Run, run, run

Ed set a goal and went above and beyond it today. He ran his first half marathon, which is 13.1 miles, in the Dallas Rock N Roll Half Marathon and set a personal best record at coming across the finish line at 1:44:05. Since the race was set to begin early in the morning, Nico, Daddy and Mommy stayed overnight at the five star hotel, Hotel Adolphus so that we would be ready to go the next morning. Since luxury hotel typically do not have a lot of activities for 15 mo old, we got creative and let Nico up and down the hallway to expel some of his energy! Here is a video of our little man running and running. Maybe someday he will be running his own half marathon!


The day of the race, Nico and I had a great time rooting and cheering daddy on and we were joined by our friends, Lisa and David, along with little Dawson who entertained Nico for quite some time. We all piled into one car and drove over to mile marker 7.1 so cheer Ed on as he ran through the course. I was able to shoot a video clip of him passing. He is wearing an orange shirt and you can see him crossing over from the far side of the street to run closer to us.









Just a short note: Crossing the finish line in any race is quite an accomplishment. Just seconds after Ed ran through the finish line, a man named Mark Austry, only 32 years old also completed the race; however, this man collapsed immediately after the race and died shortly after. He left behind a wife and two young daughters. Please pray for this man's family he left behind.