Woody was trained and ready for his first half marathon. We came out to support (the bribe of hot chocolate helped the girls want to get out on a cold Saturday morning!). There were about 140 runners signed up and ready. It was quite exciting to see him line up and run off with the other runners at the start. It went through a lot of wooded trails, so we were waiting for the next time we would meet him would be about an hour into the race.
We went to the meeting place and arrived before anyone else. We saw the first runner pass way ahead of anyone. It was about 5 minutes before the second runner. It was fun to cheer everyone on! Then, I saw him coming and was so surprised. All I could yell was, "Honey, you are in the top 10!" He was running 7th place at the time. That fueled our fire to cheer for Daddy and really made it exciting!
We drove to the next point in anticipation. We saw the first man come by. The second runner was about 2 minutes behind at this point. I kept waiting to see the 3rd man come by that I had seen at the prior stop. But, lo and behold, here came Woody! He had passed more runners!
He held 3rd until the end. Wow, definitely a lot of prayers answered for his safety and endurance. We cheered him at the finish line and enjoyed the post race celebration activities!
