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This weekend Jason ran in his third marathon, it was approximately one year later that his first marathon which was in Potsdam, Germany. The improvements he has made as a runner are so incredible, 3 years ago he could barely run one mile without getting sick… and look where he is today.

Here his is at the hotel shortly before the walk over to the marathon start line.

I have to say that as a spectator this marathon was poorly organized… At least for people who had family running in both the marathon and half marathon.

Below is the starting line up for the half marathon and a picture of Jason’s dad just getting started.. he is half covered by the girl in green, he has a red shirt on. And below that is Jason’s dad and friend Sara finishing the half marathon in about 2 hours 15 minutes. Not a bad time since he is recovering from shin splints… what the heck is that exactly anyway?

Below is the only picture I have of Jason finishing the marathon… Why is that? Because he was 10 minutes earlier than expected and I wasn’t paying attention… so I almost missed him! His goal was to finish around 3 hours 20 minutes, 5 minutes faster than his previous marathon… but he finished in 3:06:59 seconds!

So why is this totally awesome! Because to qualify for the Boston Marathon he needed a time of 3:10… and he totally beat that!  And he just totally rocked it in general.. his chip time was faster than the fastest female! He was 10th out of 163 in his age division and 46 out of 1,542 finishers!  I was so proud of him! His brother got a video of him finishing and in the background I am so shocked that all you can hear is me SHREAKING about him qualifying for Boston! Here is the link to the video.. turn down volume if you don’t want to hear my screaming!