Monday, November 8, 2021

Fun in Indianapolis, Indiana

 Monday - November 8, 2021

I guess it's time to rev up my blog for my next adventure starting with our overnight trip to the Indianapolis Monumental Marathon.  Dolly and I have been accompanying our runners to this event since the first event.  This one was number 13!

This time we had three runners:  Our son Steve ran the full marathon and our daughter, Kristi and grandson, Nick ran the 5K.

We arrived to our hotel Friday afternoon and the race started at 8 o'clock the next morning and it was a little brisk at around 28 degrees, but it warmed nicely through the morning to hit a nice 59 degrees.



Don't know the number in attendance, but there were a ton of runners and spectators at the event.  The runners took off in waves.  Marathoners then half marathoners and 5K runners last.


Steve took off at 8 o'clock and Kristi and Nick were set to go at 8:35.  Yuma and Fergie were watching the race too.

Then it was Dolly and I with the doggies waiting for our runners to finish their race.

First runner in was Nick.  He ran the 5K in 23 minutes and 25 seconds.
Next came Kristi.  She made it in 51 minutes and 1 second.
Steve ran his second best time at this event with a time of 2 hours 59 minutes and 31 seconds.  He's always happy when he runs an under 3 hour marathon.
Dolly and I are proud of our three athletes.  It was a beautiful day and everyone had an enjoyable time.
Our oldest son, Ben and his family live in Lebanon, Indiana and we always stop by for a visit on our way home.  We had a great visit even though there were some tired bodies, including mine and I didn't even run!  The 10,000+ steps were enough to do me in.  

Great looking family!

Ben, Chandler, Margie, Luke and Amelia

We stopped at Culvers on the way home and had a great dinner.  Their food was fresh and delicious.  Got home at 5 o'clock and Dolly and I were ready to call it a day.

See you later.

19 comments:

  1. Great temperatures for running, not too hot. Congrats to all!!!
    Nice to see you writing again Doug. We'll be following along on your winter travels too.

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    1. It was a beautiful day. Wish you were coming but glad to have you two following along.

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  2. Great fun with the family. Thanks for including us.
    PS - Fran likes the new beard trim.

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    1. Was an enjoyable weekend. I had cut my hair and beard off but just had to start over again😀

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  3. Congratulations to your runners. Sounds like it was a good day for all of them.
    Hi to Dolly. Nice pictures.

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    1. Thanks Deb. It was fun. Hopefully I can start doing the blog once more. Came back pretty easily.

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  4. Looks like it was a beautiful day for you and Dolly and the runners! I love the pictures!

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    1. Thanks Sarah. We had fun and everyone lived through it 😊

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  5. What? Yuma has a coat? Oh yeah, I remember the mornings freezing to death heading out on a marathon run. We always bought sweatshirts and jackets at the Goodwill store, then dropped them on the sidewalk when we got too hot. Organizers always came by to pick them up and take them to the closest homeless shelter. Looks like it was a great day!!

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    1. Yuma likes to wear his sweater on cool mornings. Like me he is not a cold weather lover. The runners did great and we had fun.

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  6. Congratulations to the runners! Wonderful that you go out to support them! Great looking family that Ben has! How cute Yuma wearing a sweater, sure won't need that in AZ!

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    1. Thank you. Ben somehow found himself a full family to keep him young. Yuma is ready for the warm desert.

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  7. Glad to see a post from you. I guess that means you are practicing for hitting the road? Safe travels.

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  8. Thanks again for coming Dad! It was quite a busy and fun weekend!

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    1. You're welcome Steve. It was fun. So glad all three of you did well.

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  9. It was a fun time at the Indy races. Always good to spend time with family.

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