Saturday was the Fort-4-Fitness half marathon. Fun time--Mike and Jess ran, the course passed Mom's house, so we got to see the boys on our way. Cloudy, extremely humid, occasionally misty, but very comfortable temperatures.

Finished in decent time, but not PR. 2:09:10.38

Well, I was good and sore after the race, and then came down with a sore throat, chills, etc. So I didn't run for a week! I ran 6.5 or so Sunday, and felt completely beat--just not all better yet. Bought a new pair of Brooks Adrenaline in the afternoon. Yesterday (Tuesday), I decided to run Pavel to preschool, which I didn't plan adequately for. We were late, and I forgot how much more work it is to push a stroller (especially with a bigger kid in it). It was humid, I was hurrying, and then I ended up run/walking home, which took as much time up as if I'd driven him and come home for a run. I'm starving for greater efficiency in my time for exercise!

I've been a terrible blogger, but I've been running regularly (see Garmin uploads). Yesterday was the Chicago Half Marathon, and I did well. It was sort of warm and humid (especially for this year) and the last miles were south on LSD into direct sun, which was rough. But I got a PR (2:06:58), and by 4+ minutes! I don't know if I'll be able to beat it in two weeks in Ft. Wayne, but we'll see. I'm sore now.

I'm afraid the Brooks Adrenaline are croaking.