13.1

On October 23rd, Michael ran in the  Houston 1/2 Marathon.  13.1 miles before 10:00 am is pretty darn impressive (I rarely drive that far much less walk or run that far!)  He had a great run, and all the training that he did definitely seemed to have paid off.  Here are his stats...

Chip time first half: 58:50.18
First half pace: 8:59 / mile
Chip time second half: 57:57.30
Second half pace: 8:51 / mile
Overall time: 1:56:47.48
Overall pace: 8:55 / mile
Overall rank: 756th of 2733
35 - 40 Age Group rank: 94th of 224

Dad, Mary, Helen and Dick all set up chairs along Memorial and were there to cheer him on at the 5 and 10 mile marks.  Then the girls and I met him at the finish line.  It was lots of fun and we are all super proud.  He claims that 13.1 is as far as he is going to go...but before you know it he is going to be preparing for a marathon!

Here are the girls anxiously awaiting Daddy's arrival!

All the runners got a finisher medal, but it might as well be a first prize medal, Addy is quite enamored by it.  I must say it is a pretty snazzy medal, but it is also a bottle opener which is probably the coolest feature!  Here is Addy's rendition of Daddy's medal and I scanned the medal itself so you can see the real deal too!