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        So can you answer the question that was brought upon you at the beginning of this training program. Can anyone run a marathon? Do you still think you cant and that you will never see yourself doing anything close to this. Well you must have realized by now that you can do this by putting in some time that you usually would have wasted on sleep or being lazy at home watching TV. Don't let your mind stop you from doing things that are possible in real life but impossible in your head.
        When I was first injured from soccer I never thought I would be running again for the fact that I had previous injuries on the same knee. I felt unbearable pain that I had never experienced in my life. I felt useless because I couldn't do anything but sit and watch my friends have fun during the summer. Then when I did try to do the things they were doing I had to stop the moment that I got up to try.
        People never appreciate what they have until its gone, which is why I have learned to take every step as if it were my last. I had lost the feeling to run and play soccer for a while but i gained a new meaning of life. Never let opportunities pass you by for reasons like its too hard or Im too lazy to wake up. Because most likely the things you let pass by may benefit you in the long run but they wont be able to if you ignore them. Finally don't let opportunities knock at your door just keep the door open with a welcome home mat on the front porch.
        This week is going to be Thanksgiving weekend so if you choose to run I recommend for you to run the Turkey Trot in chicago because its a great little race that I have done previously. Take a break from running this week just run a little. This is the time for you to give thank to the people that were in your life during the hard times. Spend it with your family and make it memorable. Just laugh, have fun, and run....Happy Thanksgiving...=]

Getting closer to that 26.2 mile goal....

Hello runners. How was everyone’s weekend? I hope you all ran in this great weather, I know I did I changed my mind and chose to run this week. I wasn’t just going to waste a week of 70 degree weather, however, by my knee acting up on me I was forced to run at a 10 minute/pace which kind of sucked for me but at least I ran during perfect running weather.

            Alright we are almost halfway through our training and it’s going to get harder as the time passes especially if you don’t run in between the week, so please don’t make it harder on yourself its only going to affect you at the end. Many runners can train for a marathon without running during the week but many can’t and maybe just maybe you can be one of them, but would you take a risk on almost 7 months of training. This is the time where you should be taking every run serious because if you don’t then you will be watching everyone pass you by during the marathon while you walk towards the finish line. Don’t you want to be able to sprint towards that finish while thousands of people are cheering and yelling, “Go Runners”, mind you that they aren’t saying “go walkers”. So train like if that was your last run because you’re going to regret it when that big day comes and your not prepared. I know this by experience and trust me it sucks when you have to walk towards the finish line and everyone is passing you by telling you “come on you can do it just start running”, then when you try to run you stop in seconds because of the amount of pain your in.

Strive to be the greatest, don’t watch the chance pass by. 

Just Run....

      Hello runners hows the running experience going for you guys? I hope it's going good especially because I know that the cold weather makes you want to stay home and skip the running for one or two weeks. Which in my opinion thats okay because are training started way before others which gives us more time for our training. Usually people start training for the Chicago Marathon in May but we started in September so it's fine to skip some weeks. Just make sure that you still run some distance during those weeks because then it will make it sort of difficult to start running again because your body took a 2 week vacation. Also if you think you need a break because you think your getting an injury then go ahead and do it. Don't wait until the last minute where your injury has worsen because you never know that this injury may cause you to miss the Marathon just like I did. The feeling isn't good when you trained so much for nothing and when the day comes your sitting on the sidelines watching everyone in disappointment.
      Just run....and you will feel better in mostly every aspect of your life because remember not everyone can run a marathon or even can come close to run 13.1 miles straight without stopping. But you can accomplish this if you have the right mindset. Anything is possible when you want to make it possible. I decided to take break from the long run because I feel my knee acting up on me again and I don't want to risk another injury. But for those who are running your schedule should be 4 miles during the week and 8 miles for your long run. Be safe, keep warm, and just run.....