The D.N.S. Runners

Episode 17: The 2024 Chicago Marathon, Part 2

We are back (at last) with part 2 of our Chicago marathon race recap! ‘Twas the night before race day, is where we pick up, and chat about the dinner that we had the night before the race. Post dinner we each had our own approach to get ready for the race the following morning – with one of us checking their vision and they tried to review their race plan for the following day. On race morning the DNS runners met up in the hotel lobby, and found drones of runners that were making their way to the start line. The gang made their way to the start area, and as they waited for the race start, Mike was treated to a few show! Kelly shares something that really grinds her gears on race morning, and after stressing themselves out, everyone made it to their start corrals. We did our best not to stress too much as the clock ticked closer to race time. You’ll have to tune in to hear how the next 26.2 miles went! As always, you can find us on Instagram @thednsrunners

Episode 16: The 2024 Chicago Marathon Recap, Part 1

We’re back! And officially Chicago marathon finishers! Kelly, Katie and Mike are excited to get together again to talk about their experiences in Chicago during marathon weekend. In this episode they go through the days leading up to the race, travel to Chicago, and the race expo experience.

Episode 15: 1 Week until the 2024 Chicago Marathon

Ok, everything we said about definitely not being stressed may have been a lie - as the stress is getting to us as we are less than a week away from the 2024 Chicago Marathon! We’re stressed about the weather, staying healthy, and traveling to Chicago - and don’t even get us started about PACKING for the main event! Will we panic buy new sneakers? Or perhaps switch our flights last minute? Maybe both?? Join Kelly (@gokellyeli), Katie (@katie_bell31) and Mike (@mike_papas_fritas) as they wrap up their training cycle for the Chicago marathon, and make their last preparations as race day rapidly approaches!

Episode 14: 3 weeks until the 2024 Chicago Marathon

The longest long runs are done, and we’re counting down the days until race day! The D.N.S. Runners are definitely not stressed as they enter taper town, even though they keep managing to get sick - it’s just the taper crazies, right!? Kelly, Katie and Mike recap their latest long runs, discussing how they made it through the miles and their plans for race days, as they try to decide which shoes to wear for the big day. With only three weeks to go until race day, and with the longest long run done, how will the three of them avoid stressing about race day?

Episode 13: 4 Weeks to the 2024 Chicago Marathon

Have we finally gotten our recording schedule back on track - because we’re here with another week of the DNS runners training for the 2024 Chicago marathon, who are definitely stressed as there are only FOUR weeks until race day! We chat about how our runs have been going, and Kelly shares a recap of Brooks Hype Fest, a weekend event in Chicago that was hosted by Brooks running for the members of the Brooks Running Collective. We finally get to a subject that you would have through three runners would get to sooner - the terror of needing to deal with number 2 when you’re just trying to finish your run. As always, you can find us on instagram @theDNSrunners