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I normally blog about the boys but this week it is all about their Daddy. This past weekend Scott ran the Chicago Marathon for the second time. Last year was very difficult on all the runners. The temps reached into the upper 80's and they ran out of fluids for the runners to drink. They actually had to stop the race but yet Scott was able to finish. I hate to mention the fact that he ended up in the ER due to dehydration.
This year the organizers did a great job and had plenty of fluids. The temps reached into the low 80's making it still pretty hot. It ended up being a much better run for Scott in comparison to last year.
They allow 45,000 participants but ended up with 33,000 running this year. Probably due to the high temps again. It is such an awesome experience as a spectator. You meet all kinds of people from all over the world and get to experience all in my wonderful home town of Chicago.
For those of you who don't know remember how far these runners run, that would be a mere 26.2 miles. A good 24 more miles than I'll ever be able to run. I was able to get a pic of the lead runners. A Kenyan won the men's with a time of a little over 2 hours. All I can say is "incredible".
Scott will be embarrassed once he sees his shirtless pic on the blog. He does have a rather nice upper body though. Needs some more sun. I guess that's what you get for being an accountant who is in an office each day.
I was so proud of Scott to see him with his medal. Great job Scott!! I can't wait for you to run again next year.
3 comments:
I'm glad that things went better this year! And he isn't that pale--Tom made me remove a pic from our blog, b/c he said his chest was "blinding." He is in the office all day, too. :-)
Woohoo Scott! Way to go! Kath, you and Scott have to do it together next year! You could totally do it.
Go Scott-that's really an accomplishment! I would love to go back to Chicago...maybe next trip we can all go together and Cathy, you can be our tour guide:)
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