Surprise: I'm In!!!

Okay folks, I've been keeping this under wraps, but if you look to the right of your screen (unless you're viewing this on mobile, in which case, stay put), you may have notices a change in the "upcoming races" section. That's right: Chicago is out and New York is in!!!

Alright, a quick explanation. If you remember, gentle reader, back in April I was not chosen in the NYC lottery. I had signed up for Chicago and figured that was that. Well, I found out recently that I might be able to secure a spot and started weighing the reasons for picking one over the other:

Chicago	New York	Winner?
Very flat course	Not so flat course (hello bridges!)	Chicago
Free post-race beer(s)	Are you kiddin’ me?!?	Chicago
75% of being HOT	50% chance of being warm	NYC
Get there by plane	Get there by subway	NYC
Have to stay in a hotel	Get to sleep in own bed	NYC
Friends running	Teammates running	Tie
1.5 million spectators	2 million spectators	NYC
Strangers cheering	Friends cheering	NYC
Hop on a plane after the race	Walk home after the race	NYC

Okay, so maybe I stacked that deck a little, but the point is, in my heart I obviously wanted to run New York. It'll be great training with the same folks I'm going to run with. And, even though New York is a tougher course to master, I think running with teammates may help be get a little extra speed out of my legs to make up for it.