Tomorrow morning bright and early (or perhaps still dark and early...seriously...) I'm off to sunny Orlando, Florida, to run in the Wine and Dine half marathon!
I ran the inaugural race back in 2010 and actually never thought that I would be back to run it again. (Not b/c of anything specific but it's not cheap to get there, I've been there done that, blah blah). ANYWAY...I am SUPER excited to return this year because I will have the privilege of running with my very best friends from college and seeing each of them cross that half marathon finish for the very first time. (Believe it or not, but this was actually NOT my idea! but I am super happy that the group is doing this together)
I am so excited and proud of them and the nerves and excitement are almost palpable as everyone wraps up their plans to head to Orlando and the chatter on our little FB group has been so much fun. We've got matching shirts (with a logo designed for us by another one of my friends here in B'ham), and glow necklaces for the race and a little block of rooms together at one of the resorts.
My ONLY GOAL for this race is to get each of them over the finish line and I am not running for time. This has always been my priority for this race.
I am 75% sure I am carrying my camera b/c I did not do that last time and regretted not being able to get the character pics, etc. HOWEVER, I wonder if the bouncing over several hours will have any impact on the internal mechanisms? It's a "just" a Canon point and shoot but I just bought it last September AND REALLY like the camera and don't want to risk damaging it. That being said, I have another p/s but it takes horrible pictures in low light and since this is a night race...Hmmm...this might be a game time decision.
Back with this (and another) race report soon!
Have a great time! I cannot wait to see all your pics! I used to run with my Canon all the time and it worked fabulously. :) (until I dropped in 10' down my stairs).
ReplyDeleteHave a safe trip and have a great time this weekend! Good luck with the race!
ReplyDeleteHope you had fun! How was it? Did your camera work?
ReplyDeleteThanks! I ended up not carrying my own camera b/c I practiced running with it and could actually feel the lens jiggling around and it made me nervous. However, I managed to rip off my friends' photos and saved them to my home computer last night so I can post them here later today!
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