Daddy's Marathon

CONGRATS TO CAMERON!!!  He finished his Marathon!!!  We are so proud of him!!!

He started this morning by leaving the house at 4 am!  Wow, That's Early!  But the last shuttle to the top of the course left at 4:45.  He then spent forever waiting in the cold pre-dawn Mountains because the race didn't actually start until 6:15.  Then they were off!  Down the Canyon they went. 

We met him at Ted's Place, just outside the canyon.  He was looking good and passed off some spare layers of clothes!  Going Strong!!

Then we went a little further down the road and stopped at 287 where they turned off.  I got some better pictures here, (no collecting things from the middle of the road!) and he even stopped to give us some High Fives!!  Yay Daddy!

Then we headed to old town to wait for him to Finish!!  And Finish He DID!!!  His official time was 4 hours, 48 minutes and 12 seconds.  His goal was to finish in under 5 hours, and he did!!  We are so proud of him!!  He said his quads were getting really tired around mile 23, but other than that no real problems like last time.  He did so Excellent!!

26.2 miles . . . I don't think I could even run the .2!!  There were many couples that ran and finished together . . . I told Cam not to expect that from me . . . it's NOT happening!!  Now he just has to make it through his shutdown day (very long workday) on Tuesday without collapsing!!  Day 2 is usually when things catch up to him, so it's going to be a rough day at work with all the extra stuff going on! 

We are so proud of you Cameron!  Good Luck at your next one - I think the trails will be a little easier now!!