We went to Chicago for a quick Memorial Day trip. We left Sunday morning, getting into Chicago at noon. We walked around the parks and went on a boat tour.  On Monday we went to a day game at Wrigley Field and a night game at Guaranteed Rate Field. It was a fun couple of days.

 

It was a hot day and I got very dehydrated. I had major cramping at mile 4.5. I had to walk a lot to work through that. I kept doing the vicious cycle of drinking too much water, get a stomach ache, stop drinking water, get very thirsty and drink too much water again. Ugh! I also developed a blister on the bottom of my foot…I never get blisters on half marathons. Argh! All things considered, I never thought of quitting. 

We had a great mid-week game at Allianz field. The Loons played Houston. The weather was perfect, a little cool and breezy but at least no winter coats this time.  The sunset was very cool because of the wild fires in Alberta. We won 1-0. We finally got to sing Wonderwall! Yay!