Fall can't get here any sooner

Chicago marathon field, and Ryan Hall considering hiring a coach.

Friday, September 7th - 0!  Got home late from work, and it was literally raining cats and dogs.  It finally dissipated at 10 p.m. or so, but with a long run early morning I opted to just chill out.

Saturday, September 8th - 12 miles.  Ran with the Wolfpack on Old Faithful for the monthly East Side run.  Good turnout, and ended up running with Colby for the entire way.  Felt ok but a little run down with the recent "heavy" mileage, but we kept a good pace and good rhythm.  Definitely a lot easier to do a long run with somebody, not to mention absolutely perfect weather - sunny and in the high 50's.  1:33:47 overall (47:32/46:15)  Afterwards, converged to Global Brew for some post run beverages!

Sunday, September 9th - 5 miles.  Nice and late - procrastination sucks, but needed to get this mileage in.  Nice and slow, and looped around the neighborhood and 270 loop.  44 minutes, I believe.  40 miles this week, 56 miles in September, 1206 miles in 2012.

Monday, September 10th - 7 miles.  Big River Group run.  Thought we were going slow, but I thought wrong.  Ran with Crystal, Gabe, Matty D, and a few others on the 7 mile loop.  Legs felt like poop almost the entire way but just kept going.  Got locked in by the 3rd mile, and hung on to the end.  49:18 total - not too shabby.

Tuesday, September 11th - 8 miles + strides.  Late start after work with Crystal - ran from her house, looped around Ebbets Field, then to the track.  4x100 at mile pace, 4x40 meters at 80-90% effort.  Felt overall pretty decent, but legs are definitely a little worn out.  65:08 total.

Off to SLU track tonight for track work, then just more mileage the rest of the week.  Hanging tough!