10-10-10

On October 10th, several friends of mine ran the Chicago Marathon. Meredith ran it last year for the first time and this year she ran it again along with our friend Kyle. A few other friends from Steeple Run ran it this year as well. It is always such a fun, but extremely long day.


We got on a train in Naperville somewhere around the 6:00 hour. Once the train got to the city, we headed to the 2 mile mark. We didn't get there in time to see Mere and Kyle though. It is also possible that we were there but missed them. This early in the race, it's hard to sort through people.
It is so motivating to see all the runners go by. Spirits are usually pretty high at this point in the race.

Jackson enjoyed it too. He hung out with Papa alot that day as Bryan was in charge of pictures and I was trying to spot Kyle and Mere.

Such a cool date the run this race.

This is the halfway point. Mere is in the pink shirt and Kyle is hiding behind her. We didn't know what side they would be on and luck wasn't on our side.

After the 13.1 mark we grabbed some lunch and headed to the finish line. It was and always is really crazy as 38,000 runners bring a lot of fans who all want to see the finish line.

We found them though. This is right as they can see the finish line. Mere did great and was Kyle's cheerleader. You can tell by his face that he was hurtin'!

After the race we stood around and waiting to see them. It was super hot for this time of year so Jackson spent most of the waiting time hiding out with Nana and Papa under a tree.

Here we are with the finishers! Bryan is planning to run next year. Yikes!