Posted on October 5th, 2007 by Average Joggler
The email below is what the LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon sent to participants yesterday. It is not the kind of thing you want to read. I recall the heat of joggling last year’s Madison Marathon nearly wiped me out.
Heat Advisory
Attention LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon Participants:
The weather forecasts for race day – Sunday, October 7 [...]
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Posted on June 12th, 2007 by Average Joggler
Hour 23 and finish
It was hot. It was humid. Michelle had a 4+ mile run ahead of her. She hadn’t slept much, hadn’t trained much and had already completed two other runs. She had a 5 minute lead on the guy from Team Continental plodding behind her.
The sun was like needles [...]
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Posted on June 11th, 2007 by Average Joggler
After my last run, it was off to Zion, Illinois for breakfast. The Star Lite restaurant was the lone choice. Fortunately, Applebees was closed. Kudos to the Star Lite because they had a pretty good breakfast, but more importantly they freely gave up their electricity to power my phone. Not enough to start posting again [...]
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Posted on June 11th, 2007 by Average Joggler
I lost all power on the cell phone that I’d been using to do those hourly posts so I wasn’t able to give a race wrap-up. Then on Saturday and Sunday, too tired to post. Here’s what happened during the second half of the race.
Hour 13 and beyond.
When it is your team’s turn you focus [...]
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Posted on June 9th, 2007 by Average Joggler
Coyotes, darkness, vans getting lost. This is fun! Of course, I’m in the van so I don’t get the full experience. The thing about night time running, it’s so scary you run much quicker.
I’ll be losing power soon so no more updates until the end of the race.
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Posted on June 8th, 2007 by Average Joggler
I’m up next. Unfortunately, I’ve lost a couple of my joggling bags!! I now have to run with a completely new set and they’re not even Gballz.
Oh well. I’ll do the best I can. It’s getting pretty dark (9:00). I’m wearing a green light and will be running [...]
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Posted on June 8th, 2007 by Average Joggler
Hour number 6 - We’re in the race
Michelle was the first person from our van to run. It was only 3 miles so we had to get to the hand-off area pretty quickly. The instructions are good but they aren’t quite perfect. For the second time we made a wrong turn. [...]
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Posted on June 8th, 2007 by Average Joggler
Hour 4
After the great bowling outing it was time to wait, and wait and wait. There is a lot of waiting during these relay races.
I juggled a bit more just to keep fresh and put on my running clothes, black spandex shorts, white, dri-fit ‘We’ve Got Balls’ t-shirt, white cotton socks, a weathered DePaul [...]
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Posted on June 8th, 2007 by Average Joggler
hour number 3
We finished lunch and made it to our first transition point. According to Van 1 we are in “last place”. Sounds like a bit of an exaggeration.
We didnt know what we were going to do until we saw the Lake Mills Lanes….Bowling! I’ve never run a race like this.
My first [...]
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Posted on June 8th, 2007 by Average Joggler
hour number 2
While we wait in Mill Lake, we eat at Mulligan’s Mill of Joseph Megan’s. Six runners, six Miller Lite beers. Now this is a race a joggler can embrace. But only 1 for this juggling runner. I’ve gotta stay sharp for my 9 mile finale.
What does the anchor leg [...]
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