Seattle Marathon 2010

Today Christopher ran in the Seattle Marathon sponsored by Amica Insurance. His time was 4 hours and 53 minutes. He thought he would get around 4 hours and 30 minutes to 5 hours. So he did really well:D

Mom, dad, Christopher and I woke up around 5 0'clock in the morning to shower and eat. We left for Seattle around 7am, we thought traffic would be okay. Traffic was good until we hit downtown (cab driver #1 said "when traffic is like this, never take Mercer St." good to know!) then it was crazytown! Most of the runners/walkers got out and walked to the starting line. Mom went with Christopher and took pictures. Dad and I parked in the parking garage and got to the starting line, but we didn't see Christopher.

My parents and I walked for a while after the runners stopped coming through. We needed to get to one of the cheer/rest stops so we took a cab to the 6th mile mark(?). After waiting a little bit, we saw Christopher and gave him some Powerade. Then we walked a little bit further (and took some scenic photos lol) and got coffee at the Starbucks in (or outside) Madrona. There we saw Christopher again (this was between 18 and 19 miles).

Afterwards, my parents and I kept on walking. Mom's knees were hurting because the walking and she had stood for so long on Thanksgiving cooking. I wanted to call a cab, but knew a cab wouldn't be able to come as close as I would hope. So we asked a police officer where we could find a cab "34th St is pretty busy." Up to 34th St we went! ALL UPHILL! It was pretty hot with all our layers on, too. We made it up the hill, but the only cabs we saw had people in them:( With no luck of finding an empty cab, I suggested calling for a cab again. The three of us made it to the cross of Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd and Union St where we called for a cab (cab driver #2 had a nice winter hat).

He drove us a few blocks away from where we needed to be, because traffic was terrible anywhere near the marathon path. We were going to walk to the starting line again because that's where we thought the finish was, but I took my map out and realized the finish was inside Memorial Stadium. (Whoops!) We asked around and one guy said he knew the general direction and that he was headed there as well.

Once inside Memorial Stadium, we saw Christopher finish, we met up with Rachele, and Christopher ate food to recover from the 26.2 mile run he just accomplished.

I am so proud of my brother.