Saturday was the first annual Illinois Marathon (and half marathon and 5K and youth run) here in Chambana, which was pretty exciting to us. We thought we might be moved away by now, so we didn’t enter to run, but the course went right by our house so we were out on the corner in the morning to cheer.
The first wheelchair racers arrived at about 8:35.
The first runners were about 5 to 10 minutes after that. (These first guys were half marathoners; the first marathoner was the fifth runner to pass.)
We were at mile 6.5, approximately. That meant that mostly people were still cheerful but grateful for some encouragement. We got to see lots of proud smiles — about 9,000 of them. And a banana.
And some Easter bunnies.
It was a perfect day — sunny and 52 — for a race. I’m sure there were lots of people who reached their goal of qualifying for the Boston marathon. And lots more who reached the equally admirable goal of finishing a major road race. Congratulations to all!
Magrilless 
I like the bunnies