Sign at the MOTEL 6 to welcome runners
Marathon Expo
Sign right above the street that we went through like 3 times...Church Street.
Marathon Banners
Beautiful Morning at 5:30 am sunrise!
Me in my Motel 6 getting ready for the marathon...
Empty streets at 6:30 am when the race starts at 8am.
Nice fountain...
Overcast skyes right above Lake Champlain...
More overcast....
More of Lake Champlain
Me and Lake Champlain...oh...and I didn't need the sunglasses AT ALL!
Me stretching with the best seat in the house!
Me and my High school friend Amy Davison.
Again...but with Lake Champlain....
Start of the race...
Those ahead of me and the start line in sight...
Those in back of me....
Running Shoes and running legs!
Start of the race....
Around mile 1...25.2 to go!
So many people ahead of me...
Somewhere between mile 1 or was that mile 2?
Yeah...definately mile 2...
Going into town...mile 2.5...
Into town...
More of the streets of Burlinton...
Main Street....
and Pearl Street...Mile 3...
First Loop complete...back to the starting line...mile 3.5
Out of the town of Brulington...out to the Highways! Mile 3.7
Start of the scenic tour...mile 4 is coming up...
On top of the hill, looking at the many runners ahead of me at the bend...
The guy behind me and the many of 4, 500 runners
This is where i saw a girl pee...and she was standing...not squatting.
Oh mile 4...or 5...somewhere in between there...
the many bridges that passed between the highway of mile 4 to 5 and 6
more bridges and more runners...
Mile 6, the turning point to go back where we started...to the starting line...
The great band that played...at mile 5 and 7...
back to mile 4 or 8...whichever way you are running
The hill that we just came back down...but this time up...Mile 8...
back into town...competion of the second loop...
me...cool crisp and collective...
into the city and then you are shot out of the city... Mile 9.3
The scenic tour of lake champlain...mile 13
Wooded areas...near the half way point...
me...tired yet? I think not...
1/2 way point...13.1 miles! 13.1 miles to go...
Along Lake Champlain...
Burlington Bay...and Lake Champlain...
Yeah...didn't get my face...
Over the Bridge...
Next to a rail yard...to mile 14...
Mile 14 marker...next to Lake Champlain...
Little park before we complete the third loop...
The start of what is called..."assult on Battery" (largest hill at mile 15 on Battery Street - 6 blocks long)
Tyko drums (Korean Drums) used to encourage runners up the dreaded hill on "assult on Battery" (Battery Street)
Tyko Drummers beating to every footstep the runners take...
Almost up to the top of the hill...
Through Battery Park...worst is over, mile 15 to the last and final loop...
Mile 18.3 to Leddy Park...
Through some wood chips and wooded areas...
The start of the dreaded long bike path...mile 21.5.
I didn't know what was coming to me?
Bike path...mile 22...getting closer!
Am I there yet?
Some fans cheered on...I just wanted to get a picture of the bridge...
"almost there"...not really! Your really suppose to say, " STRONG FINISH!" Mile 25.4...I had it in the bag...
BOSTON BOUND...taking a picture of me and the clock...done...and assignment achieved...
The rain started...my friend amy and her father, MR D coming toward the finish line...
Finish Strong, mr. D!
Ever so slightly...after we found out that he had kissed the 26 mile marker...
Are you ok Mr. D? A well deserved break for Mr. D's first marathon...
Ahh...family so proud of Mr. D finishing...
A family photo...
