here we go...

eating breakfast now in the executive lounge...other runners in here too...it will be a wild party...not a cloud in the sky today as forecasted...high of 75 degrees which is a bit on the warm side...but we will be okay...we did train our last month in humid chitown...later yo...

are we going to PR tomorrow???

PR is running talk for a Personal Record time...so, here are our times in the chicago marathons we've run...

AML - October 7, 2001 - 04:46:10

AML - October 12, 2003 - 05:14:51

i hope to beat these times...the second marathon was a disaster...lack of training...MOL actually beat me when she ran the following year!...man, i'm slow...but its been 6 years since i ran the last one...we'll see...i think i'm two age brackets higher this time around...and a few pounds heavier as well...but does being wiser help...yikes...

MOL - October 9, 2004 - 05:12:44

MOL - October 22, 2006 - 5:12:39

yes, your eyes aren't deceiving you...MOL beat her first marathon time by 5 seconds!...so, you run 26.2 miles and you end up five seconds faster...i bet that if you drove the same route home everyday, that you couldn't consistently get within 5 seconds of pulling into the garage...yet running 26.2 miles! so, we hope she beats those times as well...although it would be cool if she finished in between those times...that would be nuts.

Mr. Rude at the Berlin Marathon expo...

Since I'm sure we aren't going to be bringing mr. rude around during the race...here is a pic at the expo where we got our bib numbers and race souvenirs...sweet...

we are now in berlin...

its going to be a fun run.

we're baaaaack...

that's about it.

dogsitting...

so, over this labor day weekend, we dogsat bode - since my parents were at the wisconsin house and my sister was on a weekend trip to michigan...it was definitely a handful and bode is a nutty little puppy...lots of mayhem and chaos...but when they crash, they really crash hard...here is a pic of them absolutely pooped...

quick hit...

sorry for no posts lately...been very busy with settling in, but not much to write that's interesting...i just came back from my first trip out of town since returning...back to the regular grind i guess...but nothing really worth writing about...i'll write a longer status report over the much needed holiday weekend...

only a couple of weeks left until i close out this blog...the berlin marathon awaits and i'm looking forward to it...