Photos from the TC 10 Mile and TC Marathon!
>> Tuesday, October 08, 2019
Sunday was my wife's 19th Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon in 20 years! I was hoping to run the 10 Mile for my team (and because I LOVE that race), but I pulled up injured 2 months ago. We had lots of family out there to cheer on! Here are some photos.
The boys and I got to our cheering spot about 0.45 miles from the finish shortly after the 10 mile started. We were ready to settle in for a long day:
I tweeted this Sunday morning with the caption:
"When’s this lame-ass candy-less parade gonna start?"
Our cheering signs (in my anticipated finishing order; I only had 2 of them flip-flopped).
The lead pack of 5 guys in the 10 mile, and the lead 2 women behind them!
Hall (left) pulled away down the hill.
Meghan Roth (a local who I raced at the Square Lake Half Iron in 2013) was near the
back of the "championship" wave, finishing just a few seconds slower than an hour.
Former student Jeremy turned in a 55 minute 10 mile!
Fellow dad Jared finished in 1:04.
Starting off in full costume: Black Panther, 2 Spider-Mans ("Spider-Men?"), and Wonder Woman!
The state capitol off in the distance, just beyond the finish line.
Gym buddy Leah ran a 1:14! (In the gray.)
So many smiles from people getting high-fives. We LOVED it
when people cut all the way across the course to get a high-five.
Running royalty! :)
Angela! (With a woman in a Wonder Woman shirt cutting
across the course to get a high-five from Wonder Woman.)
Nice job, Angela!
Next was Steph!...
... and little brother Matt was RIGHT NEXT TO HER! Nice job Matt and Steph!
Here comes Annie!
A final high-five from Henry! (He chased the wrong woman just ahead in the
gray shorts yelling "ANNIE!" before realizing that wasn't Annie. Oops.)
The boys and I were chatting with "favorite trainer Laurie" from our gym across the street from where we "set up camp" when the lead marathon runners came by:
It's rare to see NO ONE behind the leader!! (2:12:23)
Second place had NO ONE behind him either! There's a "wheeler" barely visible back there. (2:13:50)
And 3rd is a St. Paul native who is an alumni of my boys' school! Nice job Danny Docherty! (2:15:55)
Pile-o-cousins.
The lead female was paced by a teammate. (2:31:29)
2nd was from the south metro! (2:32:49)
And 3rd had a smile on her face. (2:34:07)
Tri-buddy Sean! (Who I've really only talked to a few times,
but we tried to get him to buy the house next door a few years back.)
Former Olympian Carrie Tollefson turning in a 2:51 (good for 17th place female)!
(That's favorite trainer Laurie and her hubby Tom back there.)
Charlie gave Angela a back-rub, and Angela MAY HAVE promised Charlie a puppy.
Cozy cousins.
Someone was dressed as Cookie Monster and was handing out cookies.
Here, he popped into the race to run with a buddy for a block.
That sign on the right is awesome/brutal.
YWCA Teammate Jennifer (in the red) heading down the hill to finish just sub-3:30!
Henry's new trick.
#BeardOnPoint
A pre-race Facebook post.
I love this: Charlie's sprinting down the course to give Mama a hug.
Running through her cheering section, on her way to
TC Marathon finish #19 (total marathon count #21, plus 2 more IMs).
"Blisters are braille for 'awesome'!"
And a belated HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my wife! She had the day off yesterday (the day after the marathon), and we got a "day date" for lunch at Cafe Latte! I love you, cutie!
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