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- Chicago Megathon, er... Marathon Race Report Let's get the gory details out of the way. My time was a 4:24:50. I was hoping for a sub-4. The Chicago Marathon was on my list of marathons that I wanted to do. While New York has the five boroughs and the Boston Marathon has the prestige, Chicago is......
- Exit the monkey It's been a roller coaster year for my running. 8 PRs this year, including back-to-back 10 miler PRs (-10 minutes each time) and a PR by 55 minutes (3:39) at Flying Pig. Then came a rough showing (4:42) at the Hatfield-McCoy Marathon, followed by tendonitis and an SI joint injury.......
- Race Report: Monumental Marathon I've spent the past 6 months working up to this day. Twice in the past 16 months, I've been sidelined from running for more than 6 weeks. I began running everyday at the end of my last injury recovery, making it my goal to be able to run the......
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