It's over and I finished! Sorry I don't have any pictures--when I ran past Brad at the end I guess I was running too fast for him to snap a shot. I was hoping to be sub-4 hours but gastric distress and 5 trips to the porta-potties during the race (and again at the end) set me back a bit. The whole experience is some-what of a blur, but I feel it can be summed up by quoting the t-shirt of the guy running in front of me: "Life is short. Running a marathon makes it feel longer." Now I'm just limping around, waiting for my knees to bend again.
We watched your progress on the marathon website. We were rooting for you! Congratulations! 4:08 is amazing and hey--it beats my 7:35 walk! Give yourself a couple of months and you'll be ready to do it again.
Galla added a few verses to a well-known song: "The hurt on the bus goes ouch, ouch, ouch..." "The treat on the bus goes lick, lick, lick..." "The toy on the bus goes play, play, play..."
"I'm too young to go on an adventure by myself."--Galla
Maylin: "Galla, how did you get so pretty?" Galla: "I eat cake!" Now that's some beauty advice I can follow!
Any time Finn is getting into Galla's stuff (so, constantly): "Mama, you take your Finn."--Galla
When we were outside at dusk: "Look, mama! The moon! That's for a good night sleep!"--Galla
"We're just hangin' out."--Galla
Galla's nickname for Finn: "Moooshy Bottoms"
"Uh-Oh."--Finn
"I like your bottom!"--Galla as she pokes daddy's bum!
"Mom, you stay in the chicken."--Galla (she means kitchen)
When Galla wakes up in the morning she often says: "Daddy's at school. He's at the barbeque." All you WSCC students know what she's talking about!
Saturday Galla had a cough. Before bed, Brad gave her medicine and slathered her in Vicks. Sunday morning when Brad got her up she said in her sweet voice, "Thanks for fixing my cough, Dad!"
Ask Galla when her birthday is and she'll say: "March 8th, Snow White, Belle, Cinderella." Every time!
13 comments:
Congrats! That is amazing!! You go girl!!!
congratulations! you did awesome :)
Wahoo! Congrats! I guess you can't paint your toes with unbendable knees.
way to go!! you are my hero!!!!!
Hooray! I am proud of you...You are inspiring!
We watched your progress on the marathon website. We were rooting for you! Congratulations! 4:08 is amazing and hey--it beats my 7:35 walk! Give yourself a couple of months and you'll be ready to do it again.
Linnea
Maylin=My hero. CONGRATS!!! Amazing mom find it....Found!
Why are you so awesome? Running makes me want to die.
Nice Job on finishing, I really don't doubt that your knees aren't working!
big congrats! What an accomplishment!!!
Wow, way to go Maylin! I thought I was cool because I'm doing a half marathon next month. You're way more manly...or uh, strong...than me!
Congrats!! That is so exciting!! What a cute way to tell him the news!! Miss Ya guys!!
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