I'm back. Longer hiatus than I wanted, but the push to race week just gets so busy. Where to start? Honestly, there's no way I'm going to go through all of this. So let's see...
I moved downtown to begin setup of my areas on Wednesday. M flew in that afternoon from Toronto. She is a lifesaver who runs my media center on race weekend. Its such a blur of crazy activity that I really just don't remember a lot of it. We had a volunteer meeting that night; they all came in and picked up their credentials and t-shirts, etc. Pizza was a must to get the college kids to come in.
Thursday was more set up. The twin and A from Chicago arrived too. What else, what else? I have no idea. Friday morning was the Pre Race Press Conference at 11a. Herding cats, aka elite athletes, and setting up interviews all day. Meeting NBC at 5am to let them into the GRB was not my idea of fun.
Still all a blur. At this point, I had slept, eh, 8 hours since Weds. An
I think I got a good two hours of sleep before it was time to get up on Sunday. I was very anxious and just ready for the day to start. A and I went out to the start at 4:30a and I stayed til just before the gun went off so that I could get back in time for a live shot at the finish with ABC and a charity. One of my Ambassadors was with us at the start and finish too. At the last minute she had to withdraw from the race, so she asked what she could do to help on race day. I think she had a great time, even though A and I took off from the finish line while she was in the bathroom, bc we had to upstairs for the post race press conference. Sorry K! Overall I think most of my stuff went really, really well.
I am not totally in the event hangover stage. So tired. So lazy. And yet. We signed up for the Austin Half Marathon again in February. Less than a month away and we are all just now beginning to train. We'll see how this goes.
I moved downtown to begin setup of my areas on Wednesday. M flew in that afternoon from Toronto. She is a lifesaver who runs my media center on race weekend. Its such a blur of crazy activity that I really just don't remember a lot of it. We had a volunteer meeting that night; they all came in and picked up their credentials and t-shirts, etc. Pizza was a must to get the college kids to come in.
Saturday was ABB 5K day. Up and out early. A and I were on the finish line. Two of our elite athletes were running with a group of kids who fundraise for an orphanage in Kenya and that was def something we wanted photos of. Lots more setup and prep for Sunday. An Ambassador photo at 10a. d Saturday night I was waiting for two of my photogs to check into the hotel so that I could make sure they got their credentials. They ended up getting in after 11p.
I think I got a good two hours of sleep before it was time to get up on Sunday. I was very anxious and just ready for the day to start. A and I went out to the start at 4:30a and I stayed til just before the gun went off so that I could get back in time for a live shot at the finish with ABC and a charity. One of my Ambassadors was with us at the start and finish too. At the last minute she had to withdraw from the race, so she asked what she could do to help on race day. I think she had a great time, even though A and I took off from the finish line while she was in the bathroom, bc we had to upstairs for the post race press conference. Sorry K! Overall I think most of my stuff went really, really well.
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