July 15
Anyone living in Chicago reading this knows it has been a really hot week. On Tuesday, I had a work meeting in the afternoon and afterwards we hung out and got some drinks. I planned on running that day but the drinks were getting in the way. Despite the drinks, I made sure to drink plenty of water that day because it had been so hot out and just in case I planned on running later. Well after some drinks, lots of food and walking, I ran home from the bar! The first two miles were kind of rough but once I knew I would make it once I got half way. Somehow I managed an awesome third mile. I fought cramps pretty much the whole run but I made it home. Although I would not encourage late night runs, I enjoyed the non-crowded streets.
July 16
Seeing as I went for a late on Tuesday night/Wednesday morning (and do not forget the squat challenge), my legs were pretty tired. I told myself not worry about pace and just the six miles done. The first mile is really the only the mile where I felt like I struggled. Slowly but surely my legs felt better and I felt good enough to complete the six mile trip. My last mile ended up being the best again. It gives me confidence that I can finish longer races and that I have become a better runner when that happens. The body felt great after and I probably lost a ton of water weight because I sweated it all out.
July 17
I love running and all, but there is no chance that Thursday would have been a good idea to run. It felt like the hottest day of the summer so I definitely took it off.
July 19
Despite Thursday being the last day of running week, I got an unintentional workout Friday night. I went to see one of my all time favorite bands, Lucky Boys Confusion, at Taste of River North.
LBC!
This has to be close o the 16th time I have seen them perform live somewhere and it never gets old! The smile that came on once they can on never left my face. It felt so good to see them after not seeing them for so many years. Unfortunately they had to cut the short set due to an impending storm that would cause trouble all night (more on that in a second). My friends and I went our separate ways and I went to hang out with another friend. Here is the part where the rain decided to cause some trouble even after if stopped raining.
Some friends of mine listened to the Peal Jam concert at Wrigley Field on a friends porch and when they came to the bar I went to, I figured the concert had been over. One of my friends told me that Pearl Jam's set got delayed and they started up again. She told me this around midnight and after seeing the planned set list another friend had shown me, I guessed they would play till almost 3 a.m. (they were only on song 4 of a predicted 40!)! One of my friends and I left the bar to go get some food and could hear the last song playing. We think they got cut a little short because I checked twitter and it said they played about 31 songs. Neither of us knew the mess that would ensue from the concert ending at 2:05 a.m.
We were amazed by the amount of people on the street from the bars closing and the concert ending; wrigleyville looked like a mess! We got some food at one of our favorite Mexican places and just kept walking because of all the traffic on Clark street. We got all the way to Wilson where he veered off to go to his girlfriends place and I decided at this point I would try to walk home. I made it all the way home without seeing one 22 Clark bus! That means I walked four miles in a little over an hour and beat the bus to my stop in Rogers Park. I definitely made sure to stretch when I got home because I did not want my legs to be too tired for this race on Sunday.
I hope this has been an enjoyable blog. It is time to head to the Rock N' Roll expo at McCormick Place to pick up my gear. Run happy and good luck to all of those running the race tomorrow.
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