Running With John

Of the many goals of this year, one of the boldest was the aspiration of John, Mike and Dad to together run the Marine Corps Marathon this November in Washington, DC. In preparation of this audacious goal, John, Mike and Dad had set out on a plan which included the running of a number of races between April and October 2007 in order to get into shape for the November marathon. Included was the Chesapeake Bay Bridge 10K in April and the Chaptico Classic 10K in August 2007 (Chaptico is a small village about 10 miles from where John's Mom & Dad live). It was, of course, not to be. Nonetheless, Mike and Dad have continued on in their own way. Mike perseveres in his goal to complete the marathon this November although Dad has conceded to reality and age and will not run this November

The Chaptico Classic 10K was held this weekend and pictures can be seen by clicking on the below photo:

Running With John

Of note, John and Dad ran the 10K and Jes participated in the 3 mile walk. The course was a figure eight, which is why you see photos of the runners Mike and Dad in the middle of this album. Mike finished first in his age category. It was a brutal day from the perspective of temperature and humidity (one of the hottest of the summer). Nonetheless, all experienced the fullness of the moment, to include John who, without a doubt, was there in spirit.

The first objective of the collective plan was to run the Bay Bridge 10K in April. Alas, that was not to be for a variety of reasons to include the fact that in that on race day, the race was canceled due to gale force winds on the Bay. Nonetheless, photos from that day can be seen by clicking on the below photo:

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