Chicago marathon: week six

Praise the Lord for taper weeks.

After running double digits while on vacation, it was nice to have a low mileage week for reentry. If every week could be this relaxing, we'd marathon train all the time! Okay, that’s probably a streeeeetch. We're just glad to be home and back in our normal running routine. On with the recap! Chicago Marathon Training Recap: Week Six Monday: Cross Train – Does standing in the middle of river trying to catch a fish count as cross training? Oh, it does? Sa-weet! Tuesday: Rest. Wednesday: 5 miles – Probably the worst run we've had in a while. Our legs were tired and we felt exhausted. Plus, the reality of vacation ending and heading back to work didn’t leave much room for positive thinking. Sometimes a run just sucks and there’s nothing you can do about it. Thursday: Rest. Friday: 3 miles – Aaaaand, we're back. We woke up Friday morning feeling refreshed and rearing to go. Even though it was pretty toasty outside at 6am, we had a great run. We think knowing that the weekend was here put a pep in our step! Saturday: Rest. Sunday: 7 miles– Can we just say that we miss our running partner? Listy, where are youuuuuu? It’s been 3 weeks since we last ran with her and our mind can’t take another long run without her. Hopefully next week we will back on track. This seven mile run wasn’t too terrible thanks to a 5k race that was going on in Wash Park. Nothing like a bunch of complete strangers to keep your spirits lifted and mind occupied! Idid get a little mentally bored during the 5 mile mark so we quickly turned up the jams, picked up our pace, and finally crossed the “finish line.”

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