Vaca....

....from my blog and from Waukegan. In order:

Wednesday: Pretty crazy. Planned 14. Started south on the Des Plaines River Trail but saw some awful blackness coming at me. Turned around after a mile and headed north. Roughly 1.25 miles in I was in the thick of the storm. I thought the wind wouldve pushed it away from me but it must have changed. Its the most scared Ive been in a long time with lightning all around me. Ran like a bat out of hell and averaged under 6 per mile. Finished with a total of 3.8 miles, only 10.2 short.

Decided to go to Hancock since I had some free time. I wasnt blown away but wasnt totally disappointed. I give it a 6/10.

Thursday: 2nd attempt at 14. Much better weather. Fang told me he wanted to get a jog in and wanted someone to push him. Im always down for company. He wanted 10 but I figured it wouldnt really be happenin. He hasnt ran in a while. Did 2 loops of the IG trail for 5 and then met up with him. Managed roughly 5.5 going south but were stopped by flooded areas from the day before. Prolly good though because our pace was starting to suffer. Came back and did one more lap for an even 13.1. Total time: 1:45:31 - 8:04mpm

Friday: Planned 11. Jumped on the treadwill and jumped off 5 seconds later. Felt wierd on my knee and I kinda just wanted to go back to bed and pick up Amanda at the airport. It was awesome seeing her. We got a sweet hotel, the Marriott Magnificent Mile. Prolly need to try and get it for the actual race as it is pretty close. The start happens to be where Taste was. I went again with Amanda and it was delicious. We really just chilled and talked alot. Later, hit up Bice (Bitch-Ay) and somehow got tricked into buying a 7 dollar water.

Saturday: 5 miles easy recovery on the lakefront. Not very eventful. We went to Ginos East for lunch. By far my favorite pizza crust of all time. Then did some shopping. It was pretty cool. Amanda found a sweet shirt for me and gifts for her parents. Also, hit up Tiffanys for some necessary jewelry advice. Went to Cheesecake Factory for dinner and couldnt move effectively the rest of the night.

Sunday: Church, Packing up, checking out, looking at some last minute things, taking pictures took up most of the morning and Afternoon. Hit up Fleet Feet to pick up some Gu's, and then dropped Amanda at the airport. Kinda hot so waited til 7 to strap on the shoes. Bike trail next to the train. Ran up to Fort Sheridan from Great Lakes and hit some trails around there. Got pretty dark. Cut it off at 17.3. Prolly should have pushed the second half harder but worked out alright. Total time 2:19:04 - 8:03mpm

Weekly thoughts: Best weekend overall this summer with getting to see Amanda. Week was up and down. Managed 48.32 miles this week, shouldve been more but left quad and groin are struggling a bit. Need to decide whether doing the 10k this weekend is realistic. Gonna be a cutback week as far as the long run goes no matter what. Thinking 13 or 14.

Alan Webb does not make the olympics. Interesting. Should prolly take down the poster of him in my room at school.