temperature: 43°

Angelica, Maria, John, Daisey and myself at Country Lane. Nice run, a little nippy at first but a very enjoyable run.

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2011-10-27T18:32:00.000-05:00

Thu, Oct 27, 2011 3:43 PM Central
Country Lane Yellow Trail
Ran: 10.01 miles
Time: 1:26:46 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 8:40 minutes/mile
Temperature: 51°

Solo on my favorite trail. It has been 6 weeks since I ran the Yellow Trail. This was my longest run since the marathon three weeks ago. My quads are sore. This is a great trail any season of the year, great colors, winding trails along Maple Lake, it doesn't get much better than this.

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2011-10-26T19:19:00.000-05:00

Wed, Oct 26, 2011 5:35 PM Central
Palos Park Turkey Trot Course
Ran: 3.67 miles
Time: 31:59 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 8:43 minutes/mile
Temperature: 49°

Andy and I running the Palos Park 4 mile Turkey Trot course. We attempted to use a map of the course loaded on to our Garmins but took a wrong turn and only ran 3.67 miles. Beautiful tree lined course with several large very cool homes.

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2011-10-23T19:51:00.000-05:00

Sun, 23 Oct 2011 15:22 Central
Oak Lawn Neighborhood
Ran: 7.23 miles
Time: 1:00:30 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 8:22 minutes/mile
Temperature: 66°

Solo, around the hood, I was sore after two days of walking around the Covered Bridge Festival in Parke County, Indiana, so I skipped the trails to run on the flat streets. Sore for the first 3 miles but tolerable for the remainder of the run. At this point, I guess I have not completely recovered from the marathon.

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2011-10-23T19:46:00.000-05:00

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:50 Central
Swallow Cliffs 6mi Loop
Ran: 6.16 miles
Time: 50:20 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 8:11 minutes/mile
Temperature: 54°

Solo, at Swallow Cliffs, I was sore the first 2 miles but felt good for the remaining 4 miles. The falls temps are great!

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2011-10-23T19:44:00.000-05:00

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:38 Central
Country Lane
Ran: 4.01 miles
Time: 33:38 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 8:24 minutes/mile
Temperature: 60°

Andy and I at Country Lane. Still a little sore, I had to push to keep up with Andy's pace.

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2011-10-23T19:37:00.001-05:00

Sat, 15 Oct 2011 7:16 Central
Country Lane
Ran: 4.89 miles
Time: 45:19 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 9:16 minutes/mile
Temperature: 52°

John and I at Country Lane, Our first run after the marathon. Still a little sore but nice to get some cool temps for an early morning run.

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2011-10-23T19:12:00.002-05:00

Sun, 9 Oct 2011 7:32 Central
Chicago Marathon
Ran: 26.2 miles
Time: 04:02:41 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 9:06 minutes/mile
Temperature: 63°

My first marathon! My primary goal was to finish, my secondary goal was to finish under 4 hours. I was close at 04:02:41. It was a lot tougher than I anticipated. I was using a marathon pacing tattoo for a 03:50:00 finish which was about a 8:47 pace. I was 30 seconds within the target splits up to mile 13, I felt good but it was getting warm so I slowed down a little and just tried to keep at a 9:00 pace. I was ok, until about mile 23 when I hit the wall, my quads were quite sore, and at that point thoughts of finishing under 4 hours was replaced with just finishing. It took every thing I had and then some just to finish without walking. Somehow I managed. During those last few miles, I swore to myself that I would never submit myself to such torture again and that this was my last marathon. Well four days later, after much thought, I figure that now I know what my weak link is, my quads, so if I can strengthen my quads I think I can beat my 04:02:41 time.

Everyone in our group six finished! What an amazing accomplishment for all of us!

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2011-10-08T15:14:00.001-05:00

Sat, Oct 8, 2011 7:30 AM Central
Oak Lawn Neighborhood
Ran: 2.08 miles
Time: 18:13 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 8:46 minutes/mile
Temperature: 62°

Andy and I on our last run concluding our 18 weeks of training for the Chicago Marathon on Sunday 10/9/10. It has been a long 18 weeks of hard work, training, pain and suffering, but now the day is just about here! I feel that I am ready. Now it is just a matter of lacing them up and going out and "Just Do It"(thanks Nike for the slogan, thanks New Balance for the shoes!)!!

