Three Weeks and Counting - River Run

Today was a nice and easy 6 miles. My pace was nothing blazing, and I was happy with that - 12:30/mile. My overall goal was to take it easy before Tuesday's 20 mile run.

Today's run was along the Chicago River. I have run on this path before. My store uses it for our fun runs, so I am very familiar with it. It was a decent Fall morning; cloudy, chance of rain. As it turned out it hailed after my run. Still I enjoyed the run. A woman from the fun run asked me how could I run without an IPod? I told her that on many runs I just like hearing the sounds around me. She smiled and shook her head like I was nuts. So be it.

So here we are, three weeks from this writing I will have finished the marathon. I am sure I will be tired and very sore on Tuesday, but overall I am feeling good about the training. Really looking forward to the race itself. Soon I will be making final race plans.

Charlie