After literally MONTHS of training my amazing husband ran his first marathon. I could not have been more proud of him. He worked hard....he made sacrifices...and he was ready.
The night before it was time to carbo-load so he was ready for the race! We enjoyed dinner at Maggianno's in Indy. My brother-in-law Jeff also ran the marathon with Matt, but couldn't make it down to Indy in time for dinner.
The day of the race we woke to rain and Matt had a pounding headache. Ugh. After a good meal, a little lavender oil, and some prayers he seemed to be much better. The "support crew" got all bundled up and headed out for a day of supporting our guys!! It sounds sad, but between the various road races, triathlons, and Ironmen that our family partakes in I feel the "support crew" is just as wiped out at night as the athlete. We bust butt all day to support our athlete!!!
The kiddos took supporting their daddy and uncle pretty seriously!
Truth.
We might have been freezing, wet, and tired....but we still had fun!!
After about 4 hours we saw our guys rounding the last curve!! We were sooooo excited!!!
They did it....our Marathon Men!!!
Want to know what's even better??
Matt's planning his second marathon already.
Love that guy.
"If you want to run...run a mile. If you want to experience a different life...run a marathon"
--Emil Zapotek
2 comments:
Love you brother!
I love him, too. So does his dad.
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