Maybe next year Sweetness...

Nice easy 5 miler this AM. Nice morning on the North route to my fave point. Really cool seeing a couple that were def from out of the country, looked like South American or maybe from Spain based on the Football Crest on his jacket, walking out the path and seeing their reaction when they turned at the point to see the skyline. The camera and video camera were out in an instant. Skyline had awesome fog settled in that covered tops of most buildings, but left the tops of the tall ones exposed. Awesome.
Signs of the end of summer everywhere. City of Chicago trucks packing up gazebos and such, volleyball nets down, no Triathalon training class, the running path traffic lighter than normal. The end of a short and odd Chicago Summer.
I signed up today for the Nike Ready to Run 20 miler on 9/20. This is an awesome run from Foster beach down the lakefront path to the South Shore Cultural center. An ominous run looking at it on a map and one during which I struggled last year (forgot until i read my blog that it was the morning after the Mich Ave mag launch party with Cindy "ei chi wa wa" Crawford, so i was on 4 hours sleep....but, a run that in know mentally handicapped me last year on Marathon day). My last long run and it needs to go well. Recruiting runners to join me for a mile or 3 for that race. Since it's on a public path, easy to hop on and help me out for a few miles. Let me know if you're interested and I'll help you connect with me at some point along the way. Don't worry, to quote the band Steriogram.."He's fat and he don't run too fast", so if you're in, it will be a nice and slow pace!
I realized today that because I made the decision to postpone my 18 miler until this Sat, that i can't run the Walter Payton 9.5 mile run this Sat. It was probably my favorite run last year. Torrential downpour from start to finish with the BEST volunteers on the course to support us. I will run this race next year. Sorry Sweetness for not being there for you on Saturday.
Shout out to M.E., Hadley and Kim for their donations today. I'm lucky to have amazing friends and family. Truly lucky.
Ciao for now. Caught up on Entourage and Top Chef tonight, ready now for a September to remember (how cheesy am I???)