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Thursday, March 19, 2009

26.2!

Adam and I got away in a little vaca to Little Rock this past weekend to run the Little Rock marathon. We lived in LR when the girls were little and Adam was in law school, and we hadn't been back since. Jeannie my mother-in-law came and watched the kids. THANK YOU Jeannie!

The look on Adam's face here says it all! 26.2 miles is just a little long. He did awesome though, finishing in 3hrs 32 min. I ran the half marathon instead of the full this time, it was great! Still exhausting, gut wrenching, but I still felt like a human being after--could walk, smile, etc. It was a lot of fun to finish before Adam and be able to cheer him across the finish line.

Any comments on this picture? I'm sure I'll get a few....
We visited Chenal Park, the apartment complex we lived in our first year. Didn't look like anything had changed!
Somehow Adam managed to hike up Pinnacle mountain with me the morning after the race, one of our favorite things to do while living there. This was one of the girls' favorite picture spots.

We visited the Clinton Library, which is new since we left. I'm in some serious deep thought about the oval office....


Pres. Clinton's limo that took 3 years to build.
We popped in UALR school of law just for old times sake. We had run by it on the race, and also the geese outside that almost got Emma's entire index finger while eating a subway dinner with Adam during finals his first year....


We walked along the river trail. They have built a new pedestrian bridge that crosses over the Arkansas River, right over the lock and dam (which lets barges through). The weather was amazing, 70 degrees. It smelled like spring, looked like spring...we didn't want to come home. It's still winter in Newport.

5 comments:

melanie said...

What is that banana doing?

Jennie said...

I am so jealous. I am glad you had fun.

steph said...

A well deserved get away for you both. Jeannie is so awesome too! Looks like a fun time.

Shalice said...

How fun! It was great to reminisce with all of your pictures! I remember Emma and the goose story. Those geese were mean! Did you see any old friends?

You two are amazing...planning a trip around running. Oh wait, maybe you are just crazy :) I bet it was so nice to be with just the two of you....you deserve it!

Emily said...

What a fun trip! And I totally cried when I looked at the pictures and read about Adam coming home.