Boston!!!

Instead of annoying the very few followers/friends I have left on Facebook I decided to vent everything onto my poor abandoned blog.

This is probably one of the most exciting weekends of my life. I'm running the Boston Marathon, the oldest annual marathon in the world. I am SUPER thrilled to be running it, just for the experience alone. Never have I been in an event that an entire large city was excited about. It's all over the news, all over everything!

Aside from getting over a minor illness (fever, feeling of being cold but not really chills, achy body, fatigue), and a minor hip problem, I think I should be ok. Haha, we'll see. I'm kind of just winging it. At least I have a friend that I've been hanging out with, and who graciously let me stay with him at his hotels. We went to the expo on Saturday, and had a pre-pre-race day carb loading session at Buca Di Beppo's which in case you don't know, is a family style italian restaurant with ginormous portions. The expo was pretty awesome, the best I've ever been to. Lots of free samples, and nice tech tee's and then I had to buy the official Boston 2011 jacket. It's pretty nice, and everyone is walking around in them in Boston. It's easy to spot a marathoner, that's for sure.

I'm actually really enjoying my little trip. It's been pretty fun wandering around a totally new city. I have had LOTS of delicious food and have gotten a bit of shopping in. ;)

I have to say, I'm pretty nervous. I haven't exercised in a week, and I have been getting over my sickness and my hip still hurts. However I think the adrenaline will take over once I see the crowds of people. It is so exciting, and such a great experience to be in the middle of it all. The race will be on tv, and apparently the crowds are never ending. How cool is that? 26 miles of cheering...

So even if I am crawling to the finish I am already really glad that I bit the bullet and came out here. Big Thanks to Kevin & Jin for giving me that final push that I needed when I was so ready to back out of the race. :)

I'm just chilling out in my hotel room. I ordered some pasta in because I had a huge headache and wanted to just relax. I have to say...this is pretty awesome. I forgot how much I love staying in hotels. It's kind of weird, I know.

I will update you later this week!!! So much going on! I get back tuesday and Wednesday and Thursday I am going to be packing, and hopefully all moved by the weekend! Yikes!

Wish me luck!