Running again

Back training for the Chicago Marathon. The plan this year is a combination of 4-5 runs a week with a couple nights at the gym mixed in. In addition, I am throwing out the drinking and the meat during the week to put a healthier diet in place.

Tonight I ran a nice 15 mile run. Sure i ran down the west side highway which is basically a two lane bike path that allows walkers, drunkards, bicyclists runners and roller bladers to all mash together and try not to kill each other... As an aside, roller bladers give it the fuck up especially the men and women who go out there all geared up like they are pros... Here's my thing, unless I see you in one of special vignettes they show during the Winter Olympics on NBC about how you trained in NYC in the off season in order to make it to the Olympics in speed skating, I don't want to see you out there and I especially don't want to see you wearing a shit ton of gear like someone actually gave enough of a shit to sponsor your ass...

But I digress.... all and all it was a pretty neat night to run with lightening all the way down the west side and when we went over the Brooklyn Bridge. So far all is on the up and up... more runs this weekend...