DG Challenge 2013 - Week 31

6.6 miles, starting from Runners Grove Running Store.  Plan to run with the group starting at 6:30pm on Wednesday!

Week 31: http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/257635309 or http://tinyurl.com/ppvbtlq (6.6 miles)

Chicago Marathon: Training week 8 with 10 weeks to go.
Marine Core Marathon: Training Week 6 with 12 weeks to go.
Naperville Marathon: Training week 4 with 14 weeks to go.

DG Challenge: https://www.facebook.com/DGChallenge2013
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DG Challenge 2013 - Week 30

We are back on the air!   Hope everyone used the week off from
Challenge routes to make up a missed week or simple take a break from
the heat.

7.5 miles for week 30.  In a rare change-up, this week's route is
mostly one giant loop. There are a few sections along Ogden Ave
without sidewalks, so use your best judgment and be safe.

Stay hydrated, stay cool.

Week 30: http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/251014751 or
http://goo.gl/maps/ufkK8 (7.5 miles)

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Chicago Marathon: Training week 7 with 11 weeks to go.
Naperville Marathon: Training week 3 with 15 weeks to go.

DG Challenge: https://www.facebook.com/DGChallenge2013
Run Chicago: https://www.facebook.com/RunChicago2012
(A Facebook account is not required to view these pages)

A "running" tally of our routes (through week 30) is available here:
https://www.google.com/maps/ms?msid=204821882677656099552.0004e2196f1291703b2a0&msa=0&ll=41.791164,-88.01956&spn=0.149232,0.312424

DG Challenge 2013 - Week 29

I'm officially making this a bye week.  Use it to cross train (preferably in the cool of water-sports) or make-up a previously missed route.

Run on my friends.

DG Challenge 2013 - Week 28 - SPECIAL EDITION

8.0 miles in southern DG for this week's Challenge route. Mostly flat and not too many dead ends. Not so coincidently, a group from Run Chicago will be joining us on this route at 6:30am on Saturday, July 13th.

Run Chicago is one man's quest (followed by a sizable group) to run every block in Chicago and was the inspiration for the DG Challenge. You can follow his updates in the link below.

Please join us (whether you're a challenger or not) on Saturday 7/13 at 6:30am for this course.  I'll provide drinks and post-race snacks.

Chicago Marathoner's are in Week 5 of training with 13 weeks to go.
Naperville Marathoner's are in Week 1 of training with 17 weeks to go.

Week 28: http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/242594649 or http://goo.gl/maps/cdufz (8.0 miles)

DG Challenge: https://www.facebook.com/DGChallenge2013
Run Chicago: https://www.facebook.com/RunChicago2012
(A Facebook account is not required to view these pages)

Run on.

-Russ

DG Challenge 2013 - Week 27

Happy Independence Week!  Hope everyone is planning to take some time off (I'm a fan of taking time off), get some running in (I'm a fan of that too), and enjoy the season.  Elmhurst is having their traditional "Four on the Fourth" race, which is always a good time and well organized. Or stop in for Lisle's Eyes to the Skies Festival.  The 6am balloon launches are a family favorite (along with a bribe of donuts and hot chocolate). There's a few miles of trails that circle the balloon launch area if you're not a fan of sitting in a lawn chair for an extended period of time.

For those of you running the Naperville full/half marathon, this is your last week of gluttony and sloth before the 18 week training schedule begins.

Chicago Marathonors are at week 4 with 14 weeks to go!

7.6 miles this week and plenty of dead end streets, circle drives, courtyards and the all your favorite moves we've come to love about the Challenge.

Week 27: http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/237473789 or http://goo.gl/maps/id4rH (7.6 miles)

Four On the Fourth: http://4on4th.com/4on4th/index.html
Eyes to the Skies: http://eyestotheskies.org/

Run on.

-r