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2011-10-08T15:09:00.000-05:00

Wed, Oct 5, 2011 6:15 PM Central
Oak Lawn Neighborhood
Ran: 4.00 miles
Time: 36:00 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 09:00 minutes/mile
Temperature: 63°

John, Andy and I on our 4 mile training run. I learned something about my Garmin during this run. After 1 mile it started beeping, I couldn't read the display because is was dusk and the print was small, so I just started hitting the lap and start/stop button to get it to start working again but nothing worked, I tried turning if off and on again, still no luck. When I got home I was able to read the display and found that the lap history was full and there was no more memory. At that point I realized that I never deleted or cleared the history, so every run since I bought the watch over a year ago was there. Good thing I caught this before the marathon. At that point I just went into history and deleted everything except for the last month.

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2011-10-05T10:00:00.000-05:00

Tue, Oct 4, 2011 4:03 PM Central
Oak Lawn Neighborhood
Ran: 3.25 miles
Time: 26:43 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 8:13 minutes/mile
Temperature: 73°

Solo, 3 mile run around the hood. Only 3 miles, it seemed like it should have been easy but it wasn't??

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2011-10-02T19:09:00.000-05:00

Sun, Oct 2, 2011 11:48 AM Central
Oak Lawn Neighborhood
Ran: 4.11 miles
Time: 32:29 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 7:55 minutes/mile
Temperature: 57°

Solo, 4 mile training run around the hood. This completes week 17 of the marathon training program. Next week is a light week 3, 4, and 2 mile runs before the marathon on Sunday 10/9. I am ready!

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2011-10-01T09:58:00.000-05:00

Thu, Sep 29, 2011 6:04 PM Central
Oak Lawn Neighborhood
Ran: 4.04 miles
Time: 35:22 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 8:45 minutes/mile
Temperature: 45°

Angelica, Andy, Shawn and myself at Country lane. We actually were cold this morning, still a nice refreshing run. Finished September with 166 miles down from the last two months because of the taper in prep for the marathon. It is hard to believe that I have the 17 weeks of training behind me, only 1 more week before the marathon, starting to get anxious and nervous. 45,000 runners and 1.7 million spectators, how can you not get excited!

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2011-09-28T17:47:00.000-05:00

Wed, Sep 28, 2011 4:01 PM Central
Oak Lawn Neighborhood
Ran: 6.00 miles
Time: 49:33 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 8:15 minutes/mile
Temperature: 59°

Andy and I on our 6 mile training run around the neighborhood.

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2011-09-28T17:45:00.000-05:00

Tue, Sep 27, 2011 3:49 PM Central
Oak Lawn Neighborhood
Ran: 4.0 miles
Time: 00:36:00 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 9.0 minutes/mile
Temperature: 60°

Solo 4 mile training run, Garmin Battery was dead, so time and pace are a poor guess.

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2011-09-25T13:47:00.001-05:00

Sun, Sep 25, 2011 8:43 AM Central
5K Zoo Run for CZS
Ran: 3.1 miles
Time: 00:22:16 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 7.11 minutes/mile
Temperature: 54°

Andy and I at the 5K Zoo run. Finished 5th out of 41 in my age group, 69th overall, 65th out of 605 Males, new PR for 5K. First time I finished ahead of Andy in a 5K(only by 3 sec). This completes 16 weeks of training, only 2 more weeks before the marathon!

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2011-09-24T11:00:00.000-05:00

Sat, 24 Sep 2011 6:54 Central
TurtleLake Trail
Ran: 12.15 miles
Time: 01:44:53 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 8:28 minutes/mile
Temperature: 54°

Angelica, Maria, Andy and I at Turtle Lake running our 12mile long run.

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2011-09-24T10:55:00.000-05:00

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 18:01 Central
Oak Lawn Neighborhood
Ran: 5.67 miles
Time: 00:46:16 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 8:30 minutes/mile
Temperature: 61°

Andy and I on our 5 mile training out and back run from 91st and Central to 111th and Central.

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2011-09-22T16:08:00.000-05:00

Wed, Sep 21, 2011 5:22 PM Central
Swallow Cliffs 8mi Loop
Ran: 8.16 miles
Time: 1:06:48 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 8:11 minutes/mile
Temperature: 70°

Solo on the Swallow Cliffs 8mi loop, new PR for this trail!

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2011-09-19T15:39:00.000-05:00

Mon, Sep 19, 2011 7:30 AM Central
Chicago Lakefront Trail
Ran: 20.01 miles
Time: 2:58:44 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 8:56 minutes/mile
Temperature: 63°

Andy and I on our long run along the Lakefront, a new PR for 20 miles for me, beat my last 20 mile run by 10 minutes!

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2011-09-19T15:38:00.006-05:00

Sun, 18 Sep 2011 9:05 Central
Sully Shuffle 5k
Ran: 3.1 miles
Time: 00:22:27 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 7:14 minutes/mile
Temperature: 56°

John, Andy and I running the 5K Sully Shuffle, we all finished in the top 10 overall, John and I took second place in our age groups!

