Here we are in not-so-sunny Duluth. It is supposedly really hot and humid at home, but my car thermometer ready a balmy 61 degrees and cloudy/misty weather when I headed down to the Duluth Convention Center to pick up our race packets this morning. The expo was open a few hours last night and then again at 10am today. I got there around 11 and found the crowds to be steady, but fairly light which is precisely why I went early. I don't enjoy loud and crowded spaces which might be why I took up running and not an indoor sport with lots of crowds. One of the highlights for many people is the pre-race pasta feed. Being a gluten free runner with gluten free family members, we generally avoid such events. Here is the venue--sorry for the poor camera work: Toyota is one of the main sponsors for the race. Anyone who breaks a course record will receive a new Toyota...Kara Goucher holds the record in the half marathon at 1:09:45. It's safe as far as I'm concerned. Toyota puts all the names of the race participants on a Toyota. I'm not sure what they do with this car when the race is over, but I did find us on there: Once I'd located our names amongst the 18,000 runners scheduled to run this weekend, I found some cousins coming into the building. Heather is the daughter of of one of my mom's cousins. I think that makes us second cousins, but in that family, we are all just "cousins"! Heather will be running the half tomorrow; Noah and Ellie are running in the Whippersnapper Kids Races this afternoon. Good luck family!!! Duluth is under a ton of construction this summer. The marathon and half marathon courses have been slightly adjusted for the next three years to accommodate downtown construction. For the 5K tonite, the starting area is going to be very tight as the road has been reduced to one lane. Good thing David is super fast and will get right off the line and avoid the congestion. People who run 8-10 minute miles might have more trouble. Here are our race numbers and David's shirt and socks. Nice prizes! Blake and I won't get shirts until we cross the line as they are "Finisher" shirts. Looking forward to a fun day with my boys :-) Good luck to everyone running races this weekend. Send us your race reports in the comments section! Happy running--Missee
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AuthorMissee and Stephanie are two Minnesota sisters and moms who love to run. We are not experts in running, parenting or anything else, but we do have years of experiences that may be helpful or entertaining to others. Archives
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