On June 8th, John ran the Teton Dam Marathon and I ran the 5k. It was John's 4th time running a marathon and my first time every doing any race. I had a lot of fun, but John was just happy to be alive. The night before we went to a potato bake and filled up on potato and cookies. John spent the night in Rexburg with some friends and started his race at 6:30 AM. My 5k started at 8:30, ran it, finished it, picked up the kids, then waited for Daddy to pass the finish line!
To lure Olivia away from the swings, I bought her way over priced peanut m&ms and we waited by the finish line! She's waiting with my metal because she wanted to wear the "pretty necklace". She definitely loves being a pretty girl.
This is right before John crossed the finish line! We were screaming and waving, but he looked a little blank. I wasn't even sure he noticed us even though there were only a few people behind the bars. He was very excited to be done.
Crossing the finish line! Time: 4 hours 48 minutes! It's actually his worst time out of all his marathons, but it's hard, and he's alive.
Olivia showing us she's a winner!
Jocelyn got one too!
John probably won't be running marathons for a while, but we're looking forward to running more races for the free shirt after the fee!
SOOOOO impressed that you ran a race and then had your kids wait with you afterwards!!
ReplyDeleteAnd so impressed by John running a 4TH marathon?!?!?! That's crazy talk!
Makes me excited for my race--so awesome.
And, by the way, I had a couple of cousins running that same marathon (although they just did the half, which is still pretty ridiculous, to me)....it's a small Mormon world, after all.