Cinco De Mayo - A Marathon and a Tornado!

This past Sunday was quite a day in Lincoln!

It was Marathon Day and Cinco de Mayo!

The marathon route runs along on a street a block from home,

so I trekked over at 7:15 am to watch the runners.

I'd never seen the first runners before -- guess I slept a little later

in the past!

First, two police cars start the race, then police on motorcycles followed by 

bicycles and the runners are just behind.

There is always a crowd cheering the racers on!

It was so fun to see the start of it and the first racers.

I think one of them won the marathon!

And, bonus, it was a lovely Cinco de Mayo race day . . . 

almost all day long!

Maddie and I spent the day looking for props for a 

school project and were so happy to be outside for

a nice sunny day. 

But clouds were forming late in the afternoon!

And just like that  -- Cinco de Mayo 

turned in to CINCO de MY-OH-NO!!

We had wild weather and a tornado in Lincoln!

A sweet small ice cream/burger shop was destroyed.

Luckily, the workers escaped just before it hit the business.

At our house, we lost power around 5:30 pm  -

electricity finally returned about 11 pm.

That was a dark evening.

We are all so thankful that there were no injuries caused 

by the storm.

It was a Cinco de Mayo that will not soon be forgotten!

Scenes from a Marathon or Run Philip Run!

Last Sunday was our city's annual 

marathon and half-marathon!

I scoped out part of the route early before the
runners arrived at the route located about block away from our house!
No parking or driving on Sheridan Blvd that morning!
It was quiet as the sun was rising,
but soon the street would be full of runners and the boulevard
and sidewalks full of spectators!

Nice sign but I think it is advertising a different race!  This one was the Lincoln Marathon.

You have sign up at o'dark-thirty on January 1st

to get one of the 12,500 spots in the race!

This year, my son Philip, did just that!

He's been training for the past few months and it paid off!

He successfully

ran his first half-marathon!

Woot Woot!!

Catherine and the littles came over after we
sent Philip on his way
 for blueberry muffins and . . . you guessed it - chocolate milk!

The runner (Philip in red) and his siblings, Connor, Maddy and Muffy!

Rumor has it that Philip and Connor are signing up
for the Lincoln Halfsy --another half-marathon in the fall!
Who knew we had runners in the family!
So proud!  Way to go Philip!!