TN Marathon

The weekend has finally made it here. Trent had been training like a mad man for this marathon race and I knew it would be an eventful weekend. Of course me with my camera, I took a lot of pictures...so beware. But I will always remember this fun weekend. Also it was our anniversary weekend to top it off. A huge THANK YOU to Troy and Kristin again for watching our three younger kids for us to do this.

On the road...out with Georgia and in with Tennessee.

I'm such an observer... I love being on the road.

These are everywhere...the best fireworks!

We are definitely in the south!

I love all the barns, fields, bridges, trees and fences...

What a hot babe! Look closely and you can see me in his sunglasses.

On to my crazy pics. I was testing my new remote. Sorry for the double chin...I love Jarom's eye in the background.

What a bunch of Crazies...

12 years of marriage...oh the lessons we've learned over those years...kids, time, priorities, finances, choices...so much more to learn!

Reaching Nashville, TN I was loving all of the historic buildings.

Time to check in with the race! I love the atmosphere at these expo's! It made me wish I was running the 1/2 with Trent doing the full. Most of the 1/2 is run with the full, so I had a little envy toward him...such an exhilarating time.

Yeah, welcome to the 38,000 people! It was a mad house!

That's my honey, #19089...the number he always wished for...ha!

This meant about 10 minutes from the initial start, until his turn at the starting line...a thousand people per corral.

Call me crazy, but this was a fun picture at the expo. As you can see Jarom loved it most.

Kind of wished I just bought the darn thing...

This was 2 sided...funny, but too close to the truth at these kinds of races. In fact on race day when we were waiting at the end for Trent, Jarom need to use a port-a-john and came out with a scrunched face and whispered to me, "mom, there is a lot of pooh in there!"

Walking back to the truck with our freebies in downtown Nashville.

RACE MORNING... I know, the lighting is super crazy, but it was early and I wasn't about to take a lot of effort in several takes...but he was so excited and nervous at the same time. Go Trent!

A sketchy look at the course.

This is both 1/2 and full marathon runners combined.

One stop next to the Cumberland River and the LP Field, where the TN Titans play...and where the race finishes...close to mile 12.

LP Stadium

With all the pandemonium, we only saw Trent at mile 18. ( Even though we tried several spots. Traffic was horrendous) He was doing awesome! It was on a long up hill, but he still looked phenomenal! I was only able to get a picture of him at the end with his medal. With inclement weather, it wasn't the fairy tail ending he wished for, but all the more reason to sign up for another and spank the course. I'm so proud of him and knew he could do it. He ran sub 10 min. miles all the way, so he's estimating his time at 4:15.