Emily McQueen Breaks Records, Wins Races, and Takes Care of Business

Posted: October 3rd, 2009 | Author: Chris McQueen | Filed under: Family | Tags: | 4 Comments »

I really have an amazing wife.  Today we ran the St. George Marathon.  She started at 6:40 in her racing wheelchair and I started somewhere around 6:50 am.  I finished the race, but this isn’t about me, it’s about Emily.  She set a new course record for this marathon in the wheelchair division and qualified for the Boston marathon.  To qualify for Boston she had to finish in 2 hours and 25 minutes, she smoked that time by coming in at 1 hour and 57 minutes.  Do realize how fast that is?  A marathon is 26.2 miles; she kept an overall pace of 4 minutes and 28 seconds a mile!  I’ll say it for you, “holy crap!”

So, like I said, I have an amazing wife.  Pictures will come soon and there’s more to tell, but feel free to email Emily and tell her how great she is.  Her emails is emcqueen at gmail dot com.

4 Comments on “Emily McQueen Breaks Records, Wins Races, and Takes Care of Business”

  1. 1 Tristam Harrington said at 7:01 pm on October 3rd, 2009:

    Mozel Tov!

  2. 2 Karen said at 8:49 pm on October 3rd, 2009:

    Emily you are freaking amazing. I am in awe girl. I want to be like you!

    -Karen

  3. 3 Neil Minetto said at 11:34 am on October 4th, 2009:

    Wow Emily, way to go!!!! I think you should go to the Olympics. Nice work.

  4. 4 The Barnes Family said at 11:23 am on October 5th, 2009:

    Congradulations Emily,
    That is so cool, not to mention such a wonderful example to those children of yours. Keep it up, we will be looking forward to the pictures.

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