MARY ROCKS!!! She did so great today in the race. She ran it in 1 hour and 52 minutes...which is AWESOME!!! We had so much fun. Tim and I got up at 5:20 so we would be able to have breakfast and head down to the start with Mary. We got there and had a little problem with parking. Then the lines for the porta-potties were GIANT. I will post pictures on Tuesday. Believe me, though.
Once she started (about 4 minutes late) Tim and I headed to mile 3 with our sign and cowbell. We saw her and she saw us and it worked out very well. Then Mom and Dad met her at mile 6. Lisa, Hazel, Tim and I met her again at 8 1/2 miles. She looked great. No fatigue or anything. Then I wanted to see her one more time, but she was going too fast to make it work, so we all headed to the finish area to meet up with Mom and Dad and wait for Mary. We didn't have to wait too long. She came by us faster than I thought she would. She looked great! Other runners looked like they might die at any moment, but she looked like she could keep going.
After she finished we all met up and saw her time and cheered and took lots of pictures. The she got 2 free beers. It was before 9:30 a.m., so she obviously only had two of the three she was allotted! Then we walked to the TWA building and got coffee and talked. After that the marathoners were starting to finish, so we watched them and cheered for awhile. Some people still looked fresh and happy. Others really look awful. Some runners have great strides and look so smooth and others look like they have one flat tire. It is so fun to watch.
Finally we headed home and got some lunch....Pickerman's, yeah!! She wants to watch the CU/KU game in a while, so hopefully that goes well for her.
I will upload some pictures once I get back to Denver!
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