Today is Sunday and our day started by driving to church. Along the way we were slowed up because our route to church was also the route for the Annual Chuncheon Marathon. The race is run right past the window of the church that we attend. Across the street is the Peace Park and the Hung River in the background. It was interesting to watch the Marathon unfold in front of church. It was kind of Distracted Worship today especially because two of the runner are folks from the church here in Chuncheon. They are also two of our most steady volunteers coming to help at least three days a week and sometimes four. It was great watching them go by. Church was over by the time they came through. They were in a later starting group so running is done more for the enjoyment and challenge of completing. The church is sitting at about the 41 KM of the race so we got to see the lead runners go by at 2 hours and two minutes. The record for this marathon is 2 hours and 10 minutes. They may have beat that record by a few minutes. Our friends run between 4 and half hour and five hour marathon. Excellent.

 Grace and Sophia warming up the piano before church

 The lead car in the marathon

 The pace car showing 2 hours and two minutes with about 1 KM to go.

 The camera man on the back of the Motor Cycle shooting film of the lead runners.

 Third place

 Fourth Place. Prizes go to the first six places. So with 20,000 or so runners the odds are tough.

 A band beats the drums to motivate the runners to keep going.

 Some bodies gave out.

Sometimes in a pack.

 Sometimes in Costumes

 Sometimes it takes a wheelchair.

The last four pictures are of a couple that attend church here and are among the faithful volunteers at the construction site.



Korean Anabaptist Center is the building directly behind the man waving two fingers.

 

 Back to work in a few hours....