Congratulations to everyone in the RunningAhead community who ran the 2011 Chicago Marathon. The warmer weather was a bit of a bummer, but hopefully everyone ran smart and finished strong.
Thanks also to the supporters and volunteers. Crowds were absolutely amazing yesterday -- this was almost certainly the best spectator turnout I've seen in any of my five Chicago Marathons.
Hope everyone had a great race. See you in 2012.
How To Run a Marathon: Step 1 - start running. There is no Step 2.
Yup, nice race guys. I was at mile 25 with my sign the whole time. I didn't specifically recognize any of you but lots of people commented on the sign as they went by so sorry if you did and I just said something generic.
Son, when you participate in sporting events, it's not whether you win or lose; it's how drunk you get. -- Homer Simpson
I saw a "HTFU" sign near mile 25, but the person holding it didn't look at all like the photo in your profile. Then again, I was dehydrated, light-headed, and in sever pain, so who the hell knows what I actually saw. Regardless, thanks for coming out and supporting the field.
Maniac
Okay....I saw 2 HTFU signs....Both were near the end....I yelled something at the first guy (didn't look like you), and he and his buddy laughed. I saw another one (definitely you, now that I'm looking at your picture again) closer to the finish. You were talking to a lady. By then, my buddies were in severe pain, and we were just trying to get to the finish in one piece. We had been out there quite awhile. I felt fine, but was really bored by then.
Thanks for standing out there!
Thanks for the congrats Berner...I hope you had a good race despite the dehydration/pain. The spectator turnout was fantastic....They were really into it on almost the whole course. It was great to see.
Marathon Maniac #6740
Goals for 2015:
Run 3 marathons (modified: Run 2 marathons--Lost Dutchman 02/2015 and Whiskey Row 05/2015)
Run a 50-miler (Ran a 53.8 mile race 11/14/2015)
Run 1,500 miles (uhhh...how about 1,400?)
Stay healthy
What? Someone was stealing my glory, ha ha. I did not hear about the second htfu sign. Congrats on finishing.