I decided to break up this mini marathon post into a few separate ones and this is about the pre-race stuff!
I picked my packet up on Thursday. After getting my bib switched out to run in the Corporate Challenge (long story with a colleague with a very similar name to mine), I felt better after getting my stuff! I only had 5 minutes to run through the expo before I needed to get back to work for a meeting- so I didn’t see much.
Mini Marathon KDF Running Wild Expo
On Friday after work, we went back to the Expo to meet up with my mother and father-in-law to him to pick up his packet, although he was injured and couldn’t run- bummer! We got to go through the expo and I got some stickers to use in my scrapbook and he gave me his jelly beans- because appearantly I passed the free sample booth- twice! I was looking for some of the headbands made out of pony tail holders to keep my hair back, but no luck.
We went to eat and ended up in Jeffersonville at the Bristol. It was a really nice evening, although I probably drove everyone crazy because I was rambling out all the stuff I was nervous and paranoid out. I got salad, some type of pasta (Ben and I swapped each others), and yummy rolls! I got some last minute running tips from Rick- Vaseline on my feet and also have a trash bag/poncho at the beginning if it’s raining. Both of which helped tremendously- more on that later!
We got home around 9:30- which was when I wanted to be in to bed, but I was still running around the house looking for Vaseline and a poncho. I think it was 11:15 by the time I got in bed. I know I tossed and turned a while, then woke up at 1am after dreaming that I overslept. Then I tossed and turned a little bit more, and then woke up at 4:22, a little earlier than the first alarm.
I quickly had a bagel with cream cheese and some water, checked twitter and facebook (it was down). Got a shower (which wasn’t my normal routine but since we got home late), checked the weather, watched the news (balloon race was canceled). It was lightly sprinkling outside. I finally decided what shirt to wear- sleeveless shirt with a large pocket to hold my Gu packets and I also remembered to take 2 Excedrins.
My husband’s uncle arrived at 6 to ride with us. We left around 6:20 and got to the exit pretty quickly, but then it was bumper to bumper. I started to get nervous about whether we would make it on time, but we made it to some side street and we jumped out of the car and put our ponchos on!
It was a rainy morning! UL Ponchos
