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hello again it's been a while

I haven't been writing much for my personal blog since becoming a contributor to Salty Running , but I should do a Chicago Marathon race report here. The primary goal was to finish the Chicago Marathon. To redeem 2014, and to finish a World Major Marathon. Spoiler alert, that happened. The secondary goal, the one that has been around for a while, was to break 5:30. Alas, that did not happen. I still struggle with the idea that a 2:22 half marathoner can't manage to find sub-5:30, but it will come. I am not sub-5:30 YET. This year has been weird. The temperatures through the "summer months" were mild and we thought we had dodged a hot year. Labor Day weekend was so chilly that they almost didn't keep the outdoor pool open. And then "fall" arrived and so did the heat. I made my way through two toasty 20-milers and a flaming hot half marathon. On the first 20-miler I managed to get second-degree burns under my arms. Which meant the next weekend I