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Champion Saturday

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Saturday was the Baltimore Marathon!  Yes, this is becoming an annual event for John.  It's a very friendly marathon with good support, a great t-shirt (thanks to Under Armor being the sponsor), and it's easy to find a hotel within walking distance of the starting line.

At the starting line....
He knew he was a champion before he'd even begun the race!



This year, in fact, our hotel was directly in front of the starting line!  This was convenient for so many reasons!

John did really well.  In fact, I've never seen him finish a marathon in such good spirits.  The weather was even perfect running weather--sunny, but cool.

Can you spot John?

In the last mile...

Still strong which is good.  It's always a long walk back to the car :-)

Check out this video of John, post marathon.  (Blow it up to full screen to see it best.)



Back on the home front, Hannah and Glo got their 3 miles of running in for the day.  In fact, Hannah went running with Cathryn (Mark's girl), and Glo went running with Cathryn's younger sister, Meredith.  The girls said they never knew they could like running so much.  Yes, it makes a difference, having a friend running with you and not running laps :-)

I had to question if Glo even WENT running.  How jealous I am of youth!

Wow....  Two cr-zazy women...
Back on a different home front, Anna (Ethan's girl) did her running for the day also.  She's training for a half-marathon next month, and Saturday was her 7 mile run.  She's quite the girl, getting a picture to me (post run) by 11 a.m.!

I think she's "pulling a Glo".  Did she even RUN?

What a bunch of CHAMPS!!

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  1. Sarah MoranOctober 17, 2011 at 10:06 AM

    I guess it had been a month since the last marathon so it was time to run another one. Way to go John, Glo, and Hannah!

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  2. AnonymousOctober 17, 2011 at 8:39 PM

    CHAMPS!

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  3. JohannahOctober 19, 2011 at 7:59 PM

    Congrats Anna!

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