A little under the weather….

Moved my day off from running that was supposed to be today to yesterday. I have been a little under the weather as of late, but I will grind out my speedwork tonight and then an easy 3 milers tomorrow AM and ending the week of running with a 12 miler on Saturday. Needed to cross train on my off day this week, but just not feeling it with the cold.

Congrats to everyone that raced and finished Chicago Marathon last weekend. I ran that race last year and it is truly a joy. Awesome crowd support and amazing scenery make the race go by quickly. By far the best expo I have ever seen at a race as well. Now if only I can get into the NY Marathon. I have only one year under my belt in the lottery, so I likely have a while to go.

Here is my list of “must do” races:

• New York City Marathon (TBD)
• Boston Marathon (TBD-either have to get faster, older, or get in with a charity)
• Big Sur Marathon (TBD)
• LA Marathon (TBD)
• ING Miami Marathon (Jan 30, 2011)
• 26.2 For Donna Breast Cancer Marathon (February 13, 2011)
• The Ice Age Trail 50 mile ultra marathon (May 14, 2011)
• Pikes Peak Half Marathon (TBD)

There are many more that I will probably do, but these are definite. I usually will do one big destination race per year. By big I mean requiring a flight to get to/from. I have already booked my hotel for Miami and am just hoping to remain injury free until then.

Well, update….knocked out my speedwork and surprisingly felt okay despite hacking up my lungs during the first few repeats. I did a warm-up, 6 x 400 meter repeats at 1:40 pace, followed by a cool down. Total was about 3 miles.

Mileage today = 3 miles
Mileage for the week = 9 miles