Mid November brought us back to San Antonio for the Rock N Roll Marathon. Shelly, her girls, my kids and I all brought our signs to cheer for Brian and Bryan in the 1/2 marathon. This year, they were joined by Bryan's brother, Brad, for the run. Brian worked hard on finding just the right saying to put on this year's shirts. With Bryan's help, the front read, "In my mind, I'm a Kenyan." The back read, "In my shorts, I'm a Texan." I am told they got tons of comments before, during and after the race on the shirts.
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| Kids with one of their signs |
We took this picture with my phone in the hotel room before the race and sent it via text message to Brian as he was getting ready. We found out later, he didn't receive it before the race.
We were a little late to Mile Marker 3 because I got the time the race started wrong. And with Brian in an early corral, we basically ran to Alamo Plaza from the hotel. We managed to squeeze our way through the crowd to sit on the curb in time to see Brian run by. My pictures didn't come out well since it was so crowded and I was sitting down. But he spotted the kids and ran to our side of the street to wave at them. He also threw us his jacket to hold onto. The weather that morning was quite a complication. People were over bundled and were shedding clothes like crazy at mile marker 3.
Since Bryan and Brad were in a later corral, we had to leave Shelly and her girls at Alamo Plaza and head down to mile marker 8 on our own.
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| At mile 8 |
This was Brian as he passed Mile Marker 8 and spotted us on the sidewalk. Doesn't he look happy? He always manages a smile when he sees us during a race. We yell and cheer and make lots of noise for him.
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| At Mile 8 |
Using my phone and lots of luck, we found a good route to get us to mile 13 before Brian passed that way. And then with even more luck, we got a place along the wall as the runners came up the long road towards Mile Maker 13. They are running in this canyon type drive with a high wall one side and a raised sidewalk with rails on the other. We got a good spot along the railing to watch and cheer. Unfortunately, while we were waiting for him, Birdie dropped her sign down below on the road. Oops. It landed on the marathon side and there weren't many people out on that side yet, so hopefully it was picked up before it got busy.
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| Brian running uphill towards mile marker 13 |
Brian tells me he was in lots of pain running uphill here at the end with his calves cramping. Then he saw us up there yelling for him. It really helped him finish the race strong.
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| Brian after completing his 3rd 1/2 marathon! |
We were very proud of Brian for completing another race. We can't wait till next year.
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| Cameron, Brenna and Shelly congratulate Brad and Bryan |
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| Brian ran into his fraternity brother Barry after the race |
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| Brad, Bryan and Brian after the race |
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