Mr. Marathon

In the past year or so, Ben has really come to enjoy running (who knew that that chubby kid would grow up to be a runner?? And yes, Ben was a chubby kid!). As he started getting better and better and being able to run farther and farther, he decided that he would like to train for a marathon.

His training started a few weeks ago and he has registered for a marathon in Brookings, South Dakota on May 16th. He'll be deployed to Japan for March and April, so he'll be able to train out there with no distraction from us. I have no doubt that he'll do well and be super prepared for the race. The other day he ran three miles in 22 minutes! That's only 7 1/2 minutes a mile! That is crazy fast if you ask me! I'm proud of him and I can't wait to see him cross the finish line.