First week of training for chicago on the books...

This past week was the first week of my long training schedule for the Chicago Marathon (10.10.10).  I'm doing a longer training schedule this year to prevent injury like when I ran the Columbus Marathon in 2008 (I neglected to recognize that I need to cross-train and stretch my back problem).  I'm so excited and nervous about running the Chicago Marathon, but this year I get to run with Mo and we are planning on having a great time!  She is raising money and running for Team Salute.  Please consider donating to help the cause.

So I wanted to share my week in review with everyone...

On top of usual Cincinnati allergies I also had a head cold/congestion making running/breathing challenging, but I got in all of my training runs.  Luckily, the long run this week was only 8 miles.  I was worried that I wouldn't get in the long run for this week since we had the Midwest Society for Developmental Biology meeting this week, but I managed to squeeze it in on the one sunny weekend day!


To help with training I've set several goals for the race this year:

• Stay healthy
• Doing training runs, cross-training 2 times a week at least, Yoga 2-3 times per week
• Stay motivated
• I've been listening to several podcasts that will help with this
• Two Gomers Run a Marathon: These guys are beginner runners and they are hilarious as they deal with training mishaps and life.  
• Marathon training academy: This podcast gives important information and strategies to consider while training.
• Put together new playlists for my IPOD (which I will share the top playlists on here)  
• Run Chicago faster than I ran Columbus!  

Most of the long runs this year will be during the blistering  hot and humid days of July and August!