PJ ran his half marathon. He did great! There's good news and bad news, though. The bad news is that his chip didn't register so we don't have an "official" time. The good news is that despite the incredibly early hour he remembered his watch (with stopwatch function) and clocked himself! So Thuringer official time was 1 hr 53 minutes. His goal was 2 hours. His super secret internal goal was 1 hr 55 minutes. Either way, he beat himself! The kids and I drove over to Wells street to see him go by. We were there for a few minutes and Paul and the boys came around the corner and watched with us. The picture of him running is taken going down Wells street, about the 11 mile mark. After he went by, the kids and I went downtown. Ben had called earlier, having finished the 4 miler, and we told him we'd meet him on the courthouse green. We couldn't get a good space to see PJ come across the finish line, and it was hard to keep the kids still anyway, so we went over to wait at the courthouse. Not long after, PJ and Ben and John came over. John ran the 4 miler too. PJ was wearing his "gold medal" (per Ava) and looked incredibly good for just having run 13.1 miles. (Some of the people we saw come through the finish looked incredibly bad.) He said he had fun, and was glad of his time. (We didn't find out until later that his chip didn't register, which was a total bummer.)
We found this You Tube video of the race, and PJ can be found right there! If you start at 1 minute 25 seconds and look closely- if you pause it at 1 minute 29 seconds you'll see him wearing a black headband looking back-, you'll find him (he's wearing a bright blue shirt). Here's the video and our triumphant half marathoner. Congratulations, Peege, we are really proud of you!
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