Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Grandma's Weekend

OK, I am going to start this off with last weekend.  It was Grandma's Marathon weekend, so was busy as usual.  My friends Katie and Heidi and two of Katie's friends stayed at my house for the weekend.  Katie ran the full marathon, and the rest were up to cheer her on.
I got up early on Saturday morning to see the half, and it was a beautiful day right from the start.  I met up with Kate, April and Chris down near the Dunn Bros, and we watched most of the race from there.  After the half wrapped up, we went down to catch Ben at the finish.  From there we walked up to Nodin's shop and watched the full from there.  In Both the mens and womens the winner was clearly separated from the rest of the group.  Here are some shots from the morning:

Looking towards Lake Ave on Superior Street


Too much energy, should have run the full!

Kate and Me
Chris and Ben (Chris is flexing)

Kate is way more in to this than Ben...

Leader of the Men's Race going by

2nd and 3rd place Men
1st Place Woman
I think this might be the 2nd Place Woman


It ended up being a nice day for running... at least I thought so as I was standing on the sidewalk!

In the afternoon the crew of folks staying at my house and I went up to Gooseberry Falls.  I dont have any photos of this because I forgot my camera.   We got some quality rock skipping in though, trust me.  Also had some birch bark boat races.

1 comment:

Hello Lindello said...

Funny Pictures! Especially the one of Ben. He did have way to much energy that day...That was a great day to be in Duluth. It looks like your having fun and safe travels out west. Thanks for keeping us posted!