Marathon Fun!

This past weekend was the Grandma's Marathon in Duluth, MN. As you already know, Jeremy had put in over six hundred miles training for this particular marathon...that is two whole pairs of shoes! Well, due to his injury he could not run. It was very hard for him to watch all those people run and not participate yourself. Imagine something that you LOVE (I am visualizing a Peanut Buster Parfait at DQ). Imagine everyone around you enjoying that thing that you love. Imagine wanting to enjoy that thing but not being able to. Sad huh?

Well, Jeremy was a trooper. He didn't let his injury get in the way of enjoying a beautiful weekend on the North Shore, nor did it stop him from cheering on his sister, Julie, who ran in the marathon.

We headed up on Thursday night after work. Woke up on Friday and had a tour of the William A. Irving (a retired ore ship). Then we picked up the race bibs and had a yummy spaghetti lunch. We headed back to the inn, took some naps and Lindsay and I got ready to run our 5K. We headed back to the Irving, as it was the starting line for the race. Before we knew it Lindsay and I were off! Much to our surprise (and theirs, as you can see by this picture of us closing in on the finish line) we came in a bit earlier than expected! Just over 36 minutes. Not bad for having never run more than a 2 mile distance in my whole life!

Next it was Julie's turn. We got up bright and early on Saturday (4:30am) to catch the marathon train. Jack made himself at home on the train as he explored everything around him. :) We unloaded in Two Harbors (at the starting line) and said our goodbyes to Julie. We boarded again (when Mr. Conductor said, "All Aboard!") and followed the race for a while. We got back to the finish line just in time to see the winner cross! How exciting. In all the fun of the day we never did get to see Julie run at all. She ran right by us as we waited at the finish line and we didn't even see her. At least she knew we were cheering for her in our hearts! Julie did a great job too. She finished 30 minutes faster than her Twin Cities Marathon time.

The Starting Line

Some more spectators - The soon-to-be Belisles!

Our Train