Marine Corps Marathon Weekend

Words can’t capture this weekend — for now pictures will have to do, and one phrase from back of Brianna’s shirt that captures her spirit…I run with Marines.

The photo gallery from the 2014 Marine Corps Marathon Weekend is uploaded, including two from the Marine Corps Marathon Official Flickr Stream approaching finish and getting her medal.

A big thanks to Aunt Pat for hosting and logistics. I was on airplane home and wondered — “how did all these marathoners get a post-checkout shower at their hotel?”.

Here is a video of Brianna’s race:

Here is video of Karen finishing at 4:28:15 gun time (8:15 into video).

Here are some congrats from Eric: video

Celebrating Kay

On October 19th, 2009, Kay joined the Prior family for a 2-week trial run before joining us permanently on December 5th. For the next 5 years she gave us love and constant companionship. We are so grateful for the Keefe family trusting us with her. She had her own twitter account in the early years as well as her own blog, which includes some videos.

Looking for photos of her was easy. If there was a family event, she was there underfoot. Here is a photo gallery. It begins with a shot after she mischievously climbed up on our freshly-cleaned couch to watch TV for a few moments on Wednesday night.

Jared named to Bay State Conference All-Star Team

Jared was voted on to the 2014 Bay State Conference Outdoor Track All-Star team by the league’s coaches (Herald article). Jared scored 99 points in dual meet action, 2nd in the league only to teammate and national decathlon champion Nick Fofana’s 131. The next highest scored accumulated 79 points. Jared ended the season ranked 1st in the 100m, 5th in the 200m and long jump, and 10th in the 400m. He received his all-star plaque today.

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