He RAN.

Yesterday Mark ran. Oh, did he ever. He did his first ever half marathon. That's 13 MILES people! (13.1 to be exact) He was hoping to do a 10k, but they didn't have one at this particular event (Run for a Cure) so he went ahead and signed up for the half marathon. He was up bright and early...to go see his friends off on their crazy 100 mile bike ride--"bike ride" sounds like they're doing pop-o-wheelies in the cul de sac, doesn't it? Then we showed up to see him start the race and take pictures. I would like to point out that I think my husband is muy bueno...very foxy...handsome...HOT. Let's observe...This is him stretching his legs. Nice. Then he caught me taking pictures. Super cute. Here's the support team...everyone was very happy to be there and only asked a dozen times apiece if they could go to Coldstone Creamery. It was 8:00 am so I didn't feel too bad saying no.


As soon as Mark started running we got in the van and went in search of a spot along the route to cheer and take pictures. Here he his at about mile 4. We jumped in the car again and went to find another spot. We settled in for about an hour wait at mile 12. While we waited we took pictures of each other, watched our library movies in the van, and cheered other runners.Carin Christensen running by...look at those legs!And then he came!! He had already run almost 3 miles more that he ever had before and he had just 1 more to go. We were so proud!
After he ran by we jumped back in the van and went back to Pinnacle to wait for him at the finish line. His legs were cramping up and he had been running for almost 2 1/2 hrs. And he did it! Here he is crossing the finish line.Congratulations honey! You are amazing. Thank you for working so hard and for being willing to share your huge post race muffin with the kids so they would stop asking me about Coldstone Creamery. You are HOT!