Rome Marathon

It was probably a bit ambitious to try to do the Rome Marathon, the day before flying back to the US (6:40 AM flight from Naples), but instead I felt like the timing worked out perfectly so I could squeeze it in!  With John's wedding the following Sat March 24, we didn't have much wiggle room, plus wanted to see Jeff's family in Michigan before heading to Puerto Vallarta.

Have I said before Jeff is my hero and biggest support fan?  We all headed up to Rome Sat AM so I could register and run Sun.  Jeff took the girls on the double stroller in the Italian metro (mind you there are no elevators and lots of crowds!).  He managed to find me a few times on the course which was hugely motivation.  Don't ask him how we met up at the end because I messed up the meeting point and hours later we still hadn't connected in Rome!  We finally caught the 7:40 PM train back to Naples!

Then the next day, he managed to get us to the airport with our 4 baby items and 8 suitcases!!!  The run was okay - I went out too fast, but in the end was just 8 seconds slower than my Dublin time though was slowly jogging toward the end.  3:27.04.   I was happy and it was fun to run by all the big sites - a nice way to finish our stay.