This week starts with chatter about running shoes, and kelly being thankful that Brooks took pity on her and exchanged a pair of shoes that she brought that wound up being too big – and then we get around to welcoming you all into week 6 of training for the Chicago marathon. We have officially reached the point in training that we have started to question how we are this far into training.

Then we get into our weekly runs, and how excited we get when we manage to run in the morning – While Katie is a consistent morning devotee, Kelly and Mike don’t always manage to get out these days. Mike tells us about his tempo run, which apparently involved happy plus one and easy plus three…. It was basically a new “if you’re happy and you know it” song. Katie took on a Thursday night race this week, and *spoiler* the humidity made her want to puke – ‘tis the season!

Kelly and Mike recap "The Rainbow Run" race that they did over the previous weekend, and all three of the DNS runners continue to complain about the NY summer weather - we wonder how those of you that live in longer climates do it!

We finish out the episode talking about gear we don’t like, and gear we love so much we want it in every color!