This is us at the New York Marathon. We had a great time. 40,000 runners!! Seriously, you could just feel the energy! I was so excited to be a part of such a big event in our city. Since there were so many runners, they had to break everyone up into three groups to get their chips clipped, we were in the 3rd group (farthest away from finish line) and we were the last post. So, we wound up clipping only about 10 chips each and giving about 200 runners directions to everything from "how to get to the east side of the park", to a very important "where is the nearest bar?". We soon realized that our main job would be to cheer for the finishers and tell them how great they did. One guy kissed me!!! Then looked at Jake and apologized. Hahaha

Here we are! Volunteering our socks off! Wasn't it a beautiful day? we weren't able to see him....

Or her......
Or her.....
Or her.
I couldn't get enough of it. We were there all day and we still went home and watched the WHOLE thing on DVR. I already knew that Paula Radcliffe won, but I had to see if it was as close as last year. She finished 2 minutes faster than the second place runner. That is amazing. She lead the entire race. This woman is incredibly inspiring to me. She works so hard and endures mountains of pain to do what she does. She has run 10 marathons and won 8 of them. She holds 4 of the 5 fastest women's marathon in history. Not to mention many awards and other world records.

After watching the race, I realized that this is my thing. I love running, watching running and talking about it. Even though I do not perform at an elite level like these women, watching them made me want to be awesome. It was such a great experience to be there.

The (corny) end.