Fastest course in the west!

Well, in light of my lackluster performance at the Chicago Marathon, I decided to investigate other options for running a second marathon. Several CRCers decided to run the Philadelphia Marathon. This was basically out of the cards for me, because I wasn't really up for another cross-country flight (since I was travelling to Pittsburgh.) Fellow PARC runner Marty also wanted to best his Chicago time, so he suckered me in to running the California International Marathon, which is on December 2nd. Good news: it can't possibly be five bajillion degrees outside, and also it's a mostly downhill course. Yesssssssss



Bad news: I haven't done that much training since Chicago. I've done a long run (13 miles, 15 miles, that sort) just about every weekend, and on average about one other run a week. That's very little training. But, I had some foot pain in my left foot that was exactly the same as my right foot pain, so I wanted to give it time to recover. We'll see how this goes.