I've been having a nice week of training, despite being super busy. Some bad planning on my part led to my having to sit in a CPR course from 6-10pm on Monday and Wednesday of this week, which really limited my time for running if I was also planning to eat and sleep. I took Monday off, and didn't have a lot of time to train on Tuesday because I have class that night, (my regular class for my masters degree,) but I did get a good session of drills in and about a mile and a half of easy running before I literally had to run to class. Yesterday I did 5+ miles, and today I did close to 5 plus a short drill session.

The idea of a marathon next year has been floating into my mind. For the first time, I think I will be able to stay pretty healthy and do some high mileage, and it seems like a little bit of a waste not to go out and try a marathon. After all, everyone seems to be doing. J. is considering Chicago next year, maybe I should too. He knows someone who can lend us an apartment very close to the start of the race for free, so that cuts down on a lot of lodging cost. I think I'll play it by ear for a little while and see how training goes. If I am able to ramp up the mileage and not get hurt, I think I might go for it. I think I remember reading that they have a start area at Chicago up near the front that you have to qualify to get into with either a half marathon or full marathon time. If anyone happens to know what those times are for women, could you please post them as a comment? I couldn't find any info on the Chicago marathon website.