Ran the
Chicago Marathon
earlier today. Near ideal conditions: temperatures on the cooler side (around
50F) at the start, overcast for maybe half the race and then nice sunshine
and temperatures near 60F for the rest. For about 18 miles, I managed to
hang with a pretty decent 7:30 min/mile pace before I slowed down somewhat. I
ended with a pretty nice time of 3:21:36 (i.e. a 7:41 pace) -- or about 7.5
minutes faster than
last
year and around 7 minutes faster than the 26.2 time of that odd
27.2
mile Lakeshore marathon. Nice day, and a pretty good race with fantastic
crowds and peerlessly efficient race organisation. Don't ask how I'll walk
for the next day or two though...
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