Little Red Running Hood

Miles 1051 I am not sure how to start this one. Big pile of sobs and a one liner..... There will be no Chicago Marathon for me this year.  Right in the middle of what should have been my taper and I have an injury that can not be overcome.... can any really? Or do we just negotiate it better in our heads sometimes..... Truthfully, I don't want to run injured.....Maybe 5 miles.... but not 26.2.  And the other truth.......the novelty of running a marathon is long gone....This time I want to run well. What is well..... I don't know anymore..... The more I run, the more I am realizing..... good.... or above average is the hardest place to be..... because you can see the top.... but no matter what you do you can't seem to get there....... Every race when that fast pack pulls away..... spreading the distance between them and the "medium fast" I see it..... where I want to be..... getting further and further away.... with every huff and puff and perfectly cadenced st...

Miles 955 Guess I wrote this 4 weeks ago.... stay tuned for the update..... Wow.  It has been a long time since Ive sat down and thought about things.  like over 300 miles.  that took a long time to count.  Today I woke up and thought my life is like a really bad sex in the city episode or like the girlfriends guide to divorce episode "failure".  I was driving the kids to school reflecting on how they had just had fruit smoothies and left over chic-fillet for breakfast(YEP).... how messy my house was(dishes and laundry suck)..... how that's ok because I don't really have any adult company to notice(dishes and laundry still suck)..... how...I was now 41(FML).... how I don't have a freaking dime of my own in the bank and probably never will(and if I ever do... braces...book fees...uniforms)... and I live in a perpetual state of exhaustion(8 hours of sleep a week..right?).........Thank god I have good hair(please please please let me keep that). It is going to ...

MILES 625 When I was young, I remember being very impatient with puzzles….. they were the WORST grab bag gift….. and something I wanted nothing to do with…… until later…. I became fascinated by how all those little pieces fit together to form a whole…. each tiny piece was a part of something far greater than itself… and of course….I needed to know……. how fast I could put it together. It is the end of the season and all of the big races are done…. what remains are short or crazy races for the super tough or the psycologically impaired….. WHO races in 90 degree heat? But I guess if you are a runner, you just do it….. because… well… runners run… and races let us test our toughness… and validate our efforts. My run group is full of super stars…. and these super human runners are always encouraging me to do better….. lifting me up….. making me believe I can…. and I was so happy to see them winning today….. I take pride in the fact that my run group… can beat ANYONE….. just try to ra...