First off I messed up the garmin and forgot to turn it back on between Fullerton and Diversey, so I had to fudge half a mile on my time and distance. At least it was pretty much a half mile so the math was easy.

On my way back south I noticed a woman who was also running the same direction as me, but on the other side of the street. She had a full wind suit and was wearing a backpack that appeared to be full enough to hold two medium sized babies in it. She was running about an 8:15 minute mile I think and it gave me a reason to push a bit faster. Eventually I passed her and had much better traffic light timing than she did. But she kept moving with that full backpack.

I ended up winning and now I know I can race buses and ladies wearing backpacks.