The reason I think this is so weird is because of how consuming training can be...how is it that I had enough other things going on at the same time as training that I barely even mentioned it? I guess this is me, making up for it.
After running last year's race, I had a little problem.
Obviously when you are running, you don't carry a cell phone with you. So after crossing the finish line, recovering for a minute and eating a banana or two, I realized I may never find my family in the sea of 20,000 people around me.
Big problem.
I was sweaty and gross, so asking a spectator to borrow their cell phone was a little embarrassing, but I got it over with and figured out where my family was waiting for me. Or so I thought. I went to the spot I thought they were, waited a few minutes. Still no family. After repeating the process of asking innocent people if a really sweaty girl could borrow their phone, I FINALLY found them. Keep in mind I had just run 13.1 miles so my legs felt a little like jelly.
This year, we're planning ahead.
i'm hoping for this:
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2. make then wear puff-paint shirts with your name and picture on it
3. create a devise that straps around your waist, rests on your sholders and extends upwards from there 3 or 4 feet with a message: "Mom, Dad, where are you?"
4. train in said apparatus to be sure you can handle it running
5. give them flame guns to shoot into the air like fireworks afterwards to reveal their location--follow the smoke
6. sew extra pocket into shorts/ clothes. contain cell phone there, inside a ziplock bag, of course, for sweat protection and call if necessary.
i think the above mentioned plan is superfluously excellent. you. will. not. lose. your. family. this. year.
xoxoxo