1 Mile, 31 Miles
Today was the big day. The day we've all been waiting for, for months. Anticipation and anxiety for how the day would go were at fever pitch - the runners were feeling it, the spectators were feeling it. How were we even going to get everyone where they needed to be? It was complicated, and messy, and in the end turned out beautifully. We managed to be there to watch Devin at each of the points we wanted to, and even caught him at two extra points we weren't planning on! Hallie didn't win her pumpkin run, and she had a momentary confusion where she walked off the course into a crowd of people and I experienced mild to severe panic; but with the help of a friend she got back on track and ran her legs as hard as they would go. Devin's injury didn't bother him as much as he feared, and when we saw him at the end he smiled and waved as heartily as he did at mile 6. When we met up with him after the finish line, he admitted that "everything hurts. Everyt...