so ladies and gentalmen, as i signed up for this race i had the song Hot choclate from Polar express stuck in my head.. , and so just pitcure that .. for a moment as you read my report!!! lol.,
Friday feb13-
the family and i hit the road about 11ish bound for the music city ( which i love , bc it so much to do)
but we arrived at 12 ish or so., we checked into our hotel ., which was a block up from bridgestone arena.
after checking in and geting everything ready , the adventure begins .. trying to find the packet pick up!
I knew where it was , it was just finding the right streets to walk . , after much confussion , we found it .. and it was located at Munsipal auditourm , at the back entrance where the musican hall of fame is.. , its small , but very neat. so we walk in i get in line to get my packet .. that was easy. got my bib , and off to get my hoodie and bag.. , and yes i said hoodie . i will post pics when we get them up ... , but the hoodie is quite nice and warm... and so we walked around got my pic taken with gumbo . the jvc mascot.. did some shopping, bought me a benie , and a long sleeve running shirt, it says choclate made me do it.. and then we tasted the choclate treats.. then we decided to leave and go get some food.. , but as we left the expo we tried to find the race start... , since this was my first time doing this event.. . so we did some what find it .. but then we gave up and went for food , of Course .. we made three stops ... before making our mind up . but we Ended up eating at Pucketts nashville , which was right down from our hotel ... and this would be trip one of many more on that later.. I had a sandwich , but I regreated it later that night , seeing we had to get up at 4, to be at the start by 6. after diiner we headed back to the room . for a early start the next cold morning!.. --- Next installment : brutal cold , hills and a minor injury!
Friday feb13-
the family and i hit the road about 11ish bound for the music city ( which i love , bc it so much to do)
but we arrived at 12 ish or so., we checked into our hotel ., which was a block up from bridgestone arena.
after checking in and geting everything ready , the adventure begins .. trying to find the packet pick up!
I knew where it was , it was just finding the right streets to walk . , after much confussion , we found it .. and it was located at Munsipal auditourm , at the back entrance where the musican hall of fame is.. , its small , but very neat. so we walk in i get in line to get my packet .. that was easy. got my bib , and off to get my hoodie and bag.. , and yes i said hoodie . i will post pics when we get them up ... , but the hoodie is quite nice and warm... and so we walked around got my pic taken with gumbo . the jvc mascot.. did some shopping, bought me a benie , and a long sleeve running shirt, it says choclate made me do it.. and then we tasted the choclate treats.. then we decided to leave and go get some food.. , but as we left the expo we tried to find the race start... , since this was my first time doing this event.. . so we did some what find it .. but then we gave up and went for food , of Course .. we made three stops ... before making our mind up . but we Ended up eating at Pucketts nashville , which was right down from our hotel ... and this would be trip one of many more on that later.. I had a sandwich , but I regreated it later that night , seeing we had to get up at 4, to be at the start by 6. after diiner we headed back to the room . for a early start the next cold morning!.. --- Next installment : brutal cold , hills and a minor injury!
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