Today was expo day. What happens at a race expo you ask?? Well, 25, 000 runners converge on 1 small space to pick up their race number, timing chip, t-shirt, goodie bag that is stocked w/free samples and flyers and products of all sorts. Then after receiving your goods, runners browse through numerous booths to find more free products. Need anything remotely running related?? This is where to find it. From clothing to fuel, visors to muscle rubs....this is the place to be. You can also register for any number of upcoming races, usually at discounted prices.
So, today we headed into the city to our expo, 3 kids in tow. It did not disappoint! I was able to meet one of my favorite bloggers, Danica from Chic Runner. She was at the run racing booth. Brian hit the California Dreaming booth to get his hard earned jacket for completing the 3 races in the series. I hit the Running Divas booth for a new hoodie. I also picked up some arm sleeves for tomorrow. Sophie picked out the set, blue cheetah print. But I have to admit, I secretly love them!
We also crammed the whole family into a free San Fran Marathon photo booth, which was a lot of fun! Afterwards, we drove down to the start/finish area, where they were already setting up a massive amount of tents. We saw the medical tent, and the tent that was full of volunteers sorting out the medals for tomorrow. I never stop finding this process to be so exciting!! There's something so neat about seeing a sign saying the street will be closed tomorrow, and you know its closed just so you and 24,999 other people can run down the middle of it.
For now, my clothes are layed out for tomorrow morning, shoes w/socks and D-Tags attached are ready to go. Numbers w/pins laying next to them. Ready to do this!!
Here are a few pics from today, but as always, the whole batch is on the dropshots page.
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