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Marine Corps Marathon 2014 Race Recap
Sunday morning Meg and I got up at 5:45. Our plan was to leave the hotel by 6:30 and get on the Metro because both of our races began at 7:55am. The marathon start was located at the Pentagon metro stop and the 10K start was a bit further at the Smithsonian metro stop. We got on the crowded metro with a ton of other runners. The ride to my stop was about 15 minutes–there was so much excitement in the air! When we arrived at the Pentagon, I said my goodbyes to Meg and wished her luck on her race! Myself and the other marathon runners got off the…
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Marine Corps Marathon 2014 Part 1
Friday afternoon after class I flew to DC with my friend Meg for the Marine Corps Marathon. Meg had originally planned to run the marathon with me as her first (she got in via the lottery) but got injured over the summer and couldn’t run the full marathon, so she opted to run the 10K instead. We were ready for a fun race weekend in DC! Saturday morning after an awesome breakfast buffet at our hotel in Alexandria, we rode the metro to the race expo in DC. Our metro stop was right across from our hotel and that was magnificent. There was a huge line to get into the…
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DC Adventures Come to a Close
Finally, my D.C. adventure comes to a close! Sunday night (race day) was our last night staying in DC, so Alicia and I made the most of it! Museums, galore! There are absolutely no shortage of things to do in this city. There literally tons of museums within walking distance to each other! Saturday we got a taste of the Natural History Museum, but today we had other plans. The Newseum! A museum about news? How awesome! I studied journalism and all forms of news in college, so this was super exciting for me! There were so many awesome exhibits. I think my favorite was the G-Men and Journalistsexhibit. One…
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More Eating in DC: Post Race Farmer’s Brunch
You can’t run a 10 mile race without having brunch after, in my opinion. And when we were in DC, that’s exactly what Alicia and I did! I made reservations for Sunday at Founding Farmers based on Chris’ recommendation. He said they have a “farm to table” philosophy and they focus on getting food from local sources–so I decided to go with that. The decor inside was so cool–I can’t even really describe it. The windows made it very bright and it felt very open. We were seated right next to a big window–score! Our reservations were for 2:00pm, since those were the only time I could get them. I…
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The Cherry Blossoms