What a fun weekend, I can't believe Kevin ran a half marathon! he'd been training for over a month and was running as much as 20 miles in a morning, so 13 really wasn't that much for him but still, the pressure of running it with a good time was nerve wrecking (for me)....good thing I was only a spectator, although I could use a mile or ten off my waist ;)
Our morning started off in Los Angeles at 5:30am, Kevin packed up the family and drove us to Pomona for the Holiday half marathon which started at 8am on the dot. It was so exciting to watch people warm up and stretch, I think any time you put to test a skill or talent its going to be an exhilarating/emotional/frightening experience....when I watched my dad jog through the finish line at the La Jolla half marathon earlier this year I cried, and when this adorable couple crossed the finish line holding hands I cried, and then a breast cancer team crossed the line in a big group hug, I cried too, oh man I'm tearing up just thinking about it..anyway, I love happy endings. When Kevin finished the race on Sunday it was super exciting but not quite as dramatic for me since he had projected he would cross at 2:10 and he came in 20 minutes earlier at 1:51!!!!!
I was breast feeding Valentina when I heard Kristin and Kalani cheering, I looked up to see Kevin a few yards from the finish line in a full sprint with a huge smile on his face...We thought he heard us cheering...we later found out it was not a smile, it was a grimace from racing a high school youth to the finish line, apparently this kid had been on Kevin's tenees for several miles. How exciting! Kevin had finished the race and with a very decent time!!! imagine how I must have looked rushing over to find Kevin while still feeding Valentina under the hooter hider!!!
