2011 Huntsville Marathon

Thomas and I ran our third Huntsville Marathon together today. It was a pleasant day for a run. I met my two  goals - finishing before the course was shut down and not being transported by HEMSI.

Brian, Daniel and Michael McFadden showed up at the starting line to encourage me. What a surprise! Go Army!

I saw fellow Rotarians  Jeff and Christine Jones and Sandy Patel as I passed the Jones' house at mile 5. I almost quit the race when Jeff offered me breakfast.

I was satisfied with my performance today, which I attribute to my life coach, Lynne Wingard, who fed me fantastic lasagna last night. I also found Katy Kirkwood's chocolate ginger bread toffee cake to be a performance enhancing dessert.

As always, I met interesting people. A couple from Cabot, Arkansas celebrated their 20th anniversary today by running the marathon together. Their son attends school in Conway, the city where I was born.

I also met a retired school teacher from Fayetteville, Tennessee. Today's marathon is her 62nd since 1994. She has run at least one marathon in every state.