Marathon Day

Andy left before 7am to catch the team bus to Hopkinton – the start of the race 42km out of town. Just before 9am Chris, Kate and I headed off on our bikes to watch the race. The weather was kind – slightly overcast but fine. We just rode up the course short of Natick where we stopped at a cute little café for breakfast. As we sat there the wheelchair athletes began to pass. We set up on the side of the road and cheered them through. Next came the elite women and men athletes. We knew that Andy had started out later, and wouldn’t be coming through for some time, so we took back road to progress up the course. We finally set up after the 12 mile mark (short of half way) with our Australian flags and encouraged all the runners.