It’s the last Friday of the month, so it’s time to join Marcia for “Runfessions!” Runfessions are running truths or “where runners bare their souls and soles.” Hello from London where I am spectating for Sunday’s marathon. Here are my April 2026 Runfessions.
I runfess… I’m very excited to be in London cheering for Sue (and other friends) in Sunday’s London Marathon! I enjoyed the Expo and we’re going to see Des and Kara’s Nobody Asked Up podcast, an Arc’teryx Shake Out and more. TBH, I have no FOMO about not running. I am excited to join the massive crowds to be a fan! I haven’t spectated at a World Marathon major since before the pandemic and the London crowd is fantastic.
I runfess… I’m happy that I decided not to run a spring marathon. My heart was not in the training and I’m hoping that taking a break will make training for Chicago and NYC this summer more fun. This year is the 30th anniversary of my 1st NYC Marathon (and first marathon in San Francisco). Crazy!
I runfess… I really don’t like running 10 mile races. I’ve always loved half marathons and even 15Ks (9.3 miles) but there’s something about 10 miles. Maybe I’m still salty about the wind and sudden warm weather from the Lakefront 10 mile race a few weeks ago. At least I got to hang out with my friends!
I runfess… I’m missing one of the races I normally run in Chicago this weekend so I signed up for a couple of things in May that I don’t usually run in our local racing circuit. I’m actually doing two 10K races which aren’t as common in Chicago as NYC. It’s another one of my lesser favorites. What’s your favorite race distance?
I runfess… This AI photo from Go Running Tours of “me” is so funny. The person in front is AI me but if you zoom in… it’s not! (Maybe I have sunglasses on in the original one they used?) and the orientation of the picture and the runners behind me aren’t “real.” Strange!
Do you have any Runfessions? Please leave them in the comments.
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