Green Beans & Cake

The blues

It happens to me after every race. Three marathons are now behind me...now what?  My knee no longer hurts, but I have no motivation to run. Zero. I've got a bad case of the post-marathon blues.

Maybe posting some pictures from Chicago will help. :)

   

Me being artistic in the park. [don't ask why we had luggage with us. hehe]

 

Another fun shot.

 

Matt took this one. Not sure where it is.

 

Why don't you take me to...Chinatown?!

 

Mile 21. I'm a little embarrassed to post this pic of me, but here it is. By this point in the race, I had hobbled from mile 13 to 21. My right was killing me, it was too hot, I basically felt terrible. I did, however, manage to smile AND to pose. All of that sorority party pic posing really paid off, didn't it? haha

 

"I trained in hot-as-hell Oklahoma, b*tches! This hot weather doesn't bother me." [Uh, don't know why I'm the only happy one here.]

 

Matt was mistaken about which pace group I belonged to. Hint: it wasn't this one!

     

I leave you with no ending picture of the finish line. I did manage to hop my way to the finish -- however, things didn't end the way I had anticipated. Here's a six word memoir account of my finish:

Asshole closed toilet lid in porta-potty.

That pretty much explains it, huh? haha

Hobble on, runners, hobble on

I'm running a little short on time, so expect a longer post later. I did it -- I finished my third Chicago marathon. Here's a 6 word memoir of my race experience this year.

Knee injury plus hot weather. TOUGH!

The return of the 6 word marathoning memoir

You should try it. If you could describe your most recent training run in 6 words, what would you say? Here's mine.

Always know where the toilets are.

So true, so true.

6 word story about long run

Hey Preps! I've gotta tell ya -- I'm slightly obsessed with a web-magazine called SMITH: Six-word Memoirs. Just think about it...how would you sum up your life, your day, an important moment in only six words. Here's my six word memoir about my long run today. Ready?

"Tacos before long run: Bad idea."