Daddy runs a marathon!

Our (crazy?) awesome Dad ran his second marathon! Four years ago, he ran his first one and missed his goal time by three minutes! Last year he was all set to beat his time and try again, but an injury sidelined him and he couldn't run. So this year was the year. He trained all summer and worked hard in the gym. 

And it paid off! He had to get up REALLY early and in fact that went horribly wrong. He set his alarm for 3:45 PM instead of AM. Luckily, he was catching a ride with a friend (who also happened to sleep in, but his wife woke him up!) and that friend called and by some small miracle he heard the phone vibrate. It was kind of a crappy way to wake up, but it all shook out okay because the race actually started 40 minutes later than we thought.

We stayed at home and watched his progress on our phones as he made his way through the upper part of the course. He kept an amazing pace and it looked like he was going to make his goal time! We headed to the finish line to wait and cheer him on!

Dad took this beautiful photo from the run course!

We were so excited to see his Superman shirt almost 5 minutes before we expected him! He finished in 3:51! 12 minutes faster than four years ago!

He headed to the finish line and we found a spot to wait for him. And wait for him. And wait for him.

We started pretending we were on Splash Mountain!

Mom finally texted Dad because it was starting to be concerning how long it was taking him to find us. She just knew he had sat down and then couldn't get back up. And that's exactly what happened. He eventually got the energy to get on his feet and come find us. We were so happy to see him!

Mom made sure to get him drinking an ice cold recovery drink and made him stretch before we got to the van. Then she had him switch to some compression tights and covered his legs in Deep Blue to start the recovery process. We headed to grandma and grandpa's where she promptly made him get in an ice bath (with a slushy for sugar!) while we started swimming. 

Dad, we are so proud of you. We are even more proud that you could keep hanging out with us after!