Wow...so, I never thought they'd actually CALL OFF the Chicago Marathon, but I guess there is a first for everything...

So with record-breaking heat after about four and a half hours they called of the marathon. Apparently over 300 people were hospitalized and one died. It was seriously hothothot. Hell, I was sweating just watching the marathon...

I managed to get down there with about ten-minutes to spare before Josh crossed the halfway point. Unfortunately, Adam and Jen had a crappy train schedule and missed it...we then walked to the finish line (seriously, with the amount of effort it took just to find the finish line, we might as well have run the marathon). We watched there for a while figuring when he was supposed to be rolling in. After w bit though we gave up thinking he either was really fast or not fast enough.

We made our way to the "F" section to wait with his dad and sister...then some lady came on a loudspeaker and announced that the race had been called off. The heat was just way too much. So they were telling everyone to take a bus back...Luckily Josh turned out to only be a few miles from the finish and was able to forge on...I mean, can you imagine being that close and being told to go home??? So he finished the marathon! He was gunning along with the four-hour pacing team, but ended up at almost five due to heat and the ending confusion. He was kind of upset over the time, but I think it was completely awesome that he even finished when so many people couldn't (or didn't even show up)... especially when a few years ago who'd have thought he'd ever even run a marathon?

Awesome job Josh!

Congratulations!

p.s. I made him a sign. It said...well, it said a lot. About an eighth of the way through making it I was very very happy that I didn't buy the big-sized poster board.