On Christmas Day EJ Scott ran a marathon in Santa Monica with his wife, Deborah Ann Woll in order to prepare for the Chicago Marathon!  He wrote on Twitter:

“This morning I woke up at 5:30 am and ran my first 10k in Santa Monica for Christmas! I was completely unprepared for it. So it was difficult. 6.2 miles in 97 minutes. It’s a good start to 2020 and the marathon I signed up for in Chicago. January 1st a lot needs to change. Here we go!”

The Santa Monica run served as a prep to run in this year’s 2020 Chicago Marathon. The Chicago Marathon is a marathon held every October in Chicago, Illinois. It is one of the six World Marathon Majors. Thus, it is also an IAAF Gold Label race

ABOUT THE CHICAGO MARATHON

• The Chicago Marathon is the fourth-largest race by the number of finishers worldwide.
• Official website: chicagomarathon.com
• Event date: October 11, 2020
• EJ ran the Chicago marathon back in 2012. At that time it was the 10th Marathon he had completed in that year.  EJ finished in Chicago at 2:16:03 pm and was number 448 to FINISH. His Elapsed Time: 06:55:32, Pace: 19:38 (UNOFFICIAL). Read more about his run in 2012 here

I asked EJ to confirm that he was running and he wrote back to me saying the following:

Yes, I’m running! Crazy. Chicago! That’s the goal anyway. I’ll be raising money for Foundation Fighting Blindness and CRF. 

Below are some videos from his run in Santa Monica on Christmas Day 2019:

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We wish EJ all the best of luck, but we know he will do it and, do it well! Good Luck EJ and, Happy New Year!