Sunday Jeff ran his first full marathon, 26.2 miles. He did a FANTASTIC job. The kids and I, along with Dan, met him along the route at mile marker 17. There Dan gave him an extra bottle of water. Jeff was cruising along and looking great, right on pace. The course was a challenging one with an off-road path section as well as a GIANT bridge they had to climb late in the game. I took a few pictures while sitting in traffic trying to cross the bridge. It took us over an hour to travel 9 miles!!!!! Jeff ALMOST beat us and he was on foot. We raced from mile 17 to the finish line. Then made the trek to see him finish, we got there three minutes before he crossed. Whew, it was close. He did a SUPER race coming in at 3:26. Yes, that's hours;)
He finished in the top 10% of the 2700 runners in the full marathon. He was just 16 minutes shy of qualifying for Boston. He'll get it....trust me, someday he'll get it:)
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I couldn't have gotten this far without all of your support for all the long hours spent away from you and the kids training. Thanks babe. They should get completion medals for the spouses.
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