Guy ran his second marathon on Saturday in Memphis. It was the St. Jude Marathon and all the proceeds went to the St. Jude children's cancer hospital there. It was such an amazing cause and Guy did AWESOME!!! He finished the race in 3 hours and 43 minutes! Thats like an 8:30 pace for each mile which is amazing!!I have no idea how he ran that fast but we are SO proud of him!!!
At the expo on friday we saw Hal Higdon, who has run over 100 marathons. We used his beginner training plan to run St. George in October!
Here's Guy before he left for the race! It was SOOO cold that morning in Memphis. I think the temp at the start was like 30 degrees and it only warmed up to 45 later in the day. Guy said he was fine once he was running but for those of us just standing around watching, it was cold!!
Here's the mass of people at starting line. A 10 year old St. Jude patient got to sing the national anthem before the race which was so cool and she did a great job :)
They got to finish in autozone park baseball stadium which was really cool
Autozone park
Guy right after he finished. I was sad I didn't catch him coming across the finish line because there were too many people in the way. But we saw him and we heard them announce his name!! I was shocked he was coming in under 4 hours!!!
Guy loved the course and it was nice because they had aid stations at every mile. They also got to run through the St. Jude campus and see all the St. Jude children outside cheering for them and giving them high fives. We talked a lot this weekend about how it would be to have a child with cancer and how grateful we were to have 2 healthy boys. St. Jude's is really an amazing organization. They never turn a child away because they can't pay for treatment so the hospital is mostly run on donations. It was really cool to contribute to that and know the money from the race was going to such a good cause!
Good Job Daddy!
After Guy showered and rested for a bit we went back to autozone park and got a picture of the finish line
This is the entrance to the park
Guy and BB
We took a drive after to Graceland to see Elvis Presleys house. We didn't want to pay for the tour so we just took a picture
View from the street
That night there was a Christmas parade in Memphis that we watched. All I can say is that it was an interesting parade but at least we got to see Santa so Brayden was happy.
We walked down Beale Street and had to get a picture by BB Kings for BB
Family pic on Beale Street
We had a great weekend and Guy was amazing! We are SOOO proud of him! :)
5 comments:
Isn't it amazing what Guy can do without even knowing he could do it himself...hes always been that way...but make no mistake Allison, he can only do stuff like that, cause he has a wonderful supportive wife that lets and encourages him. And you are so right, its a blessing to have whole bodies. You both are amazing. We love you tons.
Guy, what an awesome thing!!! we are so proud of you over here at the standing house!!! what a great cause too. we love you all!!!
That's so awesome. Good job Guy! Hope you guys are having a great Holiday! We miss you.
Amazing Guy, what a great time on your marathon! We can't wait to see you at Christmas, thanks for bringing your little family to Ohio! Love you all!
mom R.
I still can't believe he did that. So cool.
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