Boston Marathon

The Boston Marathon was SOOOOO FUN because it was my first time watching it, (etc). But I wouldn't have been there if it wasn't for my Mom and my Uncle. We were at my cousin's house for Easter, and my cousin and I had to do a lot of convincing. Sylvia (My cousin) kept the notes we wrote to them for Thanksgiving! And on the note my Mom wrote to us maybe in the Spring of 2014 we could have a sleepover. So that proved to my Mom that she had wrote it, and we could have a sleepover. When my family left my Mom said to me "Dad and Flynn will meet you guys at the marathon." I responded "Okay!"

 So I slept over Easter night, and in the morning we got dressed, and we watched part of a movie we had started the  last night, and soon it was time to go to the marathon. We packed sunscreen, LOTS of food, a game, and blankets. They lived in Maynard, and we had go to Newton, so it took a little while, but not too long.

When we got there we unpacked everything, and their Grammy and Grandpy  there on the other side were there, and 2 other cousins. Everybody set stuff out, and we just talked with family members. It was VERY fun!!! First, there were just army women and men walking, and police with their motorcycles, and cars. We cheered them on. Then I noticed that my Dad and my brother were right behind me. I was shocked for a second. They had brought a lot of stuff like food, and coats. Finally, the marathon began.

YYYYYYAAAAAYYYYY!!!!! Some runners came through. I heard screams from all around. I was so EXCITED! First, the wheelchair athletes came through. They were sweating, and really tired, and working very hard. We cheered so much for them! Second, the women runners came through. I remember the first 2 women: The first girl was Rita Jeptoo, and the second girl was Shalane Flanagan. Shalane was actually from Marblehead! Rita was a 33 year old women from Kenya. They were so fast! I could tell that they were working so hard also. Third, all of the men were running past us. Zoom! They also were running very fast. I remember the first guy: His name was Meb Keflezighi. Meb was 38. The whole group of men were very fast. After, other men and other women were running. That's when we started giving out waters.

Sometimes they were running so fast that when they got the water out of somebody's hand, and it would just drop. And sometimes the people would tell you to splash/throw the water on them. We brought 10 gallons of water, and we ran out! So then we started giving out oranges. And that went good too. Some of my cousins put them on a plate, but I didn't. Eventually, we ran out of those! After that, my Dad told me that after my aunt came by, we would leave. I said "Okay" in kind of a sad voice, because we were going to leave all of the fun! Soon enough, my aunt came by. We both said "Hi" to each other. P.S. I'm the girl who's wearing a hat in the picture.

Then we started packing our stuff up, saying good bye, and walking to the car. My Dad really wanted a drink so he said we would have to go to a store to buy him a drink on the way home, but there was a lemonade stand, and the lemonade was only $.50. So we bought that.

When we got home I found out the winners: 1st place winner for the men was Meb Keflezighi who finished in 2:08:37, the first place winner for the women was Rita Jeptoo who finished in 2:18:57, but Shalane Flanagan came in 7th place. For the wheelchair athletes the 1st place winner for the women was Tatyana McFadden who finished in 1:35:06, and 1st place winner for the wheelchair athletes for the men was Ernst Van Dyk who finished in 1:20:36. They all did really good!

And that was the time of my life.