Journey Fitness

Sunday I will be running the Chicago Marathon with my friends, Linda and Laura. We’ll be leaving tomorrow and will come back on Tuesday.

Numbers:

• 14–the number marathon this will be for me. That’s 14 since May 7, 2005.
• 9–the number state. I am trying to run a marathon in every state and this is number nine.
• 45,000–The number of people registered to run this marathon.
• 1–The number of wonderful husbands who will be supporting me on the course. He’s all set to take the el all over Chicago to meet me in many places and give me love.
• 593.64–The number of miles I’ve run training for this marathon
• 4–The number of marathons I’ve run while training for this marathon
• 1–The number of people who this marathon is dedicated to.

Went out for a nice easy run with Dash and met my friends on the way. I said “Hey, we need to arrange to run in the same direction at some point! So we started running and talking. They’re faster than I am so that meant I came in with a great time.

Marathon is Sunday…yes, I am very stressed. However, to prep I have been listening to the music from Spirit of the Marathon all day and have listened to the movie a few times as well. Wonderful  movie! I bought it off iTunes last night. I’ll watch it on the plane on the way to Chicago tomorrow night.

45,000 people will be running this marathon…and I’ll be just one of the stories out there. I am running this in honor of one of my favorite students (if teachers had favorites), Todd. Todd was in a very serious auto accident three weeks ago. He is still in a coma. He is a “tigger” like kid who enters a room and fills it up, and leaves it empty when he’s gone. I miss him this year (he graduated in June) but was looking forward to many visits. So Todd, this marathon is for you.

Tags: dedication, marathon, Races, running