Marine Corps Expo

Went to the Expo tonight before the 1st timer event. It is a nice, big expo with plenty to look at. I really wish Ryan Hall was there tonight but he will be signing autographs tomorrow. Maybe I will get a chance in the future although I did see him in Philly warming up. Anyways, the expo went pretty smoothly I did order my frame to commerate my accomplishment-Lindsay helped me decide which was nice since I am so indecisive.. I got a visor to complete my race day outfit wish it was blue/red but anyways I don't need to match. Probably should have bought a shirt but I have so many and if I still want one maybe after the race they will have some merchandise left to choose from. From the expo we went to the first timer event which was the first time they did it so didn't really know what to expect. From the email it seemed liked we good get dinner off a special menu but that wasn't the case. We had finger foods and met some other first timers. We planned on getting dinner after but the Metro spoiled that. Of course the line I have to ride to get back to my car was stopped because someone jumped. Was this a preview of what was to come? I hope not I really don't want any metro headaches on race day. Luckily, Lindsay parked at the convention ctr and she drove me to my car after taking a taxi. Saturday I have nothing to do but hurry and wait!

Marathon Madness

Well, it is now less than 3 days until I line up to start on my marathon debut at the Marine Corps Marathon. I have been on vacation this week which I am not sure was the best idea since I can't stop thinking about it. I really didn't have much choice because I would have rather been off all next week. I got a massage tonight and go to the chiro tomorrow morning. Now with the shootings around the Marine Corps buildings there will be more security involved. I am hoping everything goes smoothly with the Metro since I don't think I can get there any earlier than 5:30am. I usually don't like standing around at the start but I want to make sure I have plenty of time to stand around and be nervous. I am hoping I just don't start hyperventilating or crying right at the start. I will be going to the expo tomorrow and the 1st timer event after that-hopefully it is nice since it is the first year.

Hershey Half Marathon

Enjoyed running through the Sweetest Place on Earth. The swag bag had chocolate bars in it and cookies from Hershey Lodge. Checked into the Hershey Lodge and got more chocolate bars when checking in. They let the runners use the park from 6-9pm which I can say I have never ridden rides before a race especially the Fahrenheit! We ended up not eating until almost 9:30pm which probably was not the best idea. When I got up the next morning my Garmin was not charged so I ran without a watch to do intervals. The walkers started an hour before but the race still had a 18 min pace which most can still walk that. At the start had pictures with the characters. Tom stayed at the hotel since it was at Mile 5. The first couple of miles were pretty lonely since there weren't many back of the packers. After mile 5 though passed some people and ended up passing walkers later in the run. I did go the wrong way when coming out of the park since I had no one in front of me. The gave out Hershey bars at Mile 12 and of course had to try that but not sure if that was the best thing. I finished in 3:11 which was better than Philly and I have 2 more races in a row so we will see how I feel.