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MOM RUNS THE NEW YORK CITY MARATHON (but doesn't beat Paula Radcliffe)



And Sam wore his hand-colored (by Dad) 2004 Marathon t-shirt.

Despite a two week illness, full time mothering duties, two jobs, and a hectic rehearsal schedule for her new theatre piece, Sonja somehow found the time to train and run the marathon. Her time, 4:20 (I was pushing her not to break 4:45 to prevent injury) was impressive, her fancy non-blister socks worked well, she relaxed after 13 miles and started simply enjoying the 26 mile long party, and she finished with a smile. Wish I could show you, but my borrowed camera died. The famous (and wonderfully kind) Dave Gorman came out to wish Sonja well and he had a lovely camera and took lovely photos and promised me he'd e-mail them to me when he can.

On Friday, Sam and I joined Sonja to pick up her race number and other goodies at the Marathon Expo held at the Javits Center. Which became #474 in the exotic diaper changing locales series.

(I had a great one with the Statue of Liberty in the background, but it was on the stolen chip)

(Don't forget to click on the photo above to see it bigger)