Every year (the first weekend in Oct) we head down to Portland to meet up with the Boyles for the Portland marathon and 5 miler. We love Portland and always look forward to this event. Portland always puts on a great race and they are really well organized. This year, Virinda ran her first 5 mile race...she joined the cross-country team this year, so she has become quite the runner. I told her that now she is no longer the black sheep of her family! This was Lee's first marathon...and he did great! It was fun to have the whole Boyle family here together! The night before the race we ate a fabulous Italian restaurant called Il Piatto. I searched for an Italian restaurant online before we went down there and narrowed it down to this one. This place had such a great atmosphere and decor! The food took quite a bit to arrive, but it really was well worth it. Every dish was freshly prepared from fresh ingredients (tomatoes and other veggies). It was fabulous! I highly recommend it...but you definitely need to be prepared to hang out for awhile (which is typical in Italy anyway).
Happy campers got their pre-race spaghetti 
Cheers! 
Great food, great wine, great company!
Me and my 'stand in' mama!
Mi familia
I love this race!
Virinda running with her friend, Lindsey.
Here they come! These guys look way too good for just running 26.2 miles!
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