Instead of sticking around for the entire 7 hours it took him to run, I drove back into Olympia. As I drove out of the forest, I saw something I very rarely see...the sunrise.

My first stop was Panera because they open at 6 a.m. and because they have free WiFi. Also - they have really good food. I got a honey-vanilla latte and a cinnamon-crunch bagel with honey walnut cream cheese. De-lish!! As you can see, while Chad was burning like 5500 calories, I was eating about that much. But, I must say, my day was much more relaxing that his.

After I spent a few hours at Panera, I went to my other favorite place to kill time - WalMart. I guess I did exercise! Walking around the aisles at WalMart is very tiresome, so I bought some lunch and headed back to Capitol Forest to see the end of the race. Chad ran very well, and his knee felt really good. He finished 12th out of 35 with a time of 7:00.36. Although he is sanity-challenged, I am very proud of him! He has a 50-mile race coming up on June 2 (his birthday). This race was his very first ultra last summer. He is very excited. I will be sure to post about that race too. It is fun for me because I can drive to all 12 of the aid stations and cheer him on all along the way.