January 21-28, 2003
Trip to Connecticut and Flight to Naples, Florida
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Sunday morning January 26th. 

The reason we flew down to Naples!

Start of the Naples Half Marathon - 13.1 miles.

Dr. Len is a blur of 7 minute per mile speed for the Naples Half Marathon as he passes Doug's house on Gordon Drive.  Doug S. and Doug M. didn't get their pictures taken as Karen was taking video at that time.

here is Len in the final stretch!
The finish!

Len got 5th place in his 50-54 age group with a time of 1:32:03 - a 7:02 minutes per mile pace.

Doug Schumann strides along.
Doug Schumann finished in 1:50:09 - an 8:25 minutes per mile pace - 36th in the 55-59 age group.
And here comes Doug Malewicki.
Doug Malewicki finished in 2:02:57 - a 9:24 minutes per mile pace - 36th in the 60-64 age group.
The Naples half marathon T-Shirt. 
Official medal awarded to all finishers.
After the race we see Doug in his kilt struggling up the stairs.  Very tender quads.   Doug did no training prior to the half marathon because in October he broke his foot and hurt his back in an accident.  He initially figured he would do the run to his home - some 3 miles and stop there.  He felt so good he just went for the entire 13.1 mile distance!
Doug M., Len and Doug S. soaking away the leg muscle stiffness in the hot tub!
Aahhhh. Sure feels good.
Crazy Doug dove into the unheated 60 degree swimming pool!
Doug M. would only go down in as far as his knees in the 60 degree pool.
Attention!  Alert!  Jane spotted a dolphin right in the canal of Doug's back yard.  Everyone to the dock.
There he is (circled in red)!
And he comes up again.  We all got to watch the dolphins meanderings for a good 10 minutes.
Karen enjoying Doug's back yard.
Aerial view of Doug's Naple home.  A photo of a photo taken from a chopper.  Note the Gulf of Mexico a half block away in the top of the photo and the dock below Doug's swimming pool.

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