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John completed the Twin Cities Marathon on Sunday, October 5th in 3:24:21. This was quite an impressive time particularly when you account for the difficulties in finding the time to train when you have kids and other activities. This was the first race that either of us have done since Finn was born and John's 8th marathon overall. Our biking and running races have tapered off considerably with each additional child (especially my races). Each of us still runs on a regular basis, but training and competing is a lot more tricky.
The boys enjoyed making signs and going downtown to St. Paul to watch Daddy finish at the Capital. The Twin Cities marathon is a beautiful race at a wonderful time of year in Minnesota. This year, however, it was quite chilly with temps averaging a good 15 degrees below normal for this time of year. Nonetheless, we dressed warm and went to watch Daddy. This was the first year that I feel like Luke and Liam really knew what was going on. Luke asked no less than 100 questions while we were standing and waiting on John. For example (just to give you an idea): what mile is Daddy at right now, will he win any money when he finishes, so all these people finishing are faster than Daddy, how many people are slower than Daddy, what is Daddy wearing, why is that guy sweating so much, why is that guy running so funny, do you think we missed Daddy and he's already finished, and so on.....
For those of you who sponsored Luke and Liam in their elementary school fun run, it was actually postponed due to the cold temps, wind, and rain. We are hopeful they will get to run this Friday so stay tuned for their race!
Congratulations John!! Well Done!! |
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