Chicago Lakefront Trail Long Run

Andy and I doing our scheduled long run along the Chicago Lakefront trail. We ran from Montrose Harbor to Navy Pier and back, 14miles. Definitely one of my top four favorite places to run, the other three being Hermosa Beach, CA, Central Park, NY and the Yellow Trail in the Palos Forest Preserve(IL). Lucky for me, two of the places are local! Today we got a real break in the weather with cooler temps in the 70s but it was still a tough run. Even though this completes week 5 of the 18 week marathon training program it feels like the first real week or training because the first 4 weeks were relatively easy. Now the real work and training begins!