John & Edward walking to the Big Race.
John crossing the street on his way to the Big Race.
John, Edward & I headed downtown this morning before 7 am because John ran in the Fifth Third 25K Riverbank Run. This race is the national championship for 25K's, and there were over 5000 runners! It takes 5-6 minutes for them all just to cross over the start line and it is an amazing sight to see.
The Amazing Sight
Since it is in G.R. it is fun to see many people that we know there. Even the president of Fifth Third Bank who was a friend of mine at Calvin was there (of course) & I talked to her briefly. She was there to hold the finish line up.
John finished the race at 2 hours and 3 minutes which is about 7 minutes faster than last year! (He was in about 1100th place out of 5000.) I was having difficulty getting pictures of people with the combination of cold, drizzle, rain, umbrella, excitement, slow shutter release, people, but I managed to get one of John right after he crossed the finish line.
He just crossed the finish line in a white shirt and light gray shorts. The building on the left behind the finish line is where I worked for 15 years.
The end of the day which is really the beginning but looks like the end.
1 comment:
This weather is typical for the River Bank Run it is either hot and humid or rainy. The start of the race is awesome I do enjoy watching all those runners it creates a "runners high" which you get a lot of times after a big race.
~toni
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