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Monday, October 22, 2007

He did it!!!!

Saturday our Murder Mystery Dinner Train in combination with traffic at a dead stop on the highway, kept us out very late. We went to bed around 1 AM which would not be so bad, except that we had to get up at 4:50AM in order to get downtown Detroit for the marathon.

The marathon was a family event here is the rundown of who participated in what:

Full Marathon – Phil, Annie and Gual
Half Marathon – Jennifer, Cindy (Jenni’s Friend) and Cousin Steve
Marathon Relay – Me, Jess, Traci, Cousin Staci, Cousin Ross, Mom, Dad, Aunt Laurie, Uncle Jeff and Nate

The marathon course was really cool, we ran over the bridge into Canada, through Canada for a few miles then back into the U.S. through the tunnel, around Belle Isle and then back downtown to finish.

This was Phil’s first marathon and he did awesome!! He made it the whole way and finished in about 4 ½ hrs (no official times yet). And our marathon team made it in under the cut off time which was a big accomplishment!

As you can probably assume I am SO SUPER PROUD of my husband... he is amazing!!!

Mysteriously at the race we ran into my cousin Steve who decided the day before to run the half marathon!! He's crazy!

After the race, Phil and I went back to Robbie's house for some lunch and then came home to relax finally!

Here are some pictures from the race day:

Jess & Traci getting ready.


Phil almost at the finish line.


Phil and his medal (that thing is freakin heavy).


The marathoners recovering after the race.


Traci, Jess and me after the race.


The group waiting for the final relay legs.


Ross, the final leg of one relay team on his way to the finish line... what a goof ball!


Nate, the last leg of the other relay team, giving Annie a high five with a little encouragement from Gual...


One of the relay teams.
Traci, Uncle Jeff, Staci, Aunt Laurie & Nate - look at those medals!


The other relay team.
Me, Jess, Ross, Mom & Dad


Jess & Phil - shouldn't this be the other way around???

3 comments:

Greg Bevier said...

But was there any vomiting afterwards? That's the stuff I want to hear about.

MH said...

way to go phil! you're a champ! you too kim... you probably ran more than i ever could!

Anonymous said...

Wow! Big Congrats to my baby cousin and of course his awesome bride! Maybe he should do the Baltimore marathon next...

Andrea