Indy Mini Marathon - 13.1 miles - May 8, 2004
The Finishers.... 13.1 Mile Medals around our necks!
in front of our train car hotel room.
Mission accomplished!
And now, you have to hear the story... there's always a story.... and more photos...
Well, we headed for Indy on Friday night and had dinner at the Rock Bottom Brewery in Indy.... time for some carbs... and calories... and we had our share!
Billy, our waiter, was kind enough to snap these photos for us. Then we stopped for a few more shots on the walk back to the hotel....
this one's for you, Pj...
The RCA Dome is the background in the first shot, and the Capitol building is the background of the second shot.... then Amy let Betsy and I get in one....
Off to a good night's sleep... to get ready for Race Day...
Kyle and Brooke slept in and didn't join us at the starting line... but they managed to mosey on down to the finish line to get some "photo finishes"
and the first one to cross.... Charley...
it was VERY HOT... pushing 88 at 10 am!!
Now, Amy was second across the finish line, but the
"photographers" somehow missed it!
So, we didn't get Amy until she got her medal!
And
here comes Amy E...!
Heading for that finish!
Nancy's
next... but the photographer (Brooke) is now laying on the ground to take the
photos...
It's getting hotter... so hot that about 2 minutes after Nancy crossed the
finish line, the race was "red flagged" meaning the heat conditions
were too dangerous for running.
But that didn't stop our walkers...
Here's Nora... feeling the heat and pain.. but she made it...
(Note: at this point, no one has seen Wally... but he's already finished... the
race photo people got a shot of him... otherwise we may have wondered....)
One more finisher to go....
a "We made it" shot...
and don't forget to keep drinking that water.....
So... Betsy (who has her cell phone with her) calls Carol (who is in Lafayette)... to tell her to call Kyle (because she doesn't have his cell phone number) to let us know to be ready, because she on the last mile ....
and on her way to the finish line!!
Want to join us next year....???