Vic, Mamaw, Victoria, Lolli and I all headed down to Outerbanks on Saturday. It was such a fun trip. We drove around, did some shopping and ate too at some cute little restaurants. Its only about 1.5 hour drive from Virginia Beach and this little town is so cute! Especially Manteo....Outerbanks is also often referred to as Duck, Nags Head, Kill Devil Hills and Kittyhawk which is where the Wright Brothers first flew the plane. All these towns are on like a 26 mile stretch. But anyway, Vics 1/2 marathon was this morning. We dropped him off at the finish line and then went to cheer him on at the 7 mile marker. He was pleasantly surprised to see us. It really ups his time when he sees his family standing with cow bells screaming out his name. Then off to the 11 mile marker for more cheering. The best is the hugs at the finish line (the 13.2 milemarker) and seeing how great he did. This time he placed 400 in 3000 people. His time was 1.52. He was one minute more then has last race BUT he had to go across a 1mile bridge which was up hill the whole way! It was hard for me to even drive up it. Ha ha So we are VERY happy with his results. The Next Race is the Full Shamrock Marathon in March! Vic is already looking forward to it.
This is the 1 mile bridge he had to run up. You can see the cones dividing out the runners from the traffic. This picture really doesn't do the bridge justice. I was amazed at the steepness of it.
Here is a view from the top of the bridge.
Mamaw waving her cowbell cheering on the runners. This is a really fun part of the day.
Aww....Family love...This is the BEST Part. Vic gets his finishers medal, his time and hugs from the family! Lolli did a great job too. She was quite the little traveler. She even took some rides in the doggie purse!
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