After months & months & miles & miles of training, Scott ran his first marathon ever! He started back in late June or early July and couldn't even run a mile without pausing to walk. He has run 3-4 times a week since then including several very long runs on the weekend. The course was so beautiful. It wound around through Cleveland Park, through the streets of Greenville, under the River Falls bridge, and finished in the Greenville Drive stadium.
We the spectators spent time running between here & there in hopes of catching the runners at various key points. Scott & Ken & Danielle ran the whole 26.2 miles, Jacob Armbruster & Lisa McMurtrey ran 13.1 miles, & Christopher ran 3.1 miles. Christopher had a P.R. today of 23:08 & came in first for his age group. Lisa finished at 2:01. Danielle was about 3:32. Scott & Ken were about 3:38. So incredible & inspirational to watch. These people have all trained long & hard to be able to complete these long distances.
We were especially lucky to have Grandma & Grandpa Smith visiting from Utah to see the boys race. They were also able to see Ryan play a baseball game for the first time ever on Thursday night. We know how hard it is to come out this far & are so appreciative that they would change their schedule to be here for this important day.
4 comments:
Way to run, Scott!!
And way to run, Chris!
Scott and Chris: You guys rock!! Way to run!!
Way to go guys! That is awesome and a great accomplishment! =)
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