This past weekend was a great weekend for running! Unfortunately, I didn't run. In fact, I've run once in the last week since the marathon. It feels strange, especially since I recovered really quickly from the 26 miler last weekend. It helps that I didn't run especially hard or fast, but 26 miles is still a long way to run. So I'm pleased that I feel like running.
Unfortunately, I haven't had time. I spent much of the last week packing up our townhouse in the city, and moving. Uhhh! I suppose it was inevitable that I would have to leave the city and make the move to the suburbs. We have two young children and another on the way, and they need more space.
We found it in Elmhurst. So we are now officially suburbanites. Not that there is anything wrong with that. I grew up in the suburbs. But it's a big change.
One of the biggest changes I'll notice immediately is with my running. Over the last decade or so, I have run pretty much every inch of the lakefront path. I have figured out dozens of routes that have become ingrained in my muscle memory. It's great because I don't have to think about where to run, and I can just go out and do it.
That's all changed now, because I won't be driving a half hour every day to run the lakefront path. So that means I have to discover new running coursed in Elmhurst. Fortunately that should be fairly easy. One of the best places to run in the area is the Prarie Path, and the Great Western Trail. They both happen to run through Elmhurst, or so I've been told. I have yet to figure out how to get to either one from my new home. But I will soon.
In the meantime, it was a great weekend to kick back and watch running. I managed to have the television on during the Olympic trials telecast on Saturday, and the New York marathon on Sunday. Both races were incredible. Ryan Hall's race was amazing! And Ryan Shay's death was devastating. The men's and women's marathons were also great races. It was nice to see Paula Radcliffe regain her fitness so quickly after having a baby.
One of the most amazing performances, however, was Lance Armstrong's marathon. last year, on very little training, he ran a 2:59. He commented that it was the most difficult athletic contest he had ever competed in. I thought it was a gutty run last year, with all the hoopla that surrounded it. This year, there was much less hoopla. No Lance cam following his every move. But, apparently, he trained a little more. He ran a 2:46, and finished in 233rd place.
Great stuff. Anyway, the weather is cooling down. The Illinois high school cross country meet is over, and our move is just about finished. I will, however, be unpacking boxes for the next ten years. But I will start running again soon, and I'll be sure to tell you all about it!
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