Marathon Madness

What do you do when your wife is pregnant and you want to take advantage of the fact that she's not training for a fall race?  Sign up for a marathon, of course!  Before the baby comes, it's easy to ignore that there will be a newborn in the house for the last 6 weeks of training (including those nasty 20 mile runs).  John had an amazing season training for the Richmond marathon.  His speed improved dramatically and he managed to avoid serious injuries.  He did tweak his hip during the last 20 mile run but was confident going into the race.

John wasn't the only one with marathon madness.  It's hard not to get excited about a race when you have so many friends running it!  So I decided to take all the kids (a huge thank you to MaMa for tagging along to help make sure I didn't lose anybody!) downtown to cheer for Daddy and all of our friends.  We had to park farther away than I would have liked, but we got to our cheering spot (well, close enough to our spot) in plenty of time.  Note to self, it is better to park downhill from the finish because walking uphill with a jogging stroller (carrying an infant seat) is quite the workout!  The kids were awesome cheerleaders and came prepared with handmade posters, pom poms, cow bells and lots of high fives for the runners.

John's minor hip issue became more of a major issue and made for a really really tough race.  He still finished with a great time and we all couldn't be prouder of him!!