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2011-09-17T10:41:00.000-05:00

Sat, Sep 17, 2011 7:25 AM Central
TurtleLake Trail
Ran: 10.59 miles
Time: 1:30:58 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 8:33 minutes/mile
Temperature: 62°

Andy and I at Turtle Lake, nice 10 mile run in Autumn temps.

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2011-09-15T17:38:00.000-05:00

Thu, Sep 15, 2011 3:46 PM Central
Country Lane 5mi Loop
Ran: 5.02 miles
Time: 39:23 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 7:50 minutes/mile
Temperature: 58°

Solo, doing the Country Lane 5mile loop, beat my PR from last week by 15sec/mile! No wonder it was so tough!

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2011-09-15T17:35:00.000-05:00

Tue, Sep 13, 2011 10:51 PM Central
Argonne WaterFall Glen
Ran: 10.05 miles
Time: 1:22:37 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 8:11 minutes/mile
Temperature: 57°

Andy and I on our 10mile run at Argonne, getting colder, long sleeve shirt time!

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2011-09-15T17:32:00.000-05:00

Mon, Sep 12, 2011 11:07 PM Central
Oak Lawn Neighborhood
Ran: 5.36 miles
Time: 46:54 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 8:43 minutes/mile
Temperature: 69°

Andy and I on our 5mile training run around the neighborhood.

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2011-09-11T18:38:00.001-05:00

Sun, Sep 11, 2011 10:33 AM Central
Swallow Cliffs
Ran: 6.06 miles
Time: 00:49:06 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 08:04 minutes/mile
Temperature: 72°

Solo, on the Swallow Cliffs 6mile loop, new PR for this trail, cooler temperatures make a big difference! Four more weeks for the marathon!

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2011-09-10T09:33:00.000-05:00

Sat, Sep 10, 2011 6:08 AM Central
Argonne WaterFall Glen
Ran: 12.05 miles
Time: 01:48:07 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 08:56 minutes/mile
Temperature: 58°

Angelica, Maria, Andy, Shawn, John and myself at Argonne, nice run in perfect temperatures!

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2011-09-08T17:23:00.000-05:00

Thu, Sep 8, 2011 3:42 PM Central
Country Lane 5mi Loop
Ran: 5.08 miles
Time: 00:41:34 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 08:10 minutes/mile
Temperature: 66°

Solo on the 5 mile Country Lane loop in a light drizzle, new PR for me for this loop : )

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2011-09-07T19:30:00.000-05:00

Wed, Sep 7, 2011 6:05 PM Central
Oak Lawn Neighborhood
Ran: 6.17 miles
Time: 00:55:08 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 08:53 minutes/mile
Temperature: 63°

Andy and I on our 6mi training run, cooler temps, fall is approaching : (

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2011-09-06T19:02:00.000-05:00

Tue, Sep 6, 2011 4:47 PM Central
Country Lane 5mi Loop
Ran: 5.05 miles
Time: 00:45:25 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 08:59 minutes/mile
Temperature: 61°

Andy and I at Country Lane, 5 miles, cool, nice and easy!

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2011-09-04T11:28:00.001-05:00

Sun, Sep 4, 2011 6:35 AM Central
Chicago Lakefront Trail
Ran: 20.07 miles
Time: 03:08:21 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 09:20minutes/mile
Temperature: 67°

Andy and I along the lake front, beautiful day for a long run. Another PR for the 20 mile long run, beat my previous time by 5minutes! This completes week 13 of the 18 week training program, 5 weeks to go!

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2011-09-03T09:53:00.000-05:00

Sat, Sep 3, 2011 6:44 AM Central
Argonne WaterFall Glen
Ran: 10.12 miles
Time: 01:27:39 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 08:38 minutes/mile
Temperature: 75°

Andy, John and I on our 10 mile training run. What a difference the temperature makes! Nice run at a decent pace!

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2011-09-01T17:48:00.000-05:00

Thu, Sep 1, 2011 3:51 PM Central
Country Lane 5mi Loop
Ran: 4.88 miles
Time: 00:42:33 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 08:42 minutes/mile
Temperature: 94°

Solo run in Country Lane Woods, another hot tough run, only 5mi but at least I didn't stop today!

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2011-08-31T19:58:00.002-05:00

Wed, Aug 31, 2011 4:30 PM Central
Yellow Trail
Ran: 9.82 miles
Time: 01:29:53 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 09:06 minutes/mile
Temperature: 93°

Solo, on the Yellow trail. Toughest run on the Yellow Trail ever, the heat really took its toll on me. After running the first 4 miles at a decent pace, I stopped about 4 times the remaining 6 miles and at one point walked a block. When I completed the loop I didn't even have enough energy to run the .18 miles to make 10 miles, I was DONE! This completes the month of August, 182.9 miles total a new monthly PR for me! Five more weeks of training before the marathon!

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2011-08-31T19:46:00.000-05:00

Tue, Aug 30, 2011 5:42 PM Central
Argonne WaterFall Glen
Ran: 5.03 miles
Time: 00:41:44 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 08:15 minutes/mile
Temperature: 77°

Andy and I on our 5mile training run. First time for Andy on the trails since spraining his ankle. He must be doing better, he forced a fast pace!

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2011-08-28T08:17:00.000-05:00

Sat, Aug 27, 2011 6:18 AM Central
TurtleLake Trail
Ran: 12.01 miles
Time: 01:52:09 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 09:18 minutes/mile
Temperature: 64°

Angelica, Maria, Shawn, John, Andy and I running our long training run at Turtle Lake.

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2011-08-28T08:14:00.000-05:00

Thu, Aug 25, 2011 5:20 AM Central
Oak Lawn Neighborhood
Ran: 5.10 miles
Time: 00:45:42 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 08:56 minutes/mile
Temperature: 67°

Solo, early morning training run around the neighborhood before work.

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2011-08-24T18:43:00.000-05:00

Wed, Aug 24, 2011 4:47 PM Central
Swallow Cliffs Trails
Ran: 6.14 miles
Time: 00:53:05 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 08:37 minutes/mile
Temperature: 91°

Solo run on the trails. Hot and humid today, tough run, but still nice to be back on the trails.

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2011-08-24T18:40:00.000-05:00

Tue, Aug 23, 2011 6:11 PM Central
Oak Lawn Neighborhood
Ran: 5.30 miles
Time: 00:48:24 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 09:05 minutes/mile
Temperature: 74°

Andy and I on our 5 mile training run. Nice and easy, and cool temps.

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2011-08-21T11:01:00.000-05:00

Sun, Aug 21, 2011 6:11 AM Central
Chicago Lakefront Trail
Ran: 20.01 miles
Time: 03:13:19 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 09:37 minutes/mile
Temperature: 72°

Andy and I along the lake front doing our 20mi long run. PRs for distance for both of us! 50 miles for week 11 of the training program. Two more 20 mile long runs before the marathon. We have made it this far and it doesn't get any tougher in the 18 week training program, so this is a real milestone week!

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2011-08-20T09:55:00.000-05:00

Sat, Aug 20, 2011 6:26 AM Central
TurtleLake Trail
Ran: 9.24 miles
Time: 01:17:32 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 08:20 minutes/mile
Temperature: 73°

Angelica, Maria, John, Andy and I at a new trail(for me), nice 10.5 mile run on a paved trail. Nice fast pace just keeping up with John.

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2011-08-20T09:51:00.000-05:00

Thu, Aug 18, 2011 6:00 PM Central Time
Oak Lawn Neighborhood
Ran: 6.08 miles
Time: 00:54:18 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 08:53 minutes/mile
Temperature: 77°

Andy and I on our 5 mile training run. My stats are off, run was actually about 5.5 miles but I paused it and forgot to start it up, and then I didn't upload my Thursday's stats, so when I did my Saturday run it was a continuation of Thursday's run so I picked up an additional half mile, and I am too lazy to adjust the stats. Bottom line is that it was a nice 5 mile run at a decent pace.

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2011-08-14T12:52:00.000-05:00

Sun, Aug 14, 2011 7:35 AM Central
Chicago Lakefront Trail
Ran: 19.01 miles
Time: 03:03:57 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 09:38 minutes/mile
Temperature: 64°

Angelica, Maria, Shawn, Andy and I doing our long training run along the lake front. Andy was on his bike because he is still recovering from the sprained ankle. Shawn and I did 19mi and the girls did their 17mi. Tough run in rainy, windy conditions but PR for everyone for distance. This is the end of week 10 of the marathon training program, 8 weeks to go. For me, making to 19mi was a big accomplishment, it makes next week's long run of 20miles seem doable. Next week's total mileage is 50 miles with days of 5, 10, 5, 10 and 20 mile distances.

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2011-08-14T12:44:00.000-05:00

Sat, Aug 13, 2011 6:43 AM Central
I & M Canal Trail
Ran: 9.00 miles
Time: 01:19:07 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace: 08:45 minutes/mile
Temperature: 69°

Andy and I on our Saturday 9 mile training run. Great running weather, overcast and cool!

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