Run Jean, Run!
Aunt Jean is running the Chicago Marathon today with her friend Kendra. Good luck, ladies!
We are tracking their progress live through this site.
UPDATE: They finished, according to the race website, with a time of just over 6 hours. Knowing these amateur speed queens, they may be a little disappointed with their time. But according to our Race Correspondent Uncle Chrissy, there were important reasons things went so slowly, mainly that 1) it was too crowded for mid-fielders to run at any other pace than that of the pack, and 2) it got up to 90+ degrees in Chi-town today, so hot that they cancelled the marathon for people who didn't make it to the halfway point by noon. Word on the street is that the heat didn't phase Jean and Kendra too much, since they were smiling and laughing whenever Uncle Chrissy and Kendra's hubby Brent saw them.
Congratulations, ladies, and I look forward to hearing the official stories on your blogs. As soon as you get done throwing up.
UPDATE (10/8): So apparently my puking joke was in seriously poor taste, since somebody actually died from participating in this disaster of a marathon. Jean and Kendra blogged about their experiences here, including about Jean, the more experienced of the two, nearly passing out. At least they had my brother to keep their spirits up.
(stolen from Kendra's blog)
We are tracking their progress live through this site.
UPDATE: They finished, according to the race website, with a time of just over 6 hours. Knowing these amateur speed queens, they may be a little disappointed with their time. But according to our Race Correspondent Uncle Chrissy, there were important reasons things went so slowly, mainly that 1) it was too crowded for mid-fielders to run at any other pace than that of the pack, and 2) it got up to 90+ degrees in Chi-town today, so hot that they cancelled the marathon for people who didn't make it to the halfway point by noon. Word on the street is that the heat didn't phase Jean and Kendra too much, since they were smiling and laughing whenever Uncle Chrissy and Kendra's hubby Brent saw them.
Congratulations, ladies, and I look forward to hearing the official stories on your blogs. As soon as you get done throwing up.
UPDATE (10/8): So apparently my puking joke was in seriously poor taste, since somebody actually died from participating in this disaster of a marathon. Jean and Kendra blogged about their experiences here, including about Jean, the more experienced of the two, nearly passing out. At least they had my brother to keep their spirits up.
(stolen from Kendra's blog)
posted by Claire at 9:21 AM
1 Comments:
Of the 6 hours...1 hr was due to Aunt Jean's near passing out, waiting for a bus, then riding a bus 4 1/2 miles behind the crazy runners still running, then walking in 1/2 mile. It was the craziest marathon EVER.
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