After he got back from work on Saturday we headed down. We were staying at his Aunt's house. We arrived and hit up the packet pick up and expo. I am very pleased with this marathon series. We've done quite a few races and this was super organized, complete with instructional videos on how to install your timer to a place you can show your ID and get a wrist band so you don't have to carry your ID during the race to get your beer afterwards. They also had a lot of booths with health and exercise products. We got his bag and shirt, and headed out.
Back at Andy's aunts, Sawyer had so much fun.
We had a pretty crappy night's sleep due to Sawyer kicking us. We slept in the same bed and made Kellan a bed in the bathtub (which worked perfectly and he was super cozy.) Unfortunately instead of waking up at 5, he accidentally slept in until 6! We were nervous about parking and road closures so it was kind of stressful. We arrived however, to find a VERY close parking lot one block from the start, so we were all happy again.
Andy was brave and wore a Sounders jersey for the race. Portland and Seattle are intense rivals, so it was kind of cool. He said he only got booed during his race once ;)
We walked around and again, I was super impressed. They even have a huge meet-up area for after the race with letter signs so you can go to your last name to meet up with your runner.
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| So many bananas |
Andy's timer chip came with instructions so we tied one to Sawyer's shoe too :)
I don't have the pics of the start since I took a video (you can find on my instagram), but I have the first people. You can see a guy there that dribbles two basketballs the entire race. Super impressive!
We waited around and Kel fell asleep in the ergo for awhile and Sawyer played on my phone. We were all starting to get grumpy though and hungry (I hadn't ate a single thing) when an angel appeared. He was a Jimmy John's employee and was handing out free sandwiches. I have never been so happy to see someone in my life! We ended up getting a few and all three of us ate. They got antsy so there was about 20 minutes there I was annoyed and overwhelmed, but that is pretty good considering I had them for a few hours alone in a public place with nowhere to run around.
Andy finally came in, officially clocking at 2:15, which is really good because he didn't even start running until a month ago :/ heh heh, he had set his corral time way back past the 2:30 though so we had to wait awhile for him since they stagger the corrals every 2 minutes and he was in corral 17. He crossed the finish line feeling great though! Sawyer was proud to wear his medal.
He even fell asleep with it and holding his cowbell!
The weather was shifty with rain off and on but I was really happy with the experience and recommend that to anyone. With the race so big, they shut down roads in the city so it is great site seeing as well. There are people that go to a ton of them- the medal for doing 10 in a year is HUGE. There are also bands along the course, which is cool. The next one is Seattle, June 21st!
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