Run Darren Run

D is currently training - hard core - for the DC Marine Corps marathon that is at the end of October. So as part of his preparation, he has signed up for several half-marathons. His most recent one was over Labor Day weekend in Virginia Beach (which was nice for me and the girls as it meant one more summer hoorah - for which there will be a completely separate post devoted to their cuteness)

Basically D rocked this Rock-n-Roll half-marathon. He set a new half-marathon PR (personal record for those of us who are not hard-core) by over 4 minutes. Which is huge in running. Here are his stats:
Finished in 1:26:50 which is an average pace of 6:38 per mile
He was 10th in his age division (out of 742)
He was 120th OVERALL out of 11,275. I know. Impressive.

His cheering squad...waiting right outside the front of our hotel

Coming to give the girls high-fives at mile 3.

Coming to give the girls high-fives at mile 13, which was conveniently located outside of the back of our hotel. While D had to run 10 miles, we just sauntered through the lobby - stopping for the continental breakfast of course. The girls actually got high fives from the two guys in front of D too.

Post race on our balcony

The view of the boardwalk and the finish line (the black sign by the pier) from our balcony