Flying Pig

Grant ran in the Flying Pig Marathon Relay last weekend.  He was the first leg of the relay, which was about 7 miles.  The race started at 6:30am--good grief!  He did awesome and had a really good time.  

Here he is after his run:

Here's his teammate Mandy taking off on her leg:

This guy was running the marathon in his full fire-fighting gear in honor of two of his fellow firefighters that recently died in the line of duty. He was running with a group of paramedics.  3 miles up the road from where we saw him, they saved the life of another marathoner that had a heart attack on the course.   I had chills when I read the story in the paper the next day.

Soo.. I had to park about a mile away from the race track.  Here's a really nice pond and overlook that we passed on the long, uphill walk back to the car.  (Lots of ducks too!!!)

All in all, in was a really cool experience for all involved.   Grant and Sarah (not me-the other one) are thinking of running the half marathon in Columbus and then go for the full Pig next year.  I can't even comprehend the idea of running over 26 miles--so more power to them!