He and his friend Rob came up on Thursday night. I picked them up from the airport and we went over to Burke because they were both staying @ the Prindle's. On Friday morning, the guys, Christy and I drove into DC to drive the route a little bit. Our intention was to drive the whole thing, but after it took 1.5 hours to drive 6 miles (for being a Navigator by profession, Kenny wasn't being a very helpful navigator), I threw in the towel. We drove to the Convention Center where they had to register, get their packets, shirts, etc. After that the next day and a half was spent relaxing.
Sunday morning, Rob and Kenny were down at the race by 6 am. Richie, Christy and I left Burke around 7:30 and drove to my townhouse in Arlington. Parked there, walked to the Ballston metro and took that to the Smithsonian metro stop. We walked from there to the Lincoln Memorial (it's farther than it appears) to see them @ mile 10. We each handed Kenny, Rob and their friend Tim an open banana and gatorade. We then walked the few feet to Mile 16, where we waited for awhile to see them again. We handed Kenny (the other 2 didn't see us) another banana and gatorade and then made the trek back to the Smithsonian station.
We met up with Natalie (her cousin was also running), saw them @ Mile 19 and then hopped on the Metro to go to the finish line. We got off @ the Rosslyn station to see them, and because of the powers that be, weren't able to actually see them cross the finish line. We did make it down to the area where they were and were able to give them congratulatory hugs.
I didn't manage to get any pictures of him running since I was focusing on handing off the food and drink. But we did a photo-shoot after the race.
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| The BFF's |
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| Rob and Kenny |
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| Kenny and his parents |
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| Kenny with people from his squadron |
I'm so proud of Kenny, accomplishing a marathon is no easy feat. He did however say that this was his first and his last...better him than me.
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