WE DID IT! I've never been so happy/relieved/excited to see a finish line. What a wonderful sense of accomplishment after diligently following our running schedule for the last 4 months. The day finally came and all our hard work earned Robert and I 4,562nd place and 3,548th place respectively. Pretty good, huh?
THE RUNNERS with "finisher" medals
THE FAM
ROBERT coming through the finish line
So here is a breakdown of October 3rd
4:00 am Wake up
5:15 am Load onto bus with 7,000 plus others (the ride up to the starting point is about 35 minutes of trying not to notice how long the ride is as you'll be running it on the way back)
6:55 am We cross the starting line
7:00 am I realize that I forgot to cut my toenails. Not cool.
8:00 am Running and feeling pretty good
9:00 am Still running
10:00 am It's becoming painful but of course we're still running
11:00 am Somehow we're still running
11:19 am I cross the finish line 4 hours and 24 minutes after we began
11:50 am Robert makes his goal of finishing under 5 hours
Then we met up with our supporters (Carol, Liz, Grace, Ali, Jeff, Jill, Mackenzie and Brooklyn). They were so great to fight the crowds to be there. For first-timers, it was great to feel like what we did was worth cheering on.
This really was one of the coolest things we have ever done together.
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