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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...
Posted by rgutwin at June 6, 2006 09:02 AM
Comments
omg that's an amazing time. who knew?! Tell OWEN that I am most proud, and also sorry that I missed it when I was away in INDIA..... ahhh I wish I could have been there, next time.... next time.
We have our own race coming up if I remember correctly! We will get small tshirts, we will be cosurviors, and you will win for the umpteenth time in a row!
Posted by: jenna rose at June 22, 2006 07:22 PM