Philly marathon to stop mS 2011 How was yours ?

 Philly marathon 2011 MS KarmaStrider roll call.  In purely random order.
(although there were countless friends throughout the day, I have limited this list to racers.)

- 4:03:14  Rachel Spoonhower  First Full marathon.  
- 4:15:50  Scott Brown        First Full marathon.
- 4:18:54  Celeste zazzali          Full marathon.
- 3:47:31  Vinnie Mancini           Full marathon.
-  ??  ??  Sarah race

- 2:22:51  Renee Madden       First half marathon.
- 2:08:00  Howard Walker            half marathon.
- 1:59:00  Jeffery Bauer            half marathon.
- 1:26:00  Adrienne Gustin (ghost)  half marathon.
- ?? ??    Lucille East
-  ?? ??   Midge K

I cannot help but comment that the more time I spend w/ this endurance sport thing, the more I am reminded to 'stay the course.' The  day at the Philly marathon was TRULY a microcosm of the race season, our fight to stop MS, and life. keep moving toward your goal, you never know what obsticles will pop up.  Just know you have a good team, plan, keep after it. that's really all you can do.

(just when it looked like our day might be ruined, a kind soul from the dairy foundation shared a tent and we wound up with arguably the best location of all exhibitors.  YOU never know.)
Although the day started with perfect weather, we also had a very rocky time getting set up. Terrific leadership and communication Meg D. Super effort gathering tent support goodies, Howard walker, Scott brown, Meg. D, Brian Zobel, all others.