Chicago marathon: week eight

Halfway.

We seriously can’t believe we've reached the halfway point in our training. Where does the time go?

Over the past eight weeks, we've learned that a running partner is keeping our sanity intact. We've learned that a foot rolling log from the U. K. is keeping our planters fasciitis at bay. And, we've learned that running in the mornings makes us a happier person overall.

We wonder what we'll learn over the next two months? Or, what kind emotions these long runs will bring back? Only time will tell. Until then, on the with the recap! Chicago Marathon Training Recap: Week Eight Monday – Rest. Tuesday – 3 miles. A gorgeous morning for a run! We finally had a good nights sleep after a busy weekend full of shenanigans. It’s truly memorable what seven hours of restful sleep can do for a person. Not only did we feel like a million bucks, but we were also able to witness God’s glowing beauty rising from the east. Wednesday – 6 miles. Whewwwww bessie! Now that was a tough run. Want to guess why??? Yep, kickball. Our playoff game went into extra innings, and needless to say, the entire team was running around like chickens with their heads cut off. Sadly, we lost. Even though we're sad kickball is over, we are looking forward to having non-sore legs during the week! We woke up with a sore butt and legs again, which made our run less than stellar. The first five miles were pretty brutal. We had hard time finding a groove and needed to walk more than usual. Plus, it was muggy as heck! WTF Denver? The last mile we finally started to feel normal and settled into a nice pace. 6 miles, check.

– Rest. Friday – Rest. Saturday – 13 miles. See the photo below? Isn’t it pretty? We took this picture of the sun rising as we were getting ready to leave our apartment on Saturday morning to meet Listy for our 13 mile run. Even though we were little tired because our crazy neighbor was getting her groove on again (we may need to have another chat), we were actually looking forward to hitting the pavement. But! Little did we know, this would be one of our worst runs to date. Why? We're guessing it has something to do with the fact that we always psych myself out on these long runs. As soon as we start running our mind goes bananas. We'll tell myself, you’re going to get bored. You’ll have to walk a lot. You’ll cramp up. Seriously, what’s with the self-destructive talking? Poor Listy. She’s a saint for running next to our craziness. We're not quite sure how we finished running all 13 miles, but we did. We're making a mental note that from now on, only positive thinking!

– Cross Train. Does watching the Olympics count as cross training? We did a lot of jumping up and down rooting for Team USA during the swimming and gymnastic preliminaries. Can you believe Jordyn Wieber isn’t in the individual all around? Major crazy town. Total miles: 25 22 Catching up:

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