Well, half-marathon man. Chicago photo blogger U "R" Us is in town for the weekend. He is training for the half-marathon (13+ miles or a tad over 21 km) at the Detroit Marathon in two weeks. He ran 14 miles / 22.5 km on a hot St. Louis morning. It is supposed to be autumn but it was 90 F / 32 C here today.The picture was taken on Eads Bridge (see also here). It was completed in 1874 and was the first span across the mid and lower Mississippi River.
TOMORROW: alligator on a stick
Seems it was hot all over the Midwest today. Hope the weather is more cooperative for this upcoming marathon than it was for Chicago.
ReplyDeleteI heard the Chicago marathon got called, and 250 people were hospitalized from heat related symptons!
ReplyDeleteAs far as running 14 miles, I walk 4.5 per day and couldn't image running 3 times that much!
What were you doing while U R Us was jogging? From the photo, it looked like you were ahead...so either you were jogging with him or you were on a bike. :-)
ReplyDeleteMing - my son called on his cell when he started his run a mile or two away from this location. I parked in the Arch garage and walked out over the bridge to wait for him. At four points along the bridge, the path widens to create an overlook - you can see this on the left. That gave me space to shoot and for him to run around me.
ReplyDeleteWalking across the Mississippi on Eads Bridge is a cool thing to do if you visit STL.
Ah, I thought he was running the Chicago marathon, which was brutal from what I read.
ReplyDeleteThe arch is really everywhere!