Friday, October 19

Today I am in Chicago. We're in that weird Chicago fall freakweather stage where it's all blue sky sunny gorgeous at 8am and by 8:15 it's cloudy and raining.

I registered today for a half marathon to be held on January 19, 2008 in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. The race website (http://www.maratonloscabos.com/general_en.htm) says it's "a beautiful route all the way between the seashore and the dessert." Ah, if only I had a sweet tooth. I'm really looking forward to the race because 1) the endorphin blast I felt after my last half marathon (and continued to feel until...well, I'm still feeling it) makes me understand perfectly why people get addicted to exercise and 2) this will be my 2nd half marathon "destination race." I'm signing up with my sometime running group, Chicago Endurance Sports. I have enrolled in a few training sessions with them in the past couple of years that I haven't really kept up with but this time I will. Now it's in print; I have to do it. The thing that makes a little uneasy about the race is mention of a course that goes "up to Cabo del Sol, then returning to Cabo San Lucas." Chicago is the flattest running town of all time and even the slightest rolling hill has me gasping, so I'm hoping the "up" is more metaphoric than literal.

I'm listening to John Mayer's Continuum at the moment. He is such a talented musician but listening to him still feels like a guilty pleasure. Maybe if he stopped dating bimbos I could admit to more people that I think he's really good. I was reading through the liner notes on the album and praying "Please, John, please don't have included Jessica Simpson in your thank you list." Whew. He also has a really funny blog on his website (http://www.johnmayer.com/blog) and some even funnier clips of him and Buddy Guy playing together at Buddy's club in Chicago on July 4th this year. Check 'em out - they are high-larious. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5M-Oxk1rVY and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfNEtwhr6gA&mode=related&search=