I just wanted to (and really needed to) write a quick update as summer is flying by. I haven’t blogged much but at least I’ve been keeping up with race reports and stuff. It’s better than nothing! I can’t believe it is the end of August already… alright it’s only the middle of August but it’s still flying by and I don’t like it. I really really really love summer. I’ve often thought I should move somewhere where it is summer all year long… And no, I would not miss winter one little bit! Alas, I am still in Philadelphia for a while so I guess I’ll deal. My husband and I managed to get to the shore this year which was awesome. I love the beach as much as I love summer and even though we only live an hour from the shore we never seem to get there. It’s tough with all the training and racing and traveling that happens during our “beach season”. We headed down to Ocean City, MD for a long weekend to relax and also to see my husband’s parents. It was a nice mini-vacation where we mostly played all weekend and the only training I had was one long hot run. It was a nice break before I had to come back to a few weeks of hard training to get ready for the Chicago Triathlon. I’m definitely going to need all the training because this race is going to be FAST!!! But I’m excited. Training has been going well and I’ve never been to Chicago before so it should be a good trip. I’m not flying back until Tuesday morning because I wanted to have at least one day to have some fun in Chicago. What to do?!