Laowai

Brian finished his first marathon yesterday. He chose a big one for his first time – The Chicago Marathon. He had a very respectable time of around 4:05. What a spectacle it was. Bea and I didn’t do such a good job of finding him along the way. We showed up too late at the first planned spot. Even if we had been on time, being 5’3″, I didn’t have much chance of spotting him through the crowd. 45,000 people run in the marathon and over a million people come out to watch. I was bummed that I couldn’t cheer him on a little. But I was glad we went down to watch – It was an amazing flow of runners that seemed to go on and on and on. We managed to meet up with him and give him a big hug at the end of the race. Good Job love – what an accomplishment!

Here’s what my view of the race was like:

Here’s Bea’s view:

And Brian wouldn’t let me take his photo at the finish area. Not a great photo day.