PUBLISHED 10/03/2006

After competing in the LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon on October 22, top American runners Brian Sell, 27, and Clint Verran, 31, will take a well-deserved break from all their hard work. But that doesn't mean they'll plop on the couch and grab a bag of chips. Instead, they'll stop running for two weeks, but they'll hike and swim before gradually resuming training over the next four weeks for a six-week period of downtime.