Photo Montage

As promised, here is our photo montage documenting 21 miles. I'll be sure to write captions so you can follow the story.

Imagine over 200 people doing silly-appearing exercises to warm up for the big graduation run.
We kind of looked like fireflies in the early morning light. If you look realy close, you can see a hint of sunlight.

The 10:30 group making sure to get in a 'before' shot and honor the Cougar and Tomi (aka Gwen & Dan).
They were off running the Chicago marathon today, which they rocked.

Around mile 2: One last pick by the dinosaur.

Around mile 5: 1st Hydration station with Bob. He and Kelton are the best!

Mary, me, and Megan. Obviously enjoying the break.

Around mile 6: Heading towards downtown.

Around mile 8: Still heading towards downtown.

Around mile 11: A sight for sore eyes. The Arch was the turn around point.

Around mile 13: Taking in City Garden.

We were told to spit and dip our foot in the river. Hmmmmm......

A little unsure of what is going on but it worked.

Around mile 14: Go Cards!

Still around mile 14: Who wouldn't want a pic with Piniocchio?

Then it got quiet for the next few miles. This was in the thick of mile 20. Obviously we're happy to have made it home :)

Almost there!

Mile 21: Feeling like champions and ready for race day.

Here was our loop.

And that is the story of our 21 miles. Thanks to Paul for being a fantastic coach and photographer. The run would not have been nearly as fun without him or anyone else.

So how am I feeling today? Fatigued and achy. Yesterday I actually felt pretty good and ran on adrenaline through the evening hours. I've definitely paid for it today though. All morning my legs ached but I've worked through that with ibuprofen and getting up and moving. In a bit I will use the foam roller. Now I'm mostly tired but I'll survive. It's nothing horrible. Honestly, if I wasn't tired I would worry ;)