running man

chris said he wanted to cross one thing off his "bucket list", so today, he ran his first half-marathon. on the soaked streets of raleigh on a nasty, wet morning. with a sinus infection that kept him home from work two days ago and that was still causing a deep rattle in his chest. by himself, after two friends had to drop out. and, poor guy, without even a cheering squad. (we both decided that dragging the kids out in the weather mess in a double stroller among thousands of people wasn't exactly optimal.) he finished about two minutes ahead of his goal time, which is impressive considering he never really altered his schedule to fully train for it. the kids and i are so proud of him! what an amazing accomplishment! he came home with a few things: a shiny medal for participating, a race t-shirt, a half-eaten bagel, some warm gatorade ... and the knowledge that not only was this his first half-marathon, but that it would also be his last. people had warned him that once he did the first one, he'd be hooked. "those people are crazy," he muttered, as he attempted to stretch out a foot cramp before heading up to bed tonight at 8 p.m. i can't wait to see what's next on his bucket list. don't you think that that "give something shiny to my wife for our tenth anniversary" would be a nice addition? (and no, the half-marathon medal isn't quite what i have in mind.)