DW Runners

I did promise ell I'd do a race report for Edinburgh, so here it is, better late than never.

Short version: Fantastic trip! Not my best race ever, but I'd do it again in a heartbeat, if it weren't so blasted expensive to fly over.

( long version here )

Last weekend I did a 5-mile race here in town. I have a lot less to say about it--it's always a fun race, and it's tiny, by Chicago standards, with only about 450 runners. Last year my time was 53:13, and I wanted rather badly to beat that, but I'd only got in one run the rest of the time we were in Scotland, so I really hadn't been training. Plus, the Wednesday before I'd had a tooth pulled, and I was taking antibiotics that made my stomach queasy, so it was going to be interesting.

The weather was terrific, although it did get a bit warm, and I managed to finish in... drum roll... 53:12! Beat last year's time by one whole second! So that was a bit disappointing, but not as much as if I'd gotten worse, and it was so fun that I'm not complaining.

My goal for July and August is to work up to about 25 miles/week, which should be doable. The Hokas seem to agree with my feet, thank heavens, and I've got some shoe suggestions from Runners World that I want to have a look at. I'm hoping to do another half in November--hopefully the one in New Orleans on November 21. So if anyone is looking for a road trip....

I wanted to share a bit about the trail half marathon I ran several weeks ago. It was my first trail half, and I enjoyed it immensely!

( details, including checking on ilanarama's prediction )