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Corey's biggest fans!
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Chantelle & Noah
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Meme & Pawpaw & the girls
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Mile 16- and still going strong!
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The Finish Line!
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Emma wanted to be like Daddy
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The Mighty Victors!
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He did it! I have to brag on Corey & his amazing accomplishment of running a marathon this weekend! After 7-8 months of training he completed the 26.2 miles in 3 hours 55 minutes. I am blown away! I don't have the discipline, determination (or desire, for that matter!) to do what he did. I wish I did, but as I recently told friends, I'm realizing that most of the things I like to do involve sitting (reading, visiting with friends, watching movies, etc.) - but I digress. It is such a huge thing to accomplish and I am so proud of him.
We made it out to mile 16 to cheer him on - there was no way we could make it to the start line at 7:30! Emma and I had made a sign out of pink glitter that read "Go Daddy!" I think he and the other runners appreciated it :). Our friends Chantelle & Noah there with us along with Corey's parents (making it so much easier for me to balance 2 kids & watching for Corey to take photos!). Chantelle's husband Brian also ran, so we had lots of fun cheering them on! The finish line was thrilling, even though we were just spectators. I was so impressed with the number of people able to do this amazing physical feat. Most impressive to me was the fact that Corey jogged across the finish line like he had been at it for 20 minutes or so instead of 3 hours & 55 minutes! He said the last 4 miles were tough, but it was mind over matter at that point. How could 22 miles be no big deal? Amazing! We're so glad he did it, and we're so glad he isn't planning on doing it again. It will be nice to have our weekends back. Yeah Corey!
13 comments:
That's great! I'm quite impressed too! These days I get winded just walking around my house! :)
Julia I am so glad you have Corey He is amazing
We are so proud of Corey!
Awesome!!! We caught up w/ Chantelle and Angie but missed seeing you. It WAS quite an amazing thing to see all those people cross the finish line, huh? But it does kind of make a girl feel bad to watch 60-somethings run past when my 30 year old self can't go more than a mile - sheesh! Congrats to Corey!!!
I am impressed with Corey. Wow! I cannot believe you did not want to go watch him that early. Ha! Cute poster!
Way to go Corey. I can honsetly th emost impressed i have ever seen Tony was one time when I said I wanted to train for a marathon...too bad, I never did it! :)
Sure love you!
Becky
Congrats Corey!! That is such an accomplishment! I will say congrats to you too though...I know you sacrificed alot of free time for Corey to train.
Ditto to Emiley's comment. I'm proud of you both!! I hope you enjoyed your first weekend post-marathon! Love ya--
That is awesome! Way to go Corey!!!
I am impressed. I enjoy things like you...not running a marathon.
I am so impressed that Corey did this:) Yall look so cute with your signs.
Ah! I'm so proud!! I can't believe you ran a marathon. That is so amazing. Way to go, iron man!
Lee and Cheryl look great, by the way. Pass along hugs and kisses.
Two things:
1. Congratulations Corey! I'm so impressed and proud of you!
2. I laughed out loud when I read your comment on Shelly's blog about your dream about me. That was seriously funny.
It seems like yesterday when we took Hannah and Emma's baby pictures at the race!
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