Running in Circles

My next post will be a recap of the actual race but I wanted to post about the other things we did too.

Our weekend started with an evening flight into Boston. Brice quickly figured out the metro and got us to our AirBnB. My parents were already there and had already spent the afternoon at Fenway Park. We got some dinner and a few groceries and had a night in.

Saturday Morning we went to the Convention Center and got my bib, racing packet, and toured the EXPO. There is so much running crap for a sport that says all you need is shoes and you can go! ha

We spent Saturday morning at the Finish Line, taking it all in. The whole city was all about the marathon. It was awesome. We watched the cross country one mile races. These 13-17 year olds we're running 4:00-5:30 minutes miles! 

I was happy to try Sweetgreen for my last salad before the race and then we did the walking tour of historic Boston. It was great to see the interiors of old churches and graveyards and the architecture that is so old. Next we headed up to Harvard Square for a quick walk around campus. Honestly, the day was a lot of walking but it was so nice to sit on campus and just think.

On Sunday we took a 45 minute metro/walk trip to church in Cambridge. It is where all the MIT Students attend. There were probably 150 extra members there =, all visiting for the marathon. The Bishop, Tagg Romney called it Marathon Sunday although the talks were about Easter and they were wonderful!

We ended up switching to a hotel for Sunday night, not even a quarter of a mile away from the finish line because logistically we figured out we wouldn't have enough time to get our luggage or for me to shower post race before we had to catch our flight. After getting to our hotel it was time to carbo load and we found a yummy Pizza place. My parents dinners weren't spectacular but the pizza was!

I actually fell asleep easily although I was a nervous wreck all day...

Next post- marathon day!