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Tennessee- St. Judes Memphis Half Marathon- December 5th, 2006

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Tennessee- St. Jude’s Half Marathon, December 5th, 2006

http://www.stjudemarathon.org/stjude/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=b6bbb065d488d310VgnVCM100000290115acRCRD

David and Cynthia’s Time Two-gether: 2:31:07

A Marathon for a cause!  St. Jude’s in Memphis enables miracles to happen.  But the only way that they can do this is through their supporters and fundraisers.  They provide hope for so many children when there seems to be no hope!  We had the opportunity to tour St. Judes Hospital and immediately decided we had to run this half marathon!  We would run this for the children!

Race Day

As you can see from our picture we chose to dress up as Elvis.  Yes, we ran in these costumes the entire 13.1 miles!  They were a bit uncomfortable but they really drew in the crowds!!!  You would not believe the looks we got and the amount of runners wanting to take their picture with us.  You know, I can’t blame them as we looked just like Elvis!!!

It was a cold morning that day, started out about 48 but the good thing was that we had a lot of clothes on so the weather did not bother us too much!  We ran the course together for this one and had many supporters along the way high fiving, etc!  The course was a nice flat course and was very entertaining along the way with all of the bands, etc.  We did not wear our headsets during this race but rather enjoyed the music together!

At the end of the race after we crossed the finish line the photographers grabbed us and pulled us aside.  They said “it is about time you all got here”.   We looked at each other with confusion and then asked them what they meant by that.  They thought that we were the Elvis that the race had hired to take pictures with the runners.  We laughed our butts off at this one and told them we would love to do this but we needed to go get replenished from the run!  It was only a matter of minutes before the real Elvis showed up!

Memories

  • Running for a cause and for the kids that are suffering from cancer
  • Taking pictures with the runners along the course!
  • Krispy Kreme donuts and chocolate milk at the end!!!!!
  • Another half-marathon completed!

 

Chicago Marathon-2006

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Illinois- Chicago Marathon- 10/22/2006

http://www.chicagomarathon.com/participant-information/general-information/

This is the first marathon where we decided to wear costumes! You may ask, why did we decide to do this? We had ran so many races and we typically frame our pictures for our walls. The pictures all started to look the same so we decided to change it up a bit! We decided that going forward we would wear something associated with the City that we were running in. Since we were running in Chicago it just made sense to wear Chicago Cubs Uniforms!

Wearing the cubs uniforms really made the event go fast and made it very engaging with the spectators. Many folks cheered very loudly when we passed them yelling “Go Cubs, Go Cubs!” The kids along the path made it a point to jump out and give us high fives!

Race Day

It was very chilly on race day and I am not quite sure we were prepared for this. It was around 40 degrees at start time and we were freezing waiting for the race to begin. There were also wind gusts of about 20 miles per hour making the temperature with the windchill around 30 degrees!   With the wind and the cold weather I was absolutely amazed, inspired and speechless at the number of spectators (upwards of 1 million) to support the runners on this day! There was not one spot on the entire 26.2 mile journey where there were not spectators!

This was one of the flattest courses we have ran to date which was definitely advantageous given the other challenges we faced that day! We had so much fun enjoying downtown Chicago and had the opportunity to see things we never would have seen without having embarked on this race.

I remember crossing the finish and it seemed as though it was 20 degrees. We never did warm up the entire race! We immediately ran back to the room, took a hot shower and then went out and had a few beers to warm us up! Another great day together!

Memories

  • Deciding what costumes to wear
  • 1 million plus spectators supporting us all the way
  • Frigid cold, hugging each other to keep warm!
  • The kids on the course cheering us on!
  • Another Marathon done together!!