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A few weeks ago I decided to take on the Chicago marathon.  Not that one, the Chicago Shoreline Marathon, which is a 26-mile paddle along the shoreline of Chicago, hence the name.  Well this year, due to the water and air show, they shortened it to 18 miles which sounded even better considering this would be my first paddling "race".  So I signed up. 


I'm no stranger to endurance events; I've completed an ironman as well as climbed Kilimanjaro.  I know what it's like when the lactic acid begi...