Evendays

We woke up this morning to clear skies and temperatures in the high 30’s. Just 10 days ago, Wife was running the half marathon of Lausanne in 80-degree weather. Too hot to do her best time, but she crossed the line in 1 hour, 46 minutes, 30 seconds (click here… she’s in the grey shirt). Not bad for over 13 miles! (She was actually credited with an aggregate time about 5 seconds faster because they start individual times as you cross the starting line).

After church, she caught a train to a village exactly 13 miles away. From there, the participants run back to Lausanne, finishing the race in front of the Olympic Museum on the shores of Lake Leman. It’s not an easy run (I know this for a fact. I’ve ridden it on my bike), for the road is seldom flat as it follows the shoreline through the wine country of “Lavaux”.

Several thousand runners participated in her race this year. We love arriving at the finish line just early enough to cheer her on, which we do with so much vigor that, frankly, we’re exhausted by the time we get home.

Those half marathons are tough.