Woke up at 3am thanks to a thunder and lightning storm and lay in bed until 4am. Left to meet the gang at Michelle's house stopping for an americano along the way and was loading up the vehicle at 4:45am. Also along for the ride was Cat (whose vehicle, named Sully we piled into), Michelle, Margaret, Abi, and Marco. We got to see lots more beautiful lightning on our way up to North Bend about an hours drive away.
I wasn't really ready to go when we arrived. I hadn't had much time to organize because I was in Seattle for a meeting/training with my new judge partner for teaching Street Law at the Washington State Bar Association. So when they said the bus was leaving I had to take everything with me.
Once at Hyak and the start, I was able to get organized and was able to leave my bag for it to be transported back to the finish. Whew!
Here we are at the start, from the left: Cat, Margaret, me, Marco (back), Michelle, and Abi.
Unfortunately it was already just under 70 degrees at the start. We knew it would only get warmer. We just hoped it would stay overcast and we were thankful we decided to take the early start.
Here we are in the tunnel, which is 2 miles long and begins within the first mile of the marathon. It is pitch black inside and lights are a must! I switched mine over to the red lens for the photo only. It was very humid inside and extra drippy. I think it is always somewhat wet, but it was extra wet on Sunday!
Here it is, "The Light at the End of the Tunnel!"
It really was neat to run through this old train tunnel, it's name is the Snoqualmie Tunnel and was built in the early 1900's prior to the first world war.
View outside tunnel at first aid station.
Much of the trail was surrounded by beautiful fir trees. We are blessed to live in such a beautiful place. Wow!
One of the many bridges with awesome views.
A self portrait along one of the tressel bridges.
Cat was "product testing" Michelle's pack (she tested mine too), and Michelle had to "nurse" when she needed a drink!
The day was really a great day. Albeit a difficult marathon due to the warmth and humidity the company was the best! I would definitely run this marathon again. What is better than being surrounded by breathtaking views, the wonderful smell of the forest in the warm summer, running and being with friends? Doesn't get a whole lot better! And lastly, a thank you to Paul for hanging out with the kiddos for the weekend while I had both a full day meeting and the marathon. I Love you!
Grace and peace to you.
4 comments:
We'll do it again next June, and hope for a typical June day of misty rain. It was fun, in a warped and suffering way. Wait a minute! Was that the infamous Hester Joy?
I think Michelle got the full experience of Hester Joy. Thankfully, she had the best running partners there to take care of her. Great job out there!
it looks very hot and wet...and that was very nice of Paul to take care of the kids for the weekend.
Nice job on finishing up yet another marathon!
Jenny,
You and the Y-Run Club estrogen bubble running gang once again pounded out another 26.2! Thanks for sticking with Michelle and watching to make sure the heat didn't make her go completely wonky!
I thought Mel had you for a brief moment but the estrogen bubble surged and fought him off!
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