Pre Marathon picture

Alecia took the "official" pre-race picture :-) She emailed it to me last night, so here you go!! Josh and Alecia had stayed in a hotel the night before the race so that he could get a decent night sleep (the aero-bed in our basement doesn't quite cut it before you run 26.2 miles! Can't say as I blame him!). Jon drove to their hotel, which was only about 5 min. from our house, picked Josh up, then drove to a light rail station. They rode light rail down to the Metrodome where the marathon started.
They sure look a lot happier and more energetic before the race than they did afterwards!

I emailed some of you yesterday that Jon was feeling pretty well yesterday. He was a little slow going up stairs at work, but felt like an old man (and looked like one too :-)) when he was coming down the stairs. He was holding on to the railing with both hands and slowly moving his feet from one step down to the next.

Jon and Josh were both very chilled during the evening on Sunday. The rain and cold temps didn't do much for them during the race! But then both of them were sweating when they went to bed. Thankfully their bodies temps have now returned to normal.

Throughout his training Jon's not sure that he lost too much weight. Maybe 5 - 10 pounds. But he does know it has helped his heart. His resting heart rate is now right around 60 beats per minute. He's looking forward to donating blood again either this week or next and finding out what his blood pressure is now.

I'm still amazed at these two guys for running 26.2 miles in cold and rain! Congrats!!