After months and months of hard training with our little guys my girlfriend Kayte and I ran and completed our first half marathon (13.1 miles) this past Sunday. The marathon was called the Rock N Roll half marathon (there was a live band every mile) and it was held downtown Chicago. The race started at 6:30 in the morning and we completed it in 2 hours and 24 minutes (yeah us!). I am so disappointed that I don't have any pictures of us pre/post race to share with everyone, but the event was amazing and we had a blast (I can say that now that the race is over)! I definitely think it is something we both are interested in doing again next year or maybe even sooner, I guess time will tell.
Due to the fact that the race was early Sunday morning we all headed downtown on Saturday afternoon to meet up with Kris's best bud Andy and his girlfriend Erin. Andy was a great tour guide on Saturday and our afternoon was full of sneak peaks to the taping of Transformers 3, shopping on Michigan Ave, Navy Pier and a stop and the IBM plaza to see Andy and Erin's law firm. We all had a great time in the City and I have to admit I was kind of sad to see the day end so soon. Ryker was awesome the entire day and loved taking in all the sites to the city.
And......to end our crazy busy weekend, we got home just in time on Sunday to see a hot air balloon land right in front of our house (how cool is that?)!
Above is a picture of Ryker and Kris checking out the basket to the hot air balloon. Tons of people gathered around to witness the landing and then stuck around to watch them load the basket and the hot air balloon up. Very fun and neat to see, especially in your front yard!
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