I finished the Berlin Marathon (26.3 miles) in 3 hours and 55 minutes!! Whoot Whoot!!! I loved every single minute of it!!! It was an incredible high....a massive rush....WOW...I would do it again tomorrow (OK, maybe not tomorrow....but next week certainly!)
On your mark, get set, go....
On Friday we went to check out the starting point (so glad we did b/c yesterday in was MANIC!!)
Saturday went out to a huge Expo to get my race number
The guys had to drop me off about two hours before the race started....very handy to have all those runners around to take our picture!
There for forty thousand runners and over a million spectators. The course packed like this the whole way (which was the only frustrating part as it made it very difficult to maneuverer/move up.) There were sixty bands lining the course playing all kinds of music (I only used my iPod about ten of the 26+ miles.)
Spike got this shot at the mile 10 water station.
At about mile 15 I ran right off the course to give my boys a little lovin'. We got to see each other five times over the course of the 26+ miles which was pretty amazing with SO MANY people running/supporting. I was prepared to just meet them after I finished and was so delighted and SIKED every single time I saw their crazy smiling shouting faces!!
Going strong at twenty miles. I think the last six miles were my very best. I felt so good and just cranked up the speed. The packs had thinned (but only slightly) so I was able to rev it up a bit.
And then poof...it was over. Dean got the medal (I figured his support was "gold medal" worthy, so immediately upon our reunion he took possession.)
It was an awesome trip. Berlin is amazing. Dean was a super star traveler and by all accounts Addie has a super time at home.
I will get some pics of the city and our trip up when I can...right now I have some train tracks to build and a little girl about to wake up from her nap.
XO
PS When I wasn't running I was reading....totally hooked on this series...swore it was not for me, but I am sucked right in!

