The thing is that I'm not unhappy with my recent marathon times (3:28 & 3:24) but they are not even close to the world record. Michal and Zach have just set the bar so high. However, I believe it's possible…

I thought it might be cool to do a marathon review so you have some useful information when deciding whether to do a marathon or not. Since Chicago is the freshest in my mind, I provide it here first. I'll…

Yesterday, I went on my first run after the marathon. It was a joggling run of just over 3 and a half miles. Here's the running path I took. Typically, I like to get the first run in the Wednesday…

I haven't seen the newspaper but our local paper (The Chicago Tribune) did a story on a variety of runners that completed last weekend's Chicago Marathon. Apparently, yours truly got a small paragraph mention in the Tempo section. I looked…

So, you already know my time and generally how I felt about it. I was especially proud of my first half, 1:35. This is the fastest half marathon I've ever run. Unfortunately, the weather, tired legs, and fate conspired to…

Well, it looks like my official time was something link 3:24:46.  While not my fastest marathon of all time, it is my second fastest and considering I just ran one a month ago, I'm happy with my performance.  I really…

4:56 Wake up and look at clock. Not yet. 4:58 Decide to stay in bed until 5:15. It's a palindrome 5:07 Not yet 5:15 Get out of bed. Get clothes. 5:16 Start shower. Water's cold. Start water for tea 5:21…

Hey, I just got off the line with Nick Digilio on WGN radio AM720 in Chicago. I've never been on the radio before and it was a blast. It's really got me pumped up to joggle this marathon tomorrow. I…

The official confirmation ticket came in the mail and my number for this race is 8656. If you would like to track the progress of anyone running the Chicago Marathon you can go to this runner update page and sign…

Why look at this, a little press coverage for Just Your Average Joggler. Check out this magazine article on joggling in Time Out Chicago. This is a great lead in to this weekend's marathon.  Thanks so much to Susan Muskovitz…