Friday, October 15, 2010

Erik's first marathon

For some strange reason, Erik got it in his head that he wanted to run a marathon. He's crazy, I know! And to top it all off, he decided he wanted to qualify for the Boston marathon. THAT is crazy. He needed to run a marathon in 3 hours and 10 minutes. HOLY cow that is fast. He chose the New Hampshire marathon - a tough course but one of the only ones that was on a Saturday and within the time frame he needed. My parents just happened to be into town, so my dad also ran the half marathon, and my mom and I ran (read: walked) the 5K (which was a serious joke...laps around the elementary school! psh!). Dad and Erik did great and.....





ERIK QUALIFIED!!!
He ran it in 3:01 - what a great time! He got 1st in his age group and 4th overall (I'm allowed to brag :)) Dad ran the half in just under 2 hrs. Awesome job guys! We had a blast!!



3 comments:

Michele Shepherd said...

Way to go! Seriously, very impressive.

Amy said...

That is awesome!

Katie said...

Love love the last picture with sweaty dad and Ava girl!