First Sunday in October

Yes, I know that the first Sunday of the month has passed. You know what was happening on the first Sunday in October? ALL OF THE AWESOME MARATHONS. You know what I did on Sunday? Some lazy yoga and eating ALL THE THINGS.

With that said.

I want to run all THREE of those races... But which one should I do first??? I'll list them out, and I would love some input from people that have run them!

1. PORTLAND

This one always comes up as a popular race. My older sister, the Ironman, ran this as her first marathon. And as far as I know, the ONLY marathon she has ran, outside of the Ironman she did in 2010.

2. TWIN CITIES

I was NOT crazy about the half marathon that I ran in Minnesota. I was stupid enough to run it in August and it was humid and hot and miserable. This course looks pretty and the weather looks a lot better.

3. CHICAGO

I also wasn't that crazy about the half that I ran in Chicago. Mainly because REALLY big cities STRESS me out. But... it looks so flat. And fast. And it is one of the "majors" - so do I want to get in on the action?

Anyway.... any input on these races would be greatly appreciated. Registration is already open for PDX and I know that Chicago sells out FAST. Don't know that much about Twin Cities. I'll likely end up doing all of them over my lifetime, but need to pick one to do FIRST.

Maybe even tell me about St. George...

Also... just a few days left to enter my virtual race - you can do so HERE.