Had a great swim today – my last “workout” before the Chilly Half Marathon on Sunday!
Picking up bibs this afternoon. Ever since Greg started running the Chilly Half Marathon in 2011, I’ve gone to pick up his bib and bibs for anyone at his work also running the race. The pick-up is 4-7 p.m. the next town over, and kind of tough to get to during working hours. So I go with the kids and pick them up for everyone.
One thing I love about races is that it brings you together with your running community, and this annual tradition of picking up the bibs is another fun part of that. It feels good to help in some small way, and it means they’re talking about the race at work because Greg needs to compile the list of names of bibs for me to pick up.
When I picked up bibs in 2011, I was pregnant with a one year old in tow, and wasn’t a runner at all.
When I picked up bibs in 2012, I had just run my first 5k that September and felt in total awe of all these half marathon runners.
In 2013, 2014, 2015 and now 2016, I’ve picked up my own bib and run the race with everyone else.
It’s the best feeling to go from picking up everyone else’s bibs to adding yours to the top of the stack year after year.
Thank you so much for your encouragement and kind words on this journey – I’m thrilled to be running this again on Sunday for the fourth year in a row 🙂
Good luck! Good for you for picking up the bibs!
Good luck from me too! Have fun!!!