Monday, October 31, 2011

Mark's 50 miler!

He's amazing. I can't believe he actually did it but he did and I couldn't be more proud of my amazingly awesome hot husband! On October 15th Mark ran in the Rockin River 50 mile race from Auburn to Sacramento CA and he did awesome! We were able to meet him at mile 41.5 and cheer him on, give him some fresh socks, ice cold Gatorade and a clean shirt. The Shouse family joined us in the fun and Scott was kind enough to run with Mark the last 8.5 miles to the finish. That was seriously a huge lifesaver and I know Mark appreciated the company and support to get his tired legs to the finish! April and I took the kids and waited for them at the finish so we could cheer them in. Thanks so much Shouse family for all your support! Mark finished in 10 hours 49 minutes and qualified for the Western States 100 miler which was his main goal...although pretty sure he wasn't feeling like running 50 more miles after that! Who does that?! Way to go Mark! I am so proud of you!! Here are some pics of the big event :)













3 comments:

Tyson and Val said...

Dang Mark! 50 miles. Couldn't you have just done another 2-3 miles and called it 2 marathons? I mean, 50 miles is okay, but 52 miles, now THAT would have something! Haha! J/k! Great job!!!!

Sheila said...

How lame is it that I got teary watching this video!?!?!?! Hahhaaa, must be that time or something... but seriously, I am SO proud of my big brother!! What a huge accomplishment, I'm sure you really are proud Kari. You're such a great supportive wife. LOVE YOU!!!

Heidi Miller said...

Ummmm, soooo has he ever even ran a marathon?! Crazy! Insane!! But, totally awesome! Way to go Mark!