At the beginning of the year my husband informed me that he will be running a Marathon every month this year. I rolled my eyes and said "of course you are because you don't have enough going on with training for a couple Half Ironman's, events the team wants you to do, oh and that small thing I tend to apreciate...the career"...But anyway, I go along with his plan as I watch him tie his shoes for his first Marathon on Jan. 2nd up in Seattle....really, I thought I was going to poke my eye out with my pen. So I told him to please sign up for events that have shorter events that I can participate in....what was I thinking? So when we got home he signed us up for this one before I could get my coat off.
Crazy sun was out all day. No way I was getting out of this one. So put on my number, watched him eat what seemed like an awful lot of food, went to the bathroom 3 times just in case and we took off at the same time....I quickly moved to the back of the pack and he moved to the front and it would be a couple hours before I would see him again.
I did however, run my best 5K to date. I am a sloth and it took me 38 minutes and 5 seconds....I have run several of these things and I am never under 40 minutes so I was thinking I was pretty cool....then I sat in the Truck and watched the runners go by, and then go by again, I saw Doug and gave him more food....he looked hungry....then I proceded to do what I love the most....watch people...and I figured out that noone was ahead of Doug....so the last three miles he has to go he also has to run right by me...so I tell him that I think he is in the lead...he has his headphones in so now I am yelling "I THINK YOUR IN THE LEAD"...he does not hear me...so I get back in the truck for twenty minutes....then I see him...so I ran to the finish line and got this shot.
Not really a big deal til I tell you this is his best time for a Marthon and......HE WON!!!!
So, it ended up being a good day for both of us. Am I signed up for a run in March? Yes, but not if it's raining!
You two are amazing!!! I wish I had an ounce of your motivation! Love this story.
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