Sunday, June 29, 2008

Seafair Half Marathon

Kenny ran his 1st half marathon (13.1 miles) this morning. He had a goal of doing it under 1 hour and 40 minutes. He ran it in 1 hour 41 minutes and 11 seconds.

He was working against a couple hurdles. His ankle has been hurting him for a couple weeks now and with his running streak (he has gone running at least 2 miles every day for 4 years) he isn't able to take time off of it to let it heal. The weather didn't cooperate with him very much. This weekend has been in the 90's here in Seattle. Saturday night was a tough one in our house. We couldn't get it cooled off very well. So there wasn't much sleeping going on. The race started at 7am, which helped with the heat a little bit this morning (but not with the no sleep part...he had to get up at 5am to get to the race). By the time he was done it was 80 degrees out.

The race started in the U district and ended in Bellevue. He ran across the 520 Bridge, which they haven't allowed since 1984. Overall, he enjoyed himself and is gearing up for a marathon in the future.





3 comments:

Cynthia said...

WOW...you are amazing. We're REALLY proud of your commitment. Hope your ankle improves. Oh, by the way ..what a really cute kid you have !!!!

Cynthia said...

Gary said... Kenny, a very impressive show!! Wish there was some way you could let your ankle heal! Yes, you really do have a very cute kid, you should never have let Jessica put a picture of Shane on this particular blog! Taking away some of your thunder!

firecrackerjulie said...

Great job Kenny! Your dedication is inspiring. I appreciate having you around to talk running with!

Kudos to Jessica too. Being the spouse of a runner takes a lot of understanding and patience :)