Well it looks like the Chicago Marathon is going to lose Ryan Hall, but this is a nice consolation prize - the reigning Olympic Champion Samuel Wanjiru! Pretty cool news, and hope that he makes a serious attempt at the World Marathon Record. Has been a while since Chicago has produced a 2:05 time (Khalid Khonnouchi in the late 90's), and I think Wanjiru will undoubtedly achieve that assuming conditions are decent.
“My plan for the fall is to lower my personal record, and the Chicago Marathon course is the best opportunity for me to achieve that." - Samuel Wanjiru
Yep, let me know if you need a pacer - I can lead you for the first 100-200 yards before your Kenyan legs completely eviscerate anything in your path.
Last night, started the marathon training cycle with a nice little run. Weather was cool and breezy, in the low 70's. Crystal and I hit the trails , did an out and back, and kept a pretty easy pace. Really not much to report other than legs felt tired from the race still but servicable enough to keep up the pace, and executed the run perfectly. Total Mileage: 3 miles - splits were: 8:12, 8:11, 8:12 (how's that for consistency?!)
Tonight, 8 glorious miles. Tuesday track work has been replaced for this training cycle, so looking forward to a nice medium sized run on yet another glorious weather day :)
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