We went to Chicago this weekend to cheer on my cousin Kendall in his first ever marathon. 26.2 miles. Wow. It was intense! He did great though and finished under his goal time of 5 hours. We were all really proud of him.
Here are a few pics of the weekend....
Rob and I about to board the El. We stayed with our friends Luke and Sarah in their very cool downtown condo Saturday night.
We're waiting for Kendall to come by around mile 5. I was trying to get a picture from the front of us but there were so many people running it was impossible!
A random picture of people running around mile 9.
Mattias with his pom-pom and peanut butter sandwich cheering daddy on
Kendall on a pit stop getting advil from Heather around mile 9
Marco being so patient in Chinatown! The boys held up so well even with being trucked all over the city. The piggybacks probably helped... :)
More pom-poms! Waiting for daddy to go by at mile 22 in Chinatown
At the end of the race! Finally all reunited
Over 44,000 people ran the race this weekend, a sight I will not soon forget. The amazing thing was there were so many different kinds of people -- racially, gender, age, body types, different countries, you name it. Some people were running for a cause -- World Vision, leukemia, diabetes, breast cancer, again, you name it. Everyone running had a story. It was very cool to see so many people coming together for a reason and pushing themselves so hard. It definitely didn't make me ever want to run a marathon, but it was inspiring.
1 comment:
so bummed we missed each other at the marathon! i was looking for myself in the background of your pics, but no luck. :-)
hope all is well in upland!
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