Chicago Runners

So who all is running and what is your bib #:

Michael Young  1044  
Chelsea Young  161 
Trevor Young  1100  
(Three more Young's you don't know wife and two more kids - this is gonna be a family fun event - lol)
Martin Schumacher  1344
Steven Foster  1594

How about goals?

I hate posting goals but here goes along with the appropriate caveat:

Michael Young - realistically 3:04-3:09 > hamstring injury took a lot out of me and lost a month of training from mid-August.  However, I'm going to set up my pace to shoot for a 2:59:59 with a small negative split and hope that my prior base holds me through.  Really worried about bonking if I go out too fast, but I've always been an optimist.  We'll see if that target is too agressive.

Chelsea Young - 2:54  > she's in the ADP (sub-elite) going for that first sub 3:00 time.  Is in great shape.  Dad won't accept any excuses from her.  ha.

Trevor Young - realistically 3:07 - 3:15  > was getting in good shape and was going to go for a sub 3, but strained his calf on his last tempo run.  Hasn't run more than 3 miles in the past two weeks.  So your guess is a good as mine there.  Not sure how much conditioning he lost.  That's a big taper, but hell, he's only 25 yrs old.

I will have an interesting race report afterwards, regardless of the results with my wife doing her first - just trying to avoid the sweepers,  my 21 yr old doing her first (guessing 4:20) and my 17 yr old doing her second, will probably be keeping her mom company.  Sweeper can only scoop up one at a time.    I figure Chelsea, Trevor and I will have 4 hours between when we finish and they do.  Hopefully I'm sober enough still to cheer them on at the end. 

Julio:  Goal is to have 3 beers during the marathon.  My PR is 2 but I'm feeling good about this weekend.

348.  Goal is to run fast.

Letsrun is live streaming the race both in the morning and then again in the evening.  

http://www.letsrun.com/news/2013/10/watch-2013-bank-american-chicago-marathon-live-stream-tape-delayed-sunday-letsrun-com/

I wish you all a great race!

Run well everyone...

My goal is to finish my 20 miler in time to track all of the runners online

7467 - my PF is limiting my goal. It's gotten better from all the self treatment but it's clearly still there so that could have a big impact with a shorter/changed stride. Before that, my goal was a 3:35-3:39 which I'll try to start off at.

Good luck to all our Chicago runners! 

Looks like decent weather for it, too.

Godspeed and good luck!

Good luck!!! Run fast...Run smart!!

Everyone is looking good so far...

Dave is on pace for 2:44
Schuey on pace for 3:01
Michael Young on pace for 3:00
Steve Foster on pace for 3:08
John P. on pace for 3:41


Keep it up!!!!

Nick Morris wrote:Everyone is looking good so far...

Dave is on pace for 2:44
Schuey on pace for 3:01
Michael Young on pace for 3:00
Steve Foster on pace for 3:08
John P. on pace for 3:41


Keep it up!!!!

thanks for the update!

Michael Young in at 3:00:37

Schuey in at 3:02:46

Steve Foster in at 3:11:29

Not sure what happen to Dave-O...he still hasn't registered a finish time...hmm

John P. is on pace for 3:44...so he has slowed just a little, but still looking good.

Thanks, Nick.  Greg Castady in at 2:38.  Hope Dave-O is ok.

Michele \"1L" Keane wrote:Thanks, Nick.  Greg Castady in at 2:38.  Hope Dave-O is ok.

Dave was running with Greg for a while...hope he is ok...

Nick Morris wrote:

Michele \"1L" Keane wrote:Thanks, Nick.  Greg Castady in at 2:38.  Hope Dave-O is ok.

Dave was running with Greg for a while...hope he is ok...

Quote from Dave on FB - "3 pit stops from stomach issues and a 12:00 last mile while back peddling because of hamstring cramps is no way to run marathon."

Dave-O has a finish time of 2:50:02

John P. is in at 3:50:00

Nick Morris wrote:

Nick Morris wrote:

Michele \"1L" Keane wrote:Thanks, Nick.  Greg Castady in at 2:38.  Hope Dave-O is ok.

Dave was running with Greg for a while...hope he is ok...

Quote from Dave on FB - "3 pit stops from stomach issues and a 12:00 last mile while back peddling because of hamstring cramps is no way to run marathon."

Well, that stinks. Sorry, Dave-O.

Congrats to everybody.

I see Julio is still out on the course. I hope he didn't exceed his 3-beer goal by too much..  

Bummer about Dave-O.  Julio will indeed finish - it just might take a while.

Congratulations to all the finishers. I can't help feeling Dave-O's pain. Those last few miles must have felt awful, but he kept going.

Saw Michael on the course, he apparently missed getting in the A corral and started in the E corral. Pretty great for him having to zig zag at the beginning. Got to talk to him in the finish shoot. Yes I bled a bunch of time at the end with an on coming side stitch at 21. Rallied a bit and was able to finish half way respectable, my second best, but damn it hurt like hey! Congrats everyone, thanks for tracking, too!