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  We somehow made it through another week of what is turning out to be a cruel winter season. In true Chicago fashion, the weather has been all over the place. Monday and Tuesday were partly cloudy with highs in the mid-30s, which is pretty typical for this time of year. I ran 8.1 miles outside on Monday, which was very tolerable for this life-long Chicagoan. I worked a 12-hour shift on Tuesday, so no outdoor run for me on that day. Wednesday was unusually warm, sunny with a high of 55º. And as many Chicagoans do, people were outside in shorts and short sleeves. IRead More →

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Can you believe we are almost mid-way through the first month of 2018? Time sure flies, doesn’t it? Maybe I’m just getting old. So a little late in coming, but Happy New Year to all! I don’t usually make resolutions, generally because I (like most everyone else) tend to break them. I do, however, like to set new goals to kick off the new year. This year, I decided to break my fitness goals for the year into quarters. That way I can revisit them every few months and move forward based on how well I do or do not meet them. Plus, making severalRead More →

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Oh, what a week it has been! Most everyone in the country has been affected, but we in the Midwest, and especially you in the Northeast, got quite the hard weather hit this past week. Here in the Chicago area, we woke up on New Year’s Day to a temperature of 6 degrees BELOW ZERO. And that doesn’t include our infamous wind chill! All I can say is Brrrr! If you read my most recent post, you know I’ve fallen off the running train since my Ragnar race in November. New Year’s Day was not the day to get back on it.   The followingRead More →