Today was a busy day! We woke early to get to the start line – which was only a half-mile away (Between Centennial Park and Vanderbilt University). I looked out the window at 5am and it was raining cattle out....goodness it was coming down – NOT a good start to a marathon, but the rain settled down just in time for the start of the race. It actually turned out to be remarkable weather for a marathon!!! We had just enough time to run out two miles on the course and back. The way back was definitely tougher as we had to weave our way through the oncoming marathon runners. We cut our way back through a side street and suddenly found ourselves running on the race route between miles 8 and 9, well ahead of the elites in the race – Yikes!!!!
