Getting back into things

So... I decided in the spring that I wanted to run the Chicago Marathon... I signed up in March...

Things were going well, until I started traveling every week for my job... I was simply exhausted all the time, grouchy and depressed... even when I cut out social time and booze and every distraction from sleep I could think of, I always hit a plateau at 20mi/week...

Eventually, after a few months of this, I got sick, and I didn't make the long runs for a few straight weeks... so I decided to call it quits...

I spent about a month sort of running, sort of biking, sort of lifting, sort of... recovering from being totally burned out...

And now, I'm ready to get back into things.

The plan for the next month or two:

Monday: Rest day (traveling)
Tuesday: Speedwork in the morning + weights in the evening
Wednesday: Cross train
Thursday: Weights
Friday: Long run
Saturday: Cross train
Sunday: Short run + weights

Gut-check in mid-October... see you then.