When my alarm went off at 3:50am, let's just say I was NOT a happy camper. Luckily, Erick and I made a quick dash for Dunkin' before heading to meet the team. :) Gotta love a hot vanilla latte lite at 4am.
We got to the hotel, and the coordinator handed us two t-shirts. Erick checked the sizes and laughed saying, "You are going to be swimming in this." Turns out, I am NOT a size XL :) Ha. However, a girls gotta do what a girls gotta do. I found a way to "work" the shirt, and we headed out to the route.
We followed Dave along the path the runners would be taking, weaving in and out of Millennium Park. I guess I assumed that the event would be bigger, and that groups of us would be placed at different "stations." Instead we were placed individually along the route, and our job was to direct runners to the next "Red Shirt." I was placed on the path just before the runners got to Chicago's famous "Bean" sculpture.
The event was very small, and included 35 runners, all wearing white hats (I didn't realize they would all be wearing the hat and directed a few individuals who were just out for their morning run. Haha....oops).
The runners came through the route twice to complete the 3 mile course. I cheered the runners on and directed them using the saying, "Keep going up and around 'The Bean!'" I even adopted a nice flight attendant gesture pointing in the right direction.
After the run I decided to try to catch up on sleep before heading to work. I believe my head was on the pillow for 3 seconds before I was out light a light for a few hours. :) Overall, a fun way to make $50 on a Thursday morning :)
Giant T-Shirt...
Race Staff :)
I was bored before the race started and snapped a shot wearing my new kicks
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