The Lighting Element’s own – Brendan McCartney ran the Philadelphia Marathon with his mom over the Thanksgiving Holiday weekend. Despite extremely chilly temperatures and 40 mile per hour winds, Brendan finished the marathon in just 3.5 hours. He and his family had a great time and the support for each other was amazing –  this pic was taken just after Brendan’s mom, Elizabeth crossed the finish line. They say you burn about 100 calories per mile- so a marathon burns at least 2620 calories! That should be enough to burn off all of that yummy turkey, stuffing, potatoes, gravy and pie! We are proud of you Brendan for running another marathon! Way to go!