Chris does a half marathon

Two weekends ago, We all went up to Phoenix so that Chris could run a half marathon on Sunday. It was the Rock n Roll half marathon in Phoenix. He finished at (approximately) 2:07:30. His goal was to finish at 2:10:00, so he met and surpassed his goal! He had actually started training for the marathon up there, but due to Izzy being born, he didn't have enough time to do all the intensive training, so he kind of winged it up there. (My "winging it" would have been to say let's go eat some wings!) But he did great and he felt great, and after, he wasn't so drained that we couldn't do some shopping. Another great part was that the hotel that we had booked at was right by the finish line. (That's not the great part.) Because it was so close, it was really in demand, so they offered to pay for our stay at another hotel. So, we stayed for FREE at a Residence Inn, which came with a kitchen and a separate bedroom. It was awesome! (That was the great part.) Izzy did really well the whole time, except that while we were at our "nice" dinner, she decided she wanted to be awake, held, rocked, and generally not in her carseat, sleeping. But she's a baby...What are you going to do. Anyways, here are some pictures of our weekend.

This is at mile 3. I had expected Chris to run by about a half hour earlier, but with the wave start, he came by right on pace (I saw the pace runners go by, so I could tell he hadn't quit or got lost). He wore his bright orange Wheaties shirt so that I could pick him out of the masses.



This is at mile 3 1/2 (they did a loop around a block). I also saw him at mile 7, which was right across from the hotel that we stayed it (which ended up being a problem later when we tried to get back to our room after the race, but there were still walkers on the course, so we had to park across the street. Yes, that's right. Walkers at mile 7 of 13.1 still going 3+ hours into the race.)


Here is where a picture of him finishing should be, but I didn't get a good one because the gentleman who was literally 6'7" thought that he should stand at the very front.

Chris told Izzy that he would get her a trinket while we were up there. Instead, he bought himself some nice race shirts, and let her wear his medal.



She was so happy to be the winner that she couldn't stop smiling. That, or Daddy was finally paying significant attention to her. During the race, he would only stop by long enough for a quick kiss.



And here they are again. Super cute!