A Viking, running

ORN: This morning, I ran 15 miles in 2:36'30".  I started out with a strong, marathon pace, but the hills got the better of me.  I slowed way down to my usual LSD pace after five miles or so.  The morning was lovely and cool and only got to be warm in the last 20 minutes or so.  After reading about the merits of chocolate milk as a recovery drink in Runners' World and online, I tried using it today.  We'll see how that works.  Milk kinda makes my tummy rumbly, so I'm not loving it right now.  Still, chocolate is yummy.  Can't complain there.

I'm thinking a lot about Chicago, but I am thinking more about my next race -- the Downtown Doubler 30K next weekend -- and future races.  I'm signed up for the Derby Festival miniMarathon in April, but I don't know whether or not to do the Fleet Feet winter race series and/or the Triple Crown in the spring.  That's a lot of races.  I'm not sure I want to do any or all of them.  I'm happy with the races I have scheduled, but I know I need to have regular milestones to stay on the road.  I'm not going to decide this today, but it's on my mind.

This coming week is my last big mileage week before I taper.  Thank the running gods.  I think I might end up doing over 40, which ain't much for a marathoner, but that's all on three days.  And then there's the cross training....