My summer was spent in a soggy-feeling slump. I felt physically depleted a lot of the time, and my poor old brain was pretty useless, too. I haven’t raced since the 4th of July, and that was a 5K that left me dragging for weeks afterward. I used to bounce back right away after a 5K. It was weird.
The good news is that I think I’ve emerged from the malaise. Training runs aren’t knocking me back like they did, and I’ve been able to solve a few problems at work. It would be fun to test myself in a little, local race this weekend. But, as it happens, my lovely wife and I are flying to Chicago this week to test ourselves in the Chicago Marathon. I don’t much know what to expect from myself. It’s liberating in a way. It might turn out to be a very fun day!
