Stu, Sarah and Coleman at the Expo the day before the race
Sarah and Stu getting ready to pick up their packets
We all got 'bandaged' up before the race with this KT tape. I was having some IT problems so I was hoping it would help make it feel better. Not sure if it really did, but the tape on my foot did help my Planters Fasciitis.
5AM Saturday morning.. Starting line for the St. George Marathon. The starting line is pretty cool, with music playing and about 8,000 of your closest running buddies. What more could you want?
Here we are waiting for the start. There was a crazy wind blowing so it made it cold. They had fires going and we huddled up to one, but it was sooo smokey with wind that we had to keep our distance. We actually started 10 min after the start of the marathon, BUT your race doesn't start till you cross the starting line.
Stu took this on the race. The sun is just starting to come up.
Stu coming up to the finish line
Just passed the Royall family (who took our pictures). I was looking for my little girl, but I found out later she was past the finish line in the shade, it was just too hot for her.
Our support group at the finish line
Our cute family at the finish line
So the final time for everyone was: Coleman 4 h 29 min. Stu 4 h 30 min. Sarah 4 h 32 min. I was shooting for a goal of 4 h 30 min but my legs just gave out at the end. If I would have known Stu and Cole were only minutes ahead of me, I would have tried to dig deep and find some gas. So proud of these boys. We all beat our previous marathon record so we have nothing to complain about.
And finally the group of runners. Everyone (with the exception of Coleman) did the St. George Runner's Series to get into the marathon. Which means we had to run 2 St. George races to quality for the marathon. All the Royall's plus Stu and I did that and here we are at the end of the road!
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