chicago, the night, the marathon, et cetera

the chicago night
Originally uploaded by jlpetersen.

while there are many other components of the week, my focus is primarily on sunday, aka marathon day. even thinking of the day, a day that is full of emotion, injects a bit of adrenaline into my veins. waking at 4:30, putting on the attire that I will have laid out so carefully the night before, meeting my marathon friends in the chilly morning, standing as part of a crowd of 40,000 runners, tromping up and down the streets of chicago, tromping up and down the rollercoaster that is inevitable for the day. so many days, so many miles have gone into preparing for this sunday. not to be dramatic about this. I have grown to be addicted in some way to the whole event of the marathon: traveling miles about a city, seeing it in a completely different way with all of the sights, sounds, and bodily sensations that are offered marathon runners.

so, yes, the marathon is a key point of the week. but there are many other bits, like abby and jenny coming to chicago, molly's leaving of 222 w. ontario, and raven's 14th birthday. while there are times that I think that there is little to my time in chicago, this is in no way true. how is it that I forget about the fullness of my life? there are enough physical reminders of the overabundance of people and important things. it's funny how you those get edged out of the way sometimes.

this entry has gone on a bit longer than I had planned. the whole point of blogging this photograph was to talk a bit about this great feeling that I had last night running north towards downtown along the lakefront. but alas, I have gone on many a tangent already. so now, after a bit of catching up on some tasks, it will be time for bed. la la salama.