This week I had my second trip to Chicago of 2024. When I was packing, the weather forecast called for wind and rain, but it mostly cleared up when I was there, although I did have one run that reminded me I was in the windy city.
Simply stunning!
Back To The Windy City
When I arrived on Monday afternoon it was gorgeous—sunny and in the upper 60s. The stars aligned to meet up with Erica for dinner, and we lucked out and got a table at Cindy’s Rooftop restaurant at the Athletic Club.
After dinner, we enjoyed the pastel sunset with views over Millennium Park and Lake Michigan.
My best sunrise run was on Tuesday. When I stepped outside, I immediately saw the sunrise was going to be gorgeous, and chased it down the Riverwalk and out to the Lakefront path.
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What a way to start the day!
Weekly Run Down
Between recovering from that core class from hell, and prioritizing running in Chicago over the hotel gym, I didn’t do much strength this week, although I took the same body weight strength class as a warm-up three times.
Sunday: Full body strength + 3.25 Tread Miles
I managed Andy’s strength class with a few modifications and a tread run with Alex.
Monday: Upper body strength + Climb Ride
I had a mid-day flight, so I could do a full workout Monday morning.
Tuesday: 4 mile Chicago Lakefront run
After the stunning sunrise, the sky was bright blue for the rest of my run along the Lakefront trail. I was wearing long sleeves and shorts, but probably would have been OK in short sleeves because it wasn’t very windy.
Wednesday: 20 min Climb Ride + 3 mile Chicago Lakefront Run
I started off in the hotel gym, where I used one of the Peloton bikes to take a climb ride. I tried to do a Lanebreak class to cool down, but it seemed like the wi-fi wasn’t strong enough and the bike froze. Instead of messing around with it, I decided to go outside where I was lured to the Lakefront path for another short run.
It was warm—upper 60s—but very windy!
Thursday: Walking
I had an early flight home, but took time to take Scooby out for a walk before I logged in for a few hours of work.
I borrowed my neighbor’s flowers for this photo.
Friday: Lower body strength + Climb Ride
Trying to catch up with the Breakthrough Crew Ascend April classes, since I mostly did my own thing in Chicago.
Saturday: 5 Scooby Miles
Back home, but showing my love for running in the windy city with one of my Chicago tees. It was in the upper 50s but humid—definitely t-shirt weather.
Don’t let all this running fool you. My hamstring was bothering me after those runs in Chicago, and I am pretty bummed. 🙁 I’m going to do a course of meloxicam (a strong NSAID) and see where that gets me.
A huge thank you to Deborah and Kim for hosting the Weekly Run Down link up. And thanks to all of you for putting up with my hamstring saga!