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That being said, not sure we will be making-the-trek-to-Boston-on-marathon-day a tradition in our family. It was so completely worth being there and trying it once, but unless you are willing to get there super early and wait around for hours and hours, you are not able to see much. Or anything in our case.
Luckily, the man I married works in an office on the less crowded side of the street and he was able to see more than we did. In fact, he took the cool picture below. Because we were not able to get close enough to see anything, Jacob got as close as he could and waited around trying to catch a glimpse of our friend, Colleen, running by. But unfortunately, it didn't happen. So just pretend that one of the fine runners you see below is Colleen. Thanks. I mean really, isn't she amazing?
Rachel and I and our numerous children did hang around the "family waiting area" for a very long time hoping to run into Colleen, but no such luck. The time was not wasted though as it was definitely entertaining and awesome to see the other runners. Some were dressed up in crazy costumes (Captain America graced us with his presence), but mostly it just made me a little teary to see these cool people and what they had accomplished.That evening, we were finally able to meet up with Colleen, when she came back to our house. I snapped the picture below at that time. Seriously, who looks this good after running a marathon?
Way to go Colleen! Thanks for staying with us and thanks for being so incredibly awesome! You are completely inspiring. So inspiring in fact, I am thinking about watching someone
else train for a marathon. Yup, that is how impressed I was by what you did. Don't let anyone
else know though, I can't handle the pressure in case it ends up being too lofty a goal.