We are very proud of Bill, who has been training for his first marathon for the past 8 weeks. Bill will be running the Detroit Free Press Marathon on October 18 and the Phoenix Rock n’ Roll Marathon on January 17. I still can’t believe it because just a few months ago he said he would never be a runner and didn’t understand why people ran marathons!?!? He has stuck to his training schedule and even wakes up at 4:30 during the week to get runs in before work. He completed his last ‘long run’ (18 miles) on Sunday. I can’t wait to see him at the finish line in a few weeks!
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Good luck, Bill! That is amazing that you picked up running for a marathon so quickly. You guys both have a lot of drive and commitment!
18 miles ……….. 18 miles…….ok I am impressed
Marysue,
Billy will be running 26 miles next Sunday. Bill is taking him down to Detroit for the marathon and to take photos of the start then he will come back to Birmingham, pick up Kristy (while I babysit) and take her down to see Billy finish. He ran 20 miles in just a little over 3 1/2 hours when he was training. We're all hoping for good weather.
Judy
18 miles took me 2:31. Never did a 20 mile training run.
The weather forecast looks good, today.
Bill
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