Sunday, June 18, 2006

5:02:38

I ran (and finished) my first marathon! And it was on my mom's birthday. I finished in 5:02:38, which was about 30 minutes slower than I had hoped. But it was hot, humid, and sunny, so I'm quite happy given the challenging conditions.

I suppose this topic falls somewhat outside the theme of this blog. On the other hand, to run Grandma's Marathon (grandmothers are girls...), and with my mom in attendance as well as Katie and the four girls, it's still somewhat topical. In fact, the highlight was having three generations of the girls in my family all there--- very special. (note: Katie's mom also made it to town, but due to cellular network outages, we weren't able to meet until well after the race)

Some photos from this great day: