Well, it is official - this is going to be the hottest marathon I have ever run. When the heat rises, marathon times go longer. Which means, this makes qualifying exponentially more difficult.
I am already starting to consider alternative marathons at the end of the month of October in case things turn out poorly for me.
Still, running downtown Chicago is tremendously fun. And I get to spend some quality time with Lauren - which means double the fun.
Bib number (if you wanted to track progress sunday am) - 4686