So, last January, while Chris was in Afghanistan, he told me that when he got home from his deployment, he wanted to run a marathon and that he'd picked one in Nashville in November. And thus began the journey - the training, long runs, iced legs, re-hydrating, etc. etc. Well, the moment had finally arrived.
We all headed down to Nashville to spend the weekend with cousins and run a marathon, so everybody was excited.
We didn't all want to wake up at 5:30 am to go to the race, so we came later to watch him finish (the exciting part - for a spectator, that is.) Here is how the kids entertained themselves while we waited:
I guess doing push-ups in the middle of the road makes it more fun. . . look at Lise's great form!
And now for the Grand Finale. I love how Aly ran the last few feet with him. We saw a couple of other people do that and she wanted to. I think they've talked about picking a 10K to run together soon.
Here's the family photo after it was all over. Can you see all the salt streaks on Chris' shirt? He ran the marathon in 3 hours and 51 minutes. It wasn't quite as fast as he wanted to be, but it was very windy that day, and there were people finishing the 1/2 marathon when he was finishing the whole enchilada! The verdict? His recovery was much better than anticipated, and when we got home on Sunday night, he was already on the computer looking for other races . . . Gotta love that runner of mine. You're awesome, Chris. Love you.
We all headed down to Nashville to spend the weekend with cousins and run a marathon, so everybody was excited.
We didn't all want to wake up at 5:30 am to go to the race, so we came later to watch him finish (the exciting part - for a spectator, that is.) Here is how the kids entertained themselves while we waited:
I guess doing push-ups in the middle of the road makes it more fun. . . look at Lise's great form!
And now for the Grand Finale. I love how Aly ran the last few feet with him. We saw a couple of other people do that and she wanted to. I think they've talked about picking a 10K to run together soon.
Here's the family photo after it was all over. Can you see all the salt streaks on Chris' shirt? He ran the marathon in 3 hours and 51 minutes. It wasn't quite as fast as he wanted to be, but it was very windy that day, and there were people finishing the 1/2 marathon when he was finishing the whole enchilada! The verdict? His recovery was much better than anticipated, and when we got home on Sunday night, he was already on the computer looking for other races . . . Gotta love that runner of mine. You're awesome, Chris. Love you.
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