Marathon man repeat performance

The blog site isn't letting me upload photos, but I'll just say that Denny finished his SECOND marathon! A brilliant October day dawned with NO RAIN. It was still dark when they left, but in 20 minutes it was light. Ron went out with him to the starting line; too cold and dark for me. The starting line was right in front of the hotel, and they circled back by the hotel at 5 1/2 miles, for Den about an hour later. So Ron and I went out again and cheered him on from there. We went and ate breakfast, then drove out to Stone State Park where he should have been coming out. He ran by JUST AS WE DROVE UP! Awesome timing! That was about mile 17. Ron had to harass him for a few feet, we jumped out and took a photo then drove on to mile 20. We parked and waited. This is where Ron went up the road a few hundred yards and ran down with Denny. (Photos are on Flickr) Then we went downtown and joined the festive throng cheering each runner as they rounded the final block and headed up the last three blocks into downtown Sioux City. The announcer called everyone's name, number and hometown as they came down the final stretch. Ron went and told the guy that #144 turned 55 TODAY!, so when he rounded the corner the guy called him "Marathon Man, The Flash, turned 55 today." Then his name ..... Of course Den knew who was behind THAT!! He seemed pretty cheery as he came down the homestretch. After walking around, eating oranges and bananas and drinking, we went in for free pizza and coke where they were giving out awards. (More pictures on Flickr.)

Absolutely perfect weather. Probably in the upper 60's by the end. No clouds. Clear sky.
A fantastic drive home in golden sunshine with brilliant scarlet trees along the freeway. (What ARE those trees?) Combines were back in the field today, but lots of fields have standing water in them.

Hey, Forrest Gump ran with him, too!