article_snippet.sent: Throw in a notorious Chicago winter that refused to go gently into that good night, and I'll admit this: I was not very diligent in getting all of my training done.
article_snippet.sent: And so that's what I did.
article_snippet.sent: That was great motivation to keep up with my workouts for the next week.
article_snippet.sent: A few weeks later, I traveled to Little Rock, Arkansas, to run a marathon.
article_snippet.sent: Sometimes I forget that and don't cut myself any slack or recognize how far I've come.
article_snippet.sent: And that meant I could finally break free of my Computrainer bike sessions and hit the road.
article_snippet.sent: With two falls behind myself (hey, those clips take some getting used to), we got in nearly 23 miles and a new addiction was born.