Chicago 2004

[Nigel]

Dorian

You will certainly love Chicago. I ran it in 2002, and two years on my time there remains my personal best, despite some repeated and painfully protracted attempts to better it. More than that, it is a fantastic city, and a wonderful marathon.

I'm hardly running at the moment, having exhausted myself by running two marathons in quick succession this Spring. It was a controlled risk, not without benefit and certainly not without consequences. I've been sore and listless recently, and in the past month I've rediscovered lager and my golf game (both of these offering dangerous and perhaps one day terminal implications for my running career).

Never mind. In the spirit of a rainy day at Wimbledon where the misery of inaction is often accompanied by the sometimes unwelcome chance to relive some of the scenes from earlier in the tournament, your message and Andy's vibrant and enthralling musings on Cuba have enticed me to post some of back catalogue into my own training diary. It'll all be out of sequence, and it won't be popular with all of the audience, but then that never stopped the BBC.....

Enjoy the race, and above all, enjoy Chicago.

Regards
Nigel