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2019 Chicago Marathon Trip/Race Recap: Part 2

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I certainly did not intend for there to be three weeks between the posting of Part 1 and Part 2 of this blog, but sometimes life gets in the way. Even with that time gap, this is still a mess and could use some serious editing, so consider yourself warned! If you are seeing this post and haven't read part 1 and would like to, it can be found here: https://engineeredtorun.blogspot.com/2019/10/2019-chicago-marathon-triprace-recap.html Part 2 will now look at the day of the race in detail, as well as a brief recap of the completion of my trip after that. As I mentioned in part 1, I also plan to write a third part at some point that will look at the entire marathon process, from training through the race and lessons learned. At the rate it took to write these first two parts, that one should be done sometime around Christmas! Sunday, October 13, 2019 After getting in bed around 8:00 pm Saturday night, Kiley and I had two totally different sleep experiences. He drifted off almost ...