Yes, Sr. Helen came home yesterday with her marathon finisher's medal and a total time of 3:57:28, just about one foot ahead of Chicago Auxiliary Bishop Paprocki, though the two were certainly not aware that they had been running in step with each other! This was the Bishop's 12th marathon. I know that because on Saturday night I was at the installation of a new pastor, and the Bishop told the assembly that the installation was on Saturday because the next day he'd be "on the run, literally."
I tried to cheer Sr. Helen on at Mile 26, but when the sun got blocked by a skyscraper, I got frozen and had to head for home. She ran by probably 20 minutes later. And the computer system for posting people's times got so bogged down by that time, that there was no update on her from the 30K mark onward--until she actually got home! She came in around 9,500th in a total of 40,000 runners. Way to GO, Sr. Helen!
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