My hero

The stats are in from Mark's race. There were 676 finishers. Mark was number 32 overall. He was 3rd in his age group (40-45) and his final time was 3:13:27. His average pace was 7:23, for those of you who know how stinkin' fast that is and how hard that is to carry for 26.2 miles.

The Boston Marathon is the 3rd Monday of April every year. Mark had to run 3:20 to qualify for Boston, but he beat that BQ by 7 minutes. Next up for Mark is a marathon in Hartford, CT in October, and then it will be Boston in 2011. I can't imagine how fast he will be by then.