Skip to main content

Champion Saturday

Image
By
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!!

Comments

  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!

    ReplyDelete
  2. AnonymousOctober 17, 2011 at 8:39 PM

    CHAMPS!

    ReplyDelete
  3. JohannahOctober 19, 2011 at 7:59 PM

    Congrats Anna!

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Stuck Between a Rock and a Hard Place

By
I'm writing this, not as a complaint, but as a plea.  If anyone has any advice, I would greatly appreciate it. My children are talented.  In fact, every child that I have ever met is talented in some way.  That's the fun thing about meeting kids--discovering those hidden talents. Some of the talents my children possess are very public--you guessed it...music.  Some aren't so public--kindness and generosity. My kids are frequently judged by other children because of their musical talents.  Other kids see them as "snobs" because they play their instruments well and because they are willing to share those talents whenever asked. My kids never play with arrogance.  They recognize that they are better at music than most kids their age, but they never, ever show it.  In fact, they are very generous with compliments towards other kids and their efforts with music.  I have raised them to appreciate anyone who tries to do anything with music--it's ...
9 comments
Read more

Redefining Charity

By
I like attending church on Sunday for many different reasons, but I dislike the meetings for one very large reason:  discussions regarding charity. In case you don't remember your Sunday School lessons, charity is defined as the pure love of Christ.  If you were to actually look up the word in a dictionary, it would say, "See John Kennedy". That's right.  My wonderful husband is the perfect embodiment of charity. His life basically moves from one charitable act to another. Take any given Saturday.  He can found building some large structure on our property because I think we need it.  He can be found, rebuilding a pond for an old Indian woman who lives alone and needs some help.  On his way to a church picnic, he will stop to help an old woman reseal her driveway, missing one of his favorite meals in the world:  a POTLUCK! Other days?  He stops to help any person on the side of the road with car troubles. He'll drive 2.5 hours to a ...
7 comments
Read more

The TOOTH that Broke the Camel's Back

By
1.  Take an already busy doctor and install an EMR (Electronic Medical Record) in his office.  Kiss him goodnight at midnight as he begins to "preload" charts for future visits. 2.  Host a general authority of the church for our stake conference this weekend.  Receive a long "to do" list of jobs just five days before the conference. 3.  Feel stress because John is stressed.  Try to do his jobs around the house so that he doesn't have to worry about them. 4.  Have 16 puppies. 5.  Decide to build outside area for puppies.  Borrow backhoe from neighbor.  Watch John work long past the setting sun, and wake up before anyone else to dig. 6.  Use our own tractor to move the dirt.  Watch bucket malfunction, cut the fuel line and destroy the fuel pump.  Try to catch the leaking diesel fuel in a bucket. 7.  Catch cold last weekend.  Dread colds like a hemophiliac dreads a small cut.  Nurse fever, congestio...
8 comments
Read more