Dave lamented the whole time he was in line to register for the P.F. Chang's Rock 'n Roll 1/2 Marathon that he wasn't signing up for the full marathon. I was unsympathetic; I thought he was crazy. I told him to take it easy and try out the 1/2 marathon first and see how it goes. Besides, he'd need to actually train for a full marathon. Sheesh!
Dave finished the race in 2 1/2 hours. He was amazing! But his feelings were bitter sweet. Bitter that his body hurt all over, sweet that he had completed a 1/2 marathon; bitter that he may never want to do that again, sweet in knowing that he is awesome; bitter that we couldn't find him for over an hour after the race, sweet that he finally got to go home and take a nap! And I am still in awe of his ability to run 13.2 miles with minimal (and I mean minimal!) training.
Congratulations!
Dave and Thomas ran the race together. This is before the race - all smiles.
Over 22,000 people ran the 1/2 marathon. They were divided into 24 corrals. Dave and Thomas were in corral 17. And it really was like herding cattle. When the first corral of people would start the race all the others would move forward. After a minute or two, the next corral would leave and everybody would move up again. And so on.
Reflection of the crowd in a window.
The start line.
This is just after leaving the starting line. Ok, Dave is in this picture somewhere. See the palm tree in the background? The guy in the yellow shirt and blue cap in front of it is Thomas. Dave is next to him somewhere.
In the meantime, Ceres, Candace and I went and got some breakfast at La Grande Orange (and picked up some excellent cupcakes). But first we managed to stop at the 5 mile mark and flash a sign at the boys. We thought we were pretty clever. At least one of the runners thought our sign was funny; she chuckled as she went by. Although he veered through the crowd of runners to give us a sweaty hug on the way by, Dave didn't even notice the sign.
Race completed. All smiles again.
The proof.
We didn't make it in time to meet Dave at the finish line. I was so bummed about that. But here are some pics of him finishing the race.
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awesome, no wonder we havent seen you guys for awhile youve all been busy.
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