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    Chicago Marathon FINISHER!

    6 Hours, 29 neighborhood and numerous gel packs later, Chicago Marathon 2008 is finished! The temp reached 84 degrees that day, and 33,000 runners participated.

    A big thank you to all of my supporters for helping to make it happen. Adrienne and Dave made sure I was fueled at mile 9, Teri met up with me at mile 13 to run by my side through the hottest part of the race, I bumped into Rodrigo and Addy at mile 18 while grabbing more gel packs, and Rodrigo found me on the bridge and sprinted the last 200 meters with me (in his flip flops!). It was awesome!

    And even more amazing is over $700 will be donated to Hope Runs, which will help its children's program in Tanzania and Kenya. Read more about it at www.hoperuns.org. And fittingly so, the male Kenyans dominated the race this year. Read the Tribune's coverage here.

    Along with all the congrats and hugs and handshakes, a question I keep getting is will I do it again next year. If you asked me around mile 23, the answer would have been a exasperated, exhausted and angry " NO WAY!" But a month has passed, the pain wore off, so only more time will tell. Running is addictive so odds are, another marathon is on the horizon. :)

    Friday, June 13, 2008

    Those Nike Ads

    And now the marathon is stalking me wherever I go. Guess that means it's time to hit the pavement! Although I've traded in my ol' pair of purple Nikes for some sweet New Balance kicks (pink, with 15% of proceeds going towards breast cancer research. Awesome!), I can't help but love the Nike ads I've seen around town: on the el platform, in the train, at bus stops.


    They're clever and many ring true. The first I saw said something like, "You're beautiful when you sweat." Hell yeah!

    Nike put out the ads since its the official apparel sponsor for the Chicago Marathon this year. It's maintaining a pretty cool site that I recommend any runner to check out. I've decided to use the beginner training schedule too, since the workouts are more appropriate for what I can handle (some of the other beginner schedules were way, way too simple).

    Nike is even hosting free running groups that meet virtually every day in a different spot in the city, including down Taylor Street at the Starbucks. Sweeet. I am stoked.

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