because 26.3 would be crazy ...

this weekend stacey ran the chicago marathon

his friend, and coworker, pete had run twin cities last weekend
but decided he was up for a challenge and ran along side stacey in chicago as well



although i wasn't sure at first
and went back and forth for the past 2 weeks
about whether or not to make the drive
i apologize to anyone who had to listen 
to my hours of contemplating
i decided around 11 on saturday morning that i should just do it

i decided that stacey could use the support
and the alternative was sitting at drew's football game in the rain
sorry, drew.

ben, alex, and i packed up quickly
and got to chicago on saturday night

sunday morning we hit the streets of chicago
along with 40,230 runners

stacey's brother
2 of his kids
my sister (who was 37 weeks pregnant)
her husband
their 1.5 year old
and ben, alex and i
were cheering machines

we met stacey at mile 4

 which was the perfect spot because the kids had a place to play

 

 

we took a break at the park
while stacey ran 7 more miles

saw some crazy runners like this guy
who was running the marathon
WHILE DRIBBLING TWO BASKETBALLS ...
at a sub 8 min mile pace!!!

 and then set ourselves up to catch stacey at mile 11 

it didn't take long before the kids
and troy
were the highlight of the block

even owen was giving high-fives

people were cutting across from the other side of the street
just to go through our high five line

i loved seeing them make so many people happy

especially when it was stacey and pete

stacey had a GREAT run!
the second half of his race was phenomenal
which ended up causing us to miss him at mile 20 ...
BUT
in the end it didn't matter
he felt great from mile 20-26
and finished really strong
with a time of 4:15

way to go, stacey!!

we are all so proud of you!!