Afternoon at Arnolds with the Benjamins

2012 Sun Trust Rock N Roll Marathon

2012 Sun Trust Rock N Roll Marathon
March 17th, 2012 in Washington DC

I traveled to Washington DC last night to see my good friend Tommy Graham, his wife Krissy, and his daughter Susan.  Also coming into town were his sister Jen, mother Pat, and his friend Danny (who I have not met before).  Most people don't have 2 slices of pizza and 2 glasses of wine the night before a marathon, but we sure did.

We get up at 5am to get ready.  We depart by 6 for our trip on the Metro.  It is about a 45 minute ride.  We arrive about an hour or so before the race.

The race is at RFK Stadium.  This used to be the home of the Washington Redskins.  Back when they played here, they were good.  Then they got a new stadium, and now they suck.  Certainly one of my favorite things about Washington is how bad their football team is.

We wait around about an hour before the start.  We line up in our corral (Tommy and I are in the same corral).  Of course, we have to wait about 20 minutes before we get to cross the starting line.

Tommy and Danny

me and Tommy

waiting for us at the end of 26.2 miles

RFK

This is for GQ

So, finally, Tommy and I are coming up at the start of the race.  The sun is just coming out.  Little did I know that it would be going up to 75 degrees this fine day.  I wasn't prepared for that at all.

Mile 2

Mile 2

around mile 3

The White House

Mile 11 or so

Mile 14

One of the Smithsonian buildings

National Archives

Nathan's 5th birthday party

02/05/2012 - Nathan's 5th Birthday party at Bounce U.

Last year, Nathan had a bowling party for his birthday.  Chris had his birthday party at Bounce U.  I told the boys that they could not do the same thing this year that they each did last year (so Nathan couldn't pick bowling again, and Chris couldn't pick Bounce U again).  So, of course, Nathan chose Bounce U for his party, and Chris is choosing bowling for his party in March.

tired fathers and brothers

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