Health and Fitness Expo on Friday
The Health and Fitness Expo was even cooler than in 2003, there seemed to be even more booths and more running sutff if that is possible. Jen and Andy kept an eye on N&J so I could roam around, I got a new long sleeve nike dri-fit navy blue shirt and picked up a free wrist band, sampled gatorade, ate free samples of cliff bars, drank some kind of juice. Also picked up a really nice free poster which I need to unroll at home at some point and maybe stick somewhere in the basement.
We would have liked to have stayed there longer but the traffic was awful and we needed to get home for dinner.
Here is what Hal Higdon wrote about the expo, which I found interesting. Remember, he is the old veteran runner who now coaches people, and I used his training schedule on his website to train for the Marathon on my own:
HAL HIGDON:
"What a sight it is. Imagine the impression on a first-time marathoner walking into their first Expo. Well, at least some of you will see how it feels tomorrow (meaning Saturday).
I was at the Marathon & Beyond booth from 9:00 to 5:00, except for one 20-minute break in the middle. Saw a lot of people. Shook a lot of hands. Have all 40,000 entrants trained for the marathon using my programs? Sometimes it seems that way. A lot of V-Teamers stopped by the booth to say hello, some of them saying they would be at the party, others claiming commitments.
And in another hour, I'll be heading to the Marquette Room for our party, and after that to a second party at The LaSalle Bank's executive offices. Saturday morning, we're skipping the Expo in favor of the Semi-State cross-country race at New Prairie. We should return to the Expo around 2:00, and Dana Summers, co-author of Run, Dogs, Run! will be in the booth with me.
Everybody's worrying about the weather. That was the one question I answered the most, and my question was the same: a wicking, long-sleeve shirt with a singlet over it. Shorts, not tights. Some throwaway clothes for standing in the corral waiting for the start. But I'm not even sure what the latest weather report is. Someone said, rain has been taken out of it. Winds less (11 mph vs. 25) than originally predicted. But cold: 35 at the start rising to 45. I don't trust weathermen in Chicago more than 24 hours out, so we'll see which way the wind is blowing at 8:00 on Sunday."
We would have liked to have stayed there longer but the traffic was awful and we needed to get home for dinner.
Here is what Hal Higdon wrote about the expo, which I found interesting. Remember, he is the old veteran runner who now coaches people, and I used his training schedule on his website to train for the Marathon on my own:
HAL HIGDON:
"What a sight it is. Imagine the impression on a first-time marathoner walking into their first Expo. Well, at least some of you will see how it feels tomorrow (meaning Saturday).
I was at the Marathon & Beyond booth from 9:00 to 5:00, except for one 20-minute break in the middle. Saw a lot of people. Shook a lot of hands. Have all 40,000 entrants trained for the marathon using my programs? Sometimes it seems that way. A lot of V-Teamers stopped by the booth to say hello, some of them saying they would be at the party, others claiming commitments.
And in another hour, I'll be heading to the Marquette Room for our party, and after that to a second party at The LaSalle Bank's executive offices. Saturday morning, we're skipping the Expo in favor of the Semi-State cross-country race at New Prairie. We should return to the Expo around 2:00, and Dana Summers, co-author of Run, Dogs, Run! will be in the booth with me.
Everybody's worrying about the weather. That was the one question I answered the most, and my question was the same: a wicking, long-sleeve shirt with a singlet over it. Shorts, not tights. Some throwaway clothes for standing in the corral waiting for the start. But I'm not even sure what the latest weather report is. Someone said, rain has been taken out of it. Winds less (11 mph vs. 25) than originally predicted. But cold: 35 at the start rising to 45. I don't trust weathermen in Chicago more than 24 hours out, so we'll see which way the wind is blowing at 8:00 on Sunday."
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