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Post Marathon Celebrations
The post marathon high is still going strong over here! I’m feeling a little bit sad that it’s over–and I’m looking for my next big goal! But right now, lets discuss the post-marathon celebrations that happened back in Richmond. The three of us hung out at the finish line for about an hour or two, stretching, etc. We decided it was time to venture over to the bag check area, which we had heard had long lines located up a hill around the corner from the finish. Honestly, walking up the hill wasn’t horrible. I thought my legs were going to feel worse than they did. The line had shortened…
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Exploring Richmond and the Race Expo
WOW. I have so much to say about the race. But I’m going to wait and tell you about Friday before I get into any marathon details. How mean is that? 😉 Anyway, Friday morning Melissa and I got up pretty early. We don’t have a car here so we were limited in what we could do. We ate breakfast at the hotel and then decided to walk down to capital square to sight see and take pictures. We walked around to where the start was supposed to be and found signs for the course. It was starting to feel VERY real. We got to the race expo at around…
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Welcome to Richmond
Well, after a LONG train ride, Melissa and I finally made it to Richmond! Our train was supposed to head out of Albany at 7:00am yesterday, but that train got cancelled because of the snow storm in NYC, so we were moved to the 6:10AM am train to Penn Station. Always pick the quiet car! Train rides are so relaxing when you’re not worried about whether or not yours will get cancelled. After a 2 hour wait at Penn, we boarded the train to Richmond, which was a long one. About 30 minutes outside of Richmond, our train got stuck behind a freight train moving super slow–which put us an…