Laurel runs a marathon!
Holy smokes - Laurel ran the Fort Collins marathon today! She finished and beat her old time by 20 minutes! We have some pix from the last half of the race. The first part was all up in the Poudre Canyon along the river - Laurel said it was beautiful. But they didn't want lots of spectators up that far, so we caught her first out of the canyon at Ted's Place. Freddie, Marianne, Te Beagh and I provided the cheerleading. Freddie couldn't run because he had been pretty sick and was just getting better. But he did join up with Laurel for the last 5 miles - hurray for the Team! It turned out to be a beautiful day, now in the afternoon it is raining but the morning was sunny and nice and cool. Good for a marathon!At mile 17 at Ted's Place.
As we drove past Laurel after Ted's Place, along highway 287.
After mile 21, when Freddie joined Laurel.
Te Beagh was a big fan, and was also kept busy by a frozen parfait in her Kong toy!
Laurel and Freddie in Old Town after the finish.
Laurel with her medallion.
posted by Rick @ 1:39 PM
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I know it was Laurel's marathon and all the kudos should go to her, but let's not kid ourselves about the importance of an awesome cheering section!! Thanks to you and Freddie, Karen and I (and Sierra) all got to see live updates on the race, and cheer Laurel on when she needed it most - let's hear it for awesome cheering sections!!!
I second that! It was so fun getting to basically watch Laurel's whole race from home and cheer her on - and we could see what a big difference it must have made to her to have you guys there. Though at times it seemed she only had eyes for Te Beagh...
I just wanted to tag on a hello... that's all! :)
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