26.2 miles in Seattle
Inaugural Seattle Rock n' Roll Marathon, June 27, 2009
I was standing on the sidewalk at five o’clock in the morning on race day waiting for my running partner, Diane, to show up when the reality of “25,000 runners” started to sink in. The line of shuttle buses stretched out for blocks, empty buses slotting in to be filled with waiting runners as soon as a full one would rumble away. I appreciated the speed and organization of it all but was a little intimidated by the realization that I was part of a BIG EVENT ™.
Seething mass of humanity (Picture from www.rnrseattle.com)
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