Some upcoming races

Looks like my hamstring (fingers crossed) is on the mend. It is definitely not 100%, but it is coming around. I participated in a 5k muddy obstacle course race and had a lot of fun. That got me the running bug again and I'm now signed up for the Hot Chocolate 15k in Chicago on November 5th and I'm eyeballing a Turkey Trot Half Marathon in Schaumburg on November 26th. Conveniently, the half marathon training program I found has my running a 15k race the exact weekend of the chocolate race, I think this must be a sign!

I did my first speed training yesterday and it went quite well. I even saw a few 6s in my mile/hour at various points in the workout. It was just a short one..5x400, each week gets progressively longer. I'm keeping an optimistic mind as I enter those runs!