I ran the Illinois Half Marathon today in Champaign-Urbana. Officially finishing with a time of 2:03:40. Pretty much where I expected to be at. I thought I might have had a shot at getting under two hours but it wasn't meant to be.
I met up with several friends there. Several in the Mangers family ran either the half or 10K and my buddy Bart ran the full marathon (3:27:59).
One of the tremendous blessings of the day was seeing my buddy, Eric, show up at around mile 8 to jump in and run a couple miles with me. It was great to enjoy conversation with a good friend to get my mind off running some of most grueling miles of the race. It made the run so much better and was a huge energy boost. Thanks Hode!!
All in all, a great fun day. Bart and I had lunch together at Panera Bread to close out the race day and headed our separate ways.
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| Dennis, Fox and Phil before the race. |
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| Phil and Bart |
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| Finish on the 50 yard line. |
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| Runners coming in to finish. |
you are quick at getting these pics up. :) Great job on the race. Tell the fam a big hello.
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