On Saturday, December 5, Mike and his friend Bill ran in the St. Jude Marathon, which benefits the St. Jude Childrens' Research Hospital in Memphis, TN. They started training about 12 weeks ago. Mike had set a personal goal of finishing in four hours and finished the race in 4 hours and 2 minutes!!! Bill finished about 20 minutes behind Mike because he started cramping some during the race. After he got to the car, Mike called and asked how long it would take him to get home. When I told him, he asked me to have our whirlpool tub ready and waiting for him. His knees and legs were sore. The kids and I babied him and let him take a long and well-deserved nap. When I asked Mike if he would do another marathon, he said to ask him in 3-4 days, after he had a chance to recover. He said he would definitely do a half-marathon (which he has done two or three times before). I AM SOOO PROUD OF HIM!!! (For those who aren't familiar with the distance in a marathon, the participants have to run 26.2 miles. A half-marathon is 13.1 miles.)
We had a few friends that ran in the marathon and 5K. All of the races (marathon, half-marathon, and 5K) were completely booked. In all, there were about 11,000 people racing that morning. I had thought about taking the kids to see Mike run and cross the finish line but decided not to. It was really cold (the high was about 45 degrees) and the kids would have been bored out of their skulls. The marathon raised about $1.65 million dollars that will go towards cancer research and helping families that can't afford the treatment.
WAY TO GO MIKE AND BILL!!!!!!!
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