Wrapping Up the Weekend Round Up!

Today’s Numbers: Nancy's Total Movement Mileage: 344.9 (running: 237.5; walking: 13.6; biking: 93.8) Money Found For Food Bank: $32.58

2,015 in 2015 Change Hounds progress: Nancy: 344.9 Aaron: 264.4 (b: 242; w: 22.4)  Elly: 64.1 Total: 673.4*

* Average monthly mileage required to hit year-end goal: Completed!

Here we go, here we go, here we go again!! Let's talk stuff as it pertained to the running weekend! Come with me through THE EXPO!

We had business to take care of first -- bib and shirt pick-up! Hey, do you know it's super-helpful if you arrive at the Expo with your bib number? Yeah, they even sent it to me ahead of time. I seemed to miss this detail. But, because I am not the only tool in the box, this is a predictable situation to the race directors who wisely set up laptops so we can first retrieve our numbers then get in line. Whoopsie!

Well, whatever, it was taken care of, and we were IN!

TIME TO SCOPE THE STUFF!

The Expo here was pretty fantastic. We finished taking care of business with the The Crew getting their shirts ...

... and, I got mine!

LOVE my shirt. Everything about it was
awesome! I love when that happens.

With business behind us, it was time to scope! There were a handful of new (to me) vendors there as well as a number of predictables. You know I love checking out the shirts, so let me share some of my faves this time:

Elly approved.

That really needs to be on the back of the shirt, just sayin' ...

I don't know why so many on black caught my eye, but there you go.

I always love scoping out this kind of vendor. You know, the one with all of the little stuff:

And, if you have a teenage boy, you'll understand that the Run Naked sign made us stop and laugh more than I would have had I not been with a teenage boy. It's just true.

You can see the 0.0 sticker up there, but I really, really liked this one at another booth:

I'd not before seen a vendor with shoe charms:

They were cute but too big. They were in the ballpark diameter of a penny, and I'm not down with that. Besides, I still have my awesome running girl Mary Kate got me, so I'm not in need.

Yes. I said 'need.' I'll say it again: NEED.

Pit Crew #2 has two particular parts of the Expo she looks forward to. First, there are the headband people ...

... and, then there are often food samples. There was only one actual 'dish' sample this time (not counting the beef people with the jerky sticks or the oatmeal concoction). I don't know what place was hosting this ...

Feta, pepper things, olives, tomato, garbanzo bean, quinoa,
kale, chicken ... and, I think there were some other things in
there mixed in a vinaigrette.

My verdict? It was terrible. The kale killed it. The dry chicken didn't help matters. But, I wasn't there for the sampling, so Pit Crew #3 and I passed ours to those who would eat it (guess who?!) and went on with our shopping!

I guess 'shopping' is a bit of an exaggeration because I love looking, but we as a family must be a huge disappointment to the vendors. The headband people tend to like us, but that's about where it begins and ends. I did pick up a few little things I'd not before seen with these purchases, that I got between bibs and shirts, being my top picks:

There was one more weekend purchase that didn't happen at the Expo but is a must-see nonetheless. Ready?

I saw him, and I had to. That is all.

 

Speaking of 'had to,' I found myself feeling the need to run this morning. I thought it would be a good idea to do some shaking out from the weekend, so I opted for a casual run. Besides, I had to try out my new shirt, right?!

It wasn't the greatest first half of the run. In fact, the first two miles felt like the dumbest idea I've ever had. But, the last two made me feel a little more normal again, so I'm glad I went. Every day through next Monday has rain in the forecast, so I figured I'd get a run in while I knew, for certain, I could. Besides, today's run took us over the monthly goal for our 2015 challenge, so it was most definitely well spent! I also found enough money to go past $32. Booyah.

We'll see what happens this week as I will run when I can and not worry about it when I can't! Next week kicks off the training schedule for May, and we'll deal with that next week. For now, I'll deal with what comes and make the very best of it! Thanks for running, cheering and shopping with me! It's back to normal tomorrow ... see you then!