Sunday, October 9, 2011

half marathon champions!

Yup! Champions! Anyone that can run 13.1 miles is a champion in my book! My brother-in-law, little sister, and husband ran (and finished) the Long Beach half-marathon. I am so proud of them! I am also proud of my older sister and me. Standing around and waiting to see these runners is major hard work!

Saturday, I tagged along as the sister and the husband went to pick up their running bib and other goodies.

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I wanted to fit in with all the runners, so I wore my bro in law's bag like it was my own. Totally being a poser.

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Sunday - The day started early for the runners. John got up super early to get ready, drink his coffee, and eat enough, part of his running regiment. The 3 of them left super early and my older sister and I slept in and left a few hours after them. The next time we saw them was at the finish line!

I stood by the fence for over an hour looking for John and Jenny. It was so much fun to people watch, the time flew by! I even got to see my high school buddy run to the finish line! When I did see John and Jenny, I was so excited, the only picture I got was a lame unfocused picture.

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But if you zoom in, you can see the awesome-ness of this picture. Jenny looks angry and John looks like a dinosaur with his hands out like that! ... and I have no idea who the lady was.

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THE CHAMPIONS!!!!! So proud of them.

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Esther unni and I are super supportive and proud older sisters. Even if we were texting and calling Jenny the entire time to hurry and hustle to the finish line!

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The Carriers.

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So proud of my hubby!!!!!! I watched as he committed to training for the past few months and going out for crazy runs, watching what he was eating, and shedding a few pounds. I think I was more excited for the race day than he was!

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Under his running number, you can see 4102010. He personalized his running bib with our wedding anniversary! I was so surprised and so was he! Because he registered for the race months ago, he had forgotten that he personalized his bib so he was sitting there saying, "Man, I wish I had personalized my bib." But he did! Gah! I love him. :)

We celebrated the champions with a huge Korean feast for lunch! After a quick nap, we headed off to an evening service at Pacific Crossroads Church. For dinner, John decided he wanted In-n-Out. A TRIPLE MEAT burger (BUT, with no cheese). Insane. I guess after running 13.1 miles, he deserves a crazy burger!

Phew! Off to bed I go now. So tired. Walking the mile from the race course to the car wiped me out! :) Good night!

7 comments:

  1. Thank you SO much for zooming in on that picture of me looking like I'm a T-Rex chasing after Jenny... with a creepy smile on my face.

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  2. Hahaha Linda you're too funny! John did look like a dino and your walk was pretty crazy, LOL!

    Missed you guys today, but hope your time at Pacific CrossRoads Church was encouraging :)

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  3. i had all-you-can-eat sushi for dinner. i think i deserved it.

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  4. How fun! Congratulations to them on the race!!!
    xo, Dawn
    www.hellodearie.com

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  5. Frances - John, my dino! hahaha! We'll see you at church this week, for sure!

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  6. Dawn - Thanks! He's caught the marathon bug now! He wants to train for the full LA marathon. CRAZY!!!

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  7. HAHAHA John's dino picture cracked me up!!! Congrats John!

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