Marathon Announcement

So, on Sunday the 9th, Tom ran the Chicago marathon for the 2nd year in a row! It was about 85 degrees and way to hot, AGAIN! I filled my car up with some great friends and we left the suburbs at 6:30am to drive downtown and support Tom. None of our friends knew the sex of the baby, so we had a shirt made to share the news. We waited at the 2 mile marker and after searching for what felt like forever, I heard Brian yell, ITS A BOY!!, as I was chasing Trevor. Tom ran by quick, everyone hugged and congratulated me and Trevor and I was relieved we could finally talk about him. :) Just then, a girl walked over and said, "I read your blog! I said earlier that it would be so funny if I saw Tom!" I said a quick hello and was back to chasing Trevor. Tom heard her yell, "I read your wifes blog!" from the crowd. Small world out there..

We walked toward the 13 mile marker and talked about baby boy. We stopped at my friends dads office and relaxed and wasted some time. We went to mile 13, after dodging through the runners(which is very difficult to do with a stroller) and saw Tom pretty quickly. He was all smiles but I could tell he was hurting. He joked about wishing he had done a half marathon..exactly what he said last year. He gave kisses and kept running!

We had quite the journey to get to mile 22. We met up with Toms mom and sisters, who saw him at mile 16 and were finally in the know about baby boy. We walked many blocks and took the el over to the southside. It was hot for the spectators and the running looks miserable. It was a great place to go and cheer because at that point, they really need it. We found Tom again, who had major leg cramps and wanted some fruit. We offered him some of Trevor's smoothie. We told him to finish strong and we would see him at the end.

We planned to meet at Buckingham fountain like last year, but they gated it off. It was chaos with too many people and we were all exhausted. Tom ended up asking to use someones cell phone and we met by the open fire hydrant. He finished at 5 hours, 42 minutes. He was annoyed with the heat and leg cramps. He had to walk a lot after mile 15. But, he finished and I am damn proud. He said he wants to run next year. His exact words were, "I want to RUN the marathon, not have the marathon RUN me." Haha

Trevor was such a rockstar the whole day. He took a quick nap in the stroller, snacked, sprayed the runners with a squirt bottle and had fun. I was thankful for my friends who came to help out. We calculated that we walked about 6 miles in total, I wad really dragging by the time I had to drive home.

We came home, Trevor took a real nap and Tom and I layed on the couch for quite a while. I finally had to get up and finish packing and cleaning and getting ready for the next morning. I set my alarm for 3:30 am..that was painful. But I got everything done and hit the bed, hard.