I’m amazed where running has got me. Like to Chinatown on Saturday morning to eat a freshly made bbq pork bun, Oak Street beach in the winter, the end of Navy Pier on a random week night, Lincoln park zoo and techno structure. Most amazing to me are the distances. From a 11 mile random night run in the dead of winter to 15 in the heat if summer. Of course the 26.2 miles of each marathon I’ve ran are pretty awesome. Running Tokyo was awesome an I am on the verge of doing it again…

“The only time”? Unless Tokyo will sink…heh!

pI thought it might impress the person I know. It hasn’t, yet I’m still running. What is wrong with me./p

On October 9th, 2011 I will be RAN the 2011 Chicago Marathon. Unlike previous marathons, this one I RAN to help the Chicago Anti Cruelty Society. I know my family and a few friends have adopted their loved pets from the Chicago Anti Cruelty Society. I could have chosen other charities, but this one hits home with me because here’s where my family got Giant, our chihuahua, who was with us from 1987-1999.

Although the marathon is over, the puppies and kitties can always use help…

…or click

here.

Thankew! Love & Respect,

Phil

And if you want, click on the photo to see the adoptable puppies & kitties at the Anti Cruelty

Broke the 4800 mile mark on Nike +. I will admit that I’m glad I got the Nike+ sports band as it has kept track of my miles from May 2008 to Dec 2012. The only time The worse thing that happened is from mid-December 2008 to July 2009 I did not keep track of my miles because my first generation Nike+ sports band. died and the were in the process of bringing out version 2.  Many miles were not counted and I could have easily stopped using the sports band. Thankfully I didn’t when I recieved the new version. I am proud to say that I have 4 marathons in those miles and one of them in Japan. It may not seem like much, but I’ve gone from a 10min mile down to 9:15min mile. Some days it can be 8:5min a mile. Distances  wise, still 26.2… but maybe I’ll break it when the weather gets warmer.  I would like to get a fifthor even 6th marathon in 2012. We will see. For now I keep running. Not because I want to, but because I have too. It’s has become part of me. 6000 in 2012.