JasonLeahRun

This past weekend Jason and I went to Fort Wayne, IN to visit Jason’s parents for a weekend bbq. We decided to do the long run early on Saturday morning. So we got up at 5am, ate some toast and drove some water bottles to leave on the side of the road where we knew [...]

Yesterday we ran 4.5 miles. The shoes are still feeling good. They will have the big test tomorrow with our long run of the week at 13.5 miles. We are going to visit Jason’s parents in Fort Wayne, so it will be a whole new place to run.

It looks like Jason and I will have [...]

Well it looks like they have closed the registration for the Chicago Marathon. Wow that was fast. We signed up just a couple of weeks ago, good thing we did it when we did it!

Yesterday Jason and I stopped at Fleet Feet on the way home from the Metra station to get some new shoes. They are a specialty running store and know lots about shoes! Was Leah in heaven? Yes she was! They let you run in the shoes after you try them on and so it’s easy [...]

Well our long run on Sunday, July 10th was horrible.

We like to get up around 5am on Sunday mornings and be out the door by about 6am, and then done with the whole thing by 8:30 or 9:00. So I wake up on Sunday morning, slowly look at the clock and it’s 6:30…WHAT?!?!?!?! I don’t [...]

yeseterday (i should start posting these on the actual days that we run). anyways.

we ran 4.5 along the lake and although our legs didn’t hurt too bad the motivation factor was a tad low. Today we have a day off, but will be riding our bikes downtown to make sure that we still do something [...]

Yesterday was a 4.5 mile run. We ran at Fermilab, out 20 minutes from the gym and back. It was very long and straight, but my favorite kind of run. On the other hand, my legs felt fine and we were faster on the way back than on the way out. [...]

Yesterday we ran for about 40 minutes at Fermi Lab. We needed to complete 4.5 miles, and with our normal pace this should have been just about perfect.

It’s always hard to run here at Fermi Lab because it’s so so so flat, and there is no shade or water if you needed it. But all [...]

…at least in my shins and calves, which have been hurting recently. I have a sneaking suspicion that the stretching of my arch has helped the rest of my lower legs. I can’t prove it, of course, but that is the best I ca come up with.

So heading south was easy enough, but [...]

Our schedule had us running 4.5 on Tuesday and then 7.5 Wednesday with an off day on thursday. Since I was unsure of the status of my ankle after falling off my bike like an idiot (the bike was not moving, seriously) I thought best to switch around thursday and tuesday.

This seemed to work ok [...]