Today I checked the Bank of America Chicago Marathon website and found that the registration now is closed. I'd checked every now and then in between when I registered on Feb. 15 (registration opened on Feb. 1) and now.
I guess it's no surprise. I am glad that I made the decision.
One thing I had hesitated on doing was booking a hotel room at the race hotel. This had been really great the last two big races I've run in, the ING Georgia Marathon and the Credit Union Cherry Blossom Ten-Miler.
Although there are plenty of hotels in the city, the two hotels I was looking at are booked. No matter. I would probably want to eat a pre-race meal with my folks in the suburbs and make the drive downtown to the race, just as I did more than a dozen years ago when I ran in a 5K race that preceeded the Chicago Marathon.
Today's run below. It was a little bit of improv and I tried to make sure I kept running under as much tree cover as I could.
Time: 10 a.m.
Temp: 71 degrees
Gear: SST (Beltline), shorts, Nike Air Pegasus+ 26.
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