Half Marathon

Yesterday, Bryan ran the "Weltkulturelauf" half marathon here in Bamberg. He did great, even though the race started late in the afternoon and it was in the 70's and sunny (ugh - not ideal for such a long run!). We had fun riding our bikes and meeting him along various points throughout the race. It is a very hard run - running first, to the top of a huge hill up to the castle, and then perfectly flat for 5 or 6 miles, and then a sharp, steep climb at the end. It was a great day though, with lots of energy and inspiration :-). It was super cute too, because as we were wishing Bryan good

Bryan - around mile 8 (Bailey ran with him for a few minutes and provided a gatorade refresher :-))

Last turn before the finish line!!!!

At the end with his biggest fans :-)

This was taken from our bikes on a bridge - I thought it was such a pretty picture

luck before the race, Mia says, "Daddy - I hope you win"   - Not quite a win yesterday, but just proud to have finished and beat the last time by about 10 minutes :-). We are super proud of you Bryan!!!!

*Bryan's friend helped him sign up to be sponsored for the race (it was the first time he had ever worn a tank top :-)). The company that sponsored him is called Neprosport. They didn't care about race times, just wanted to support some runners - it was a very nice treat for Bryan to have his race entry paid for - kind of neat!