So you already know how the actual race went but how about the rest of the weekend…
On Friday, Sister and I set out bright and early for our road trip down south to Nashville for our half marathon weekend! We left at about 7 am to get into Nashville with enough time to stop for packet pickup. Our drive down was rather uneventful. We packed sandwiches for lunch so didn’t even need to take time for a food stop. Total drive time was about 9:30 which included a few gas/bathroom stops as well.
Friday was a very nice day for a drive!
The drive really was not bad at all! The only thing that was a problem for me was my stomach, of course. I felt pretty awful the whole day Friday but apparently this just is something that happens to me before races or something!? Poor sister had to put up with my bitching and moaning this whole time.
My complaining reached a whole new level once we got to Nashville and realized the traffic getting to the expo was a complete nightmare! We sat still for what felt like as long as we were on the road today… Then we had he excellent fortune of having to find somewhere to pay to park. Excellent. We ended up finding a place that was only about $3 for the time we needed to be at the expo so that at least was not too bad. And it turned out to be right across the street! Double score!
The expo was another line of lines… We waited about 15 minutes just to get IN the expo… But then got our packets relatively quick and took a look around. We didn’t want to spend much money and they didn’t have any good shirts so we picked up our parking packet and headed for the hotel. Another traffic nightmare ensued.
We stopped at Trader Joes on the way for a few extra snacks and things for the weekend but then checked in to our hotel to make dinner and chill and try to relax before our early wake up call. We packed pancake ingredients and our pancake griddle to cook dinner in our hotel. Yes, we are THAT cool. While eating dinner, we also watched a few episodes of our newest obsession, Lost, and then went to sleep and actually both managed to sleep well the hours that we could before the race alarms went off…
