Tomorrow morning is the Run the Reagan road race. They feature a 1 mile fun run, a 5k, a 10k, and a half marathon. If you have been reading long you will remember this race two times in my history. Two years ago I Ran the Reagan as my first half marathon, and last year I Ran the Reagan 5k as I was just getting back to running following my broken collar bone.This year I was planning on running the Reagan with all three of my kids. I was actually thinking of doing a three race day and was going to run the 1 mile with my son, the 5k with my daughter Ashlee, and the 10k with my daughter Payton. Looking at the race starting times I was actually going to be able to work this out too. We ended up changing our minds this past Sunday when we looked at what it was going to cost us and all the other costs we have had to incur recently.
Since I decided to not Run the Reagan I decided I would volunteer instead. I really didn't want to let go being a part of the race. So tomorrow morning I will be showing up at 7:00 am 9:00 am and helping with the race day. Last year I volunteered and ran the race.
And this is where it gets interesting......
Today, we just got more snow than I can remember ever getting since we moved to Atlanta 10 years ago. I am not sure what the official count is, but I would say it was in the 3-5" range..... sure that is nothing for up north, but quite a bit for down here. To add insult to injury it is supposed to be in the mid 20's at race time tomorrow morning so there is no chance of anything melting off. This will be a snow and ice filled race.
The e-mail came just a few hours ago, and the website was updated. The race was still on however everything would be delayed by 2 hours off of the original schedule. There is still a possibility that more could change by morning, but I hope we awake to find that the Reagan is clear enough to run on.
All things do tend to work out in a way for some reason. Shortly after deciding not to run this race this past Sunday I went out for a 10 miler. 6 miles into the run my right calf started to tighten up. By the time I went to bed that evening I was in a lot of pain. It is feeling much better now, but with it the way it is there is no way I would have been able to run even one of these races...... let alone all 3 like I was thinking.
There will be more races to come, however I am looking forward to volunteering in tomorrows snowy Run the Reagan, A Run The Reagan Like No Other.
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I'm registered for the half and hoping to be able to drive down there in the morning from athens. you never know what will happen with snow here. I'll say hey if I see you there!
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Very cool - I am hoping it is still a go. It is going to be a different race than most, but hopefully still a go. Good luck with the race!
ReplyDeleteAt least you get a couple more hours to sleep :)
Up to a delay of 4 hours now.... I don't think it is supposed to warm up enough during that time to make a difference, but we will see.
ReplyDeleteI love racing 5ks with my daughter! It is very cool that you will be racing with all of your kids:) Good luck!! Also, beautiful picture:)
ReplyDeleteBeth - how did you do? I was right at the finish line the entire time, Bulldogs jacket and black hat.... standing at the timing tent.
ReplyDeleteJulie - I didn't get to run the race, decided not to earlier this week because of $ so I volunteered instead.
My one daughter and I did get up to the the Reagan Parkway and did a 4 miler before they re-opened it for traffic.
hope all went well at the race! crazy the snowing down south!
ReplyDeleteLindsay - it did go good - funny thing with all this snow, is that most of the roads are almost clear now.... it didn't take long.
ReplyDeleteKeep posting stuff like this i really like it
ReplyDeleteI'm registered for the half and hoping to be able to drive down there in the morning from athens. you never know what will happen with snow here. I'll say hey if I see you there!
ReplyDelete-beth