Chicago New Years Even Wedding

I arrived yesterday afternoon (2001.12.29) in Chicago for Ariel and Justin's wedding. Christian picked me up at the airport. He told me they have a great location for running, down by the lake front. Christian and I and his and Hilary's dog Coby went out for a jog - we ran about 7 mins down Belmont and then down to the shore front. This was an incredible treat. Christian ran with me for a while and then headed back with Coby. I ran south toward the city. The pathway for biking and running was flanked on the right (as I ran down) by a traffic packed expressway - full of red and white lights - and the beautiful alluring skycrapers in the distance. I turned back at the 26 min point - a little after the Castaway restaurant on the waterfront. The shins hurt slightly - it was hard to warm up since I was running with Christian and Coby (Australian shepherd dog) so I wasn't really 'listening' to pains etc. On the way back a guy went by me who was doing some speed work - running at a very good clip. This is always a good spontaneous opportunity to increase my pace - which I did. I closed the gap nicely to about 50 yards but was disappointed when he checked his watch and stopped - I kept the pace going for a while but slowed down as I looked for the turn off for Belmont.
This morning I woke up and my left foot was hurting somewhat - right under the ball of the heel on the left side - when I'd stretch out my foot. Not sure if it's a new injury like the achilles a while back. It's amazing how you really have to be so careful and how easy it is to get injured. Tomorrow is going to be a beautiful day - I may get in a nice run in the morning before the wedding. I'll def bring my camera with me on this one. What an awesome way to visit the city - it really is.
Just got talking with Anthony at the Starbucks on Belmont and Clark - he was telling me how Chicago is the 3rd largest city in the US and the 2nd as far as height and number of skycrapers. It is a spectacular city!