Week 5: Yay Aaron!

My husband, Aaron, finished the Detroit Half-Marathon this past weekend. His finishing time was 1:45. I thought this was great since he had to start at the very back of the pack in section T and have to pass many much slower runners and walkers. In past years we have run the marathon and we are typically in the first section right behind the wheelers and handbikes. This was an interesting experience for me because I was there only as a spectator. I don't usually go to races to watch. My knee still gets pretty sore at times so I had to be careful and limit my time standing on the concrete. Detroit has this people-mover system that links various areas of the downtown area. After I left him at the start (only a couple blocks from our hotel) I jumped on and rode it to the GM headquarters. After getting coffee (I always have to know where the nearest Starbucks is) I got to wait for the runners to exit the tunnel from Canada. In the Detroit Marathon, a good part of the first half of the race is run through Winsor, Ontario. The runners start in Detroit and go over the Ambassador Bridge. From there, the route goes along the Detroit river to the tunnel which the runners take back to the other side. I have raced the Marathon many times. It has such a great variety of sites on the course and the view from the bridge is always beautiful because you are going over as the sun is coming up. Spectacular.

I was worried at first that I had missed Aaron because I didn't see him when I though I would. He was wearing red so that I could spot him but unfortunately, a number of racers were also wearing either red or orange so it really didn't help that much. When he did come out he was pretty easy to spot in the crowd. He was the only one zigzagging and cutting long diagonals through the crowd in an attempt to pass. He spotted me and yelled something about me finding my coffee. I cheered him on and then headed back to the people-mover to get to the finishe before he did. After getting lost, I managed to make my way to Mile 13 just minutes before Aaron turned the corner on his way to the finish. Not too bad for someone with a bum leg, huh?

I was glad to go and see him run this. He was really excited and had a great race. It also made me sad because I couldn't be out there with him running. It has now been almost 2 months since I have ran and I miss it so much. It's frustrating, but I know that I will be out there again.