I know it has been a long time since I have posted here – and am not sure if anyone will stumble across this post or blog – but wanted to jot down a few notes.

Sometime earlier this year, I decided to withdraw from many of my online activities and interests to focus more of my energy on work and on a rather substantial new goal of mine – to run the Chicago Marathon this October!

In light of this, I pulled down several sites I ran for fun and learning… and haven’t been writing quite as much.

The good news is that I have been really super busy at work, with new and challenging projects.

The great news is that my training for the marathon is going extremely well.  I am training with the Chicago Area Runners Association – and yes – they meet in the suburbs too! Really great group of people… and as someone that has traditionally enjoyed the “me” time aspect of running, I am here to tell you that group runs really are a lot of fun.

That’s it for now. I have had a lot of other thoughts stirring, and reactions to events and news that are top of mind, and might just use this as a forum for these for a while. But mostly – I wanted to send along a quick update!