We're in!!

The final two races...

I didn't attend these races, but I wanted to make sure they were chronicled as they represent the final qualifying races for Shirley and Mel. The Hot Chocolate 15K was held on December 1, and Kathy, Shirley and Mel traveled down together to run the race, and even squeezed in some Christmas shopping at the Woodbury Commons on the way back. This was Shirley's 9th and final race.

Mel still had one race to go, and she persuaded her husband to take her on a little vacation to the city, just the two of them, for the Joe Kleinerman 10K on December 9. We anxiously checked the NYRR website that Sunday to make sure that she actually did it...and she did! Six of us had successfully completed the required 9 qualifying races for the 2008 New York City Marathon!! We were in!