The deed has been done, and there’s no turning back. I’ve registered for the Chicago Marathon. I’m hoping to complete the race in about four hours, but not having run that distance before it’s hard to tell if I’ll be able to hold to that number or not.
I recall that Runner’s World has run several stories that reference a mathematic formula that one plugs in their one mile time and some other factors and receives a time estimate that holds true for many distances. I’m tempted to go out there to see what it has to say for me, but I think I’m going to hold off until after I run in a one-half marathon.
I have a couple of more months before I need to start devoting training time specifically for the marathon. For now I’m going to keep plugging along in “maintenance mode” until the weather turns.