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Last month Jim ran his first marathon!!!

The girls were thrilled to get up at 5am to go watch!!

Here he comes!!!!

Sooo proud of you Daddy!!!

Hot Chocolate

Two weeks back Jim and I ran the Hot Chocolate race! 

It was a chilly, chilly morning!! 

BRRRR!

Despite having to stand in my corral for over and hour (freezing), I ran a personal best time. 

I was pretty happy with that!

Look what I was running for... Yum! Chocolate fondue and Hot Chocolate!!

We had a bunch of friends that ran the race too (including my brother in law Jess). 

Here we are with Ben & Bri

Bri and I

Rock and Roll Half Marathon

A couple of weeks back Jim ran his second half marathon. Yes, 13.1 miles... and yes he's crazy! 

The run was downtown on a Sunday morning and it began at 6:30am. Yikes!

Jim stayed downtown the night before with friends so they didn't have to commute at 4am! 

That left the girls and I at home. I had planned to head down to watch, but wasn't sure how it would exactly work out with needing to be down so early. I had hoped to see Jim at the Mile 7 marker and then walk to the finish line. 

Well my girls must of sensed my worries of the timing of the events because they woke up at 4:45am (Norah) and 5:10am (Mckenna). Yes, for the day. I was planning to leave the house at 6:15am... instead we left at 5:45am. Seriously! Way to early!!! Starbucks was our first stop!!

We got to our spot and waited. And waited. And waited. Kids and races = LOTS of down time!

So...we had a mini photo shoot! We were slap happy crazy... and it was around 7am!

The runners are starting to appear on Michigan Avenue!

There was a lovely empty flower planter next to us... which made for optimum digging!

And a bike rack which made for great swinging and climbing!

This sweet thing loved cheering!

Watching the runners run by!

I love these next few of Norah. Just love em!!!

Finally Daddy and Jon made their way into our view!

Somebody stopped for a sweet little kiss!!!

After they kept on running and we had our near collision experience in having to run across the race course with a double stroller and two kids... 

We made it into Grant Park to do some site seeing while we waited some more!

Let's highlight the personalities of my daughters....

 

 

Practicing her running...

The finish line...

Fading quickly... at 8:30am!!

And we are done! New record of double naps at 8:30am!

There he is!!

Aunt Alice had come down to watch too!

Friends he ran with!

Two hours later... she woke up!

Daddy's girl!!

Run Daddy Run

Today we headed down to US Cellular Field for Jim's big 10K! 

He ran the Home Town Charity Run benefiting the ChicagoWhite Sox, Bulls, and Blackhawks Charity groups. He also ran the race last year!

The girls and I went down with him so we could watch and cheer him on!!

A few of his friends ran the race along with him.

The girls and I hung out in the seats in the stadium while Jim ran. It is a fun run because they enter the ballpark and finish the race just before home plate! 

Mckenna was cheering for him to win!

And Norah collected as many sets of beads she could wear from the vendors on the concourse!

There he is (far right in white t-shirt)...

Finishing Strong!

Crossing the finish line! 

50:03 was his unofficial time!

Mckenna ran down to greet him and then showed him where Norah and I were waiting...

High Fives (and sunglasses) from Norah!

Rob also ran the race with Jim... his first 10K!

Middle of the picture...

Friends for 20+ years!

Norah took this time to practice her stair climbing!

Post-Race Group Shot!