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June 06, 2006

Vermont City Marathon

Owen raced in the Vermont City Marathon on Memorial Day Weekend, and Anna and I biked into Burlington to cheer him on. Although it was difficult to maneuver the tandem over a course with thousands of runners and through a crowd of even more thousands of spectators, we managed to see him at the start, the finish, and four other points along the course. It was obvious that some runners were madly jealous Anna and I were Owen's cheering fans instead of theirs, but we tried to encourage the other runners when we could. However, when we weren't on the course cheering for Owen, we were usually madly biking to the next place we wanted to cheer him on because he was running so darn fast. He finished the marathon with an amazing time of 3:07:01, placing 73rd overall and running at a pace of 7:08 per mile. Also impressive was his almost complete lack of any sign that he had just finished a marathon after he stopped running: he looked like he was about ready to go out for another easy run! The weather was quite warm and sunny, which was wonderful for the spectators and somewhat miserable for the marathoners. Overall, Anna and I had great fun cheering, Owen had a spectacular race, and a few people are probably still mad at me for getting the tandem in the way of the course...

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