5 sports bras, 2 gus, 4 cliff blocks and a partridge in a pear tree.

I will post more about the weekend later, but incase anyone is reading this and curious how the marathon went, I wanted to let you know it was great! I ran a 3:51:36 (8:49/mile average) marathon, which is faster (by 20 seconds, haha!) than my very first marathon back in 2001, and at 5 1/2 months post Micah, I am beyond happy with this time! It was much faster than I thought it would be, and I have to say that I really enjoyed the race. Sometimes the actual marathon, although I love it, can also be extremely difficult and cause you to get to the point where you say "I'm done. I can't run any more!!" but I truly never felt that during this race. I just continued to pound the miles out one by one and made it to the end in one piece and with a good time.

We just arrived home after a very long day: tough turbulent flight that was in holding patterns for 1/2 hour, lights out on Cicero because of the rain storm, and rush hour traffic on I-55 going home so I'm about in bed - and will post pictures and more details later this week. That is the update, however, on the race itself.