2001 Chicago Marathon Training Log

Sarah's 2002 Chicago Marathon Training Log



I finished the marathon on October 13, 2002 with a time of 4:19:12, which is 26 minutes faster than last year!

I just don't remember the details of my training any more. I should have trained more, but that's all I remember. I'm just happy to have finished it! Maybe next year I'll be more detailed. I would really love to run the marathon in Rome, Italy, but that's in March and I'm not sure about the expense of traveling there! Someday, though I would love to run marathons all over the world. ;)

John's 2002 Training Log
July
SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursday FridaySaturday
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 4 mi. 22 3 mi. 23 5 mi. 24 4 mi. 25 2 mi. 26 7 mi. 27
28 4 mi. 29 4 mi. 30 5 mi. 31 5 mi. This is only the begining... 

Daily Log:
7/21: 0 -- nuthin... off to a GREAT start!
7/22: 0 -- again...
7/23: 0 -- doing great!
7/24: 5 -- yeah!  Finally! :)
7/25: 0 -- back to badness... :(
7/26: 0 -- zippo!
7/27: 7 -- okay, made up the big mileage here!
7/28: 0 -- "day off"... yeah, like what was last week then?
7/29: 0 -- lazy, lazy
7/30: 0 -- okay, I was up till 3:30AM finishing a website. :)
7/31: 0 -- it is way hot... tomorrow we leave for Kentucky where it is ... cooler?
Total Miles for the Month: 12 (12/43) = 28% Nice!

Well, okay, so it wasn't very nice... but hey-- we're moving. And we're finishng classes and enrolling in different Universities and going on vacation. What do you want? Things should definately get easier in the coming months. Stay tuned...

August
SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursday FridaySaturday
Last easy month! 1 5 mi. 2 3 mi. 3
4 7 mi. 5 5 mi. 6 3 mi. 7 7 mi. 8 4 mi. 9 3 mi. 10
11 10 mi. 12 5 mi. 13 5 mi. 14 7 mi. 15 6 mi. 16 3 mi. 17
18 10 mi. 19 6 mi. 20 4 mi. 21 8 mi. 22 6 mi. 23 4 mi. 24
25 12 mi. 26 6 mi. 27 5 mi. 28 10 mi. 29 6 mi. 30 5 mi. 31 

Log begins here....
8/1: 0 -- Terrible start... oh well -- we're on the road!
8/2: 4 -- Hot and hilly in Tennesse!  John's gut was hurting, too!
8/3: 0 -- Long live vacation!
8/4: 0 -- Long live vacation!
8/5: 0 -- Very, very hot -- made it about 10 feet out the door!
8/6: 3 -- Cool, mild weather.  More days like this and we will be back with it in no time!
8/7: 0 -- Busy working!
8/8: 0 -- Ummm... still working!
8/9: 3.5 -- Very fast-- very cool out.
8/10: 5 -- 3 days in a row!  Nice!
8/11: 0 -- Pack!  Pack!  Pack!

**I accidentally wrote over this information!  I will try to update 
it at a later date.  I am still training.**



8/24: Biked 37 miles.  It was gorgeous, my bum only hurts a little. ;)
8/25: 0 -- Recovering from the bike ride.
8/26: 0 -- No excuse, just lazy on a Monday morning.
8/27: 6 -- Nice and cool.
8/28: 5 -- Yes, I should have done 10, I'm still scared of doing 10 on 
Missouri hills.
8/29: 6 -- This seems to be my average.
8/30: 6 -- Just another 6.
8/31: 10 -- That's good to make up some of it anyway.
Total Miles for the month:

September
SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursday FridaySaturday
1 12 mi. 2 7 mi. 3 5 mi. 4 11 mi. 5 6 mi. 6 5 mi. 7
8 14 mi. 9 7 mi. 10 6 mi. 11 12 mi. 12 6 mi. 13 5 mi. 14
15 16 mi. 16 8 mi. 17 6 mi. 18 13 mi. 19 6 mi. 20 5 mi. 21
22 18 mi. 23 10 mi. 24 7 mi. 25 13 mi. 26 8 mi. 27 6 mi. 28
29 16 mi. 30 10 mi. 

Log begins here:
9/1:  4 -- I was a campout, any excuse will do not to run enough. :)
9/2:  0 -- Didn't run, visiting my favorite person.
9/3:  6 -- Feeling very sick today, so I don't know
9/4:  6 -- I wimped out on the 11 miles.
9/5:  6 -- The hills are better, but I'm still not used to them.  
Sometimes I really miss flat Illinois.
9/6:  6 -- Nice and cool
9/7:  Biked 74 miles!  This is is the longest I have ever
9/8:  0 -- Off, that bicycle ride was a lot!
9/9:  6 -- Why didn't I do 7 like I was supposed to?  I don't know
9/10: 6 -- Cool enough, but those Missouri hills!
9/11: 6 -- Nice and cool again.  At some point I need to just do that 11 
miles I've been putting off. :(
9/12: 6 -- 51 degrees F, wow, days like this were made for running.  
Unfortunately, I woke up late so I was unable to run a long run (yeah, 
right you say).  I am just resigned to pushing my high miles off until 
Saturday. ;)
9/13: 6 -- What can I say, I keep finding excuses to not run the 13 miles. 
:)
9/14: 0 -- John and I are bad influences on each other. ;)
9/15: 3 -- John's gut was hurting so we quit early.
9/16: 0 -- Hopefully, this will be my only day off this week.
9/17: 6.1 -- It was fun to run in the rain today!
October
SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursday FridaySaturday
1 6 mi. 2 18 mi. 3 6 mi. 4 8 mi. 5
6 Rest? 7 7 mi. 8 6 mi. 9 5 mi. 10 4 mi. 11 2 mi. 12
13 26.2 mi. 14 15 16 17 18 19

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