Getting Stoked About West Virginia!
And I've not been drinking any of the "Alcohol" noted in the chart-topping song from native West Virginian and superstar country artist Brad Paisley.
I will be flying into Cleveland, Ohio late Friday night with my 10-year-old daughter, Waverly, and driving straight to Parkersburg, West Virginia for Saturday's News and Sentinel Half Marathon. The event also doubles as the RRCA (Road Running Clubs of America) National Championship.
Saturday's event will be my 18th half marathon (and 7th this year) since November 1, 2003. It will also be the 16th state (counting DC instead of VA) that I've run an event in and the 10th state to run a half marathon in. It will move me in a 5-way tie for third in the standings with half2run.com.
Even more exciting is that I'll be running in the hometown of fellow blogger, Cassie Cowan. She was scheduled to run this event after finishing her first marathon ever this past June in the Rock 'N Roll San Diego Marathon. However, an IT band injury will relegate her to volunteering duties at her hometown race.
Cassie noted in an e-mail yesterday that, "Parkersburg is my hometown. I was born and raised there until I moved to Houston 4 years ago. It's a tiny, probably rather stereotypical West Virginia town. The race has been pretty good in the past though. I've been volunteering for it since I was a kid. Until he retired 2 years ago, my dad was the town's only motorcycle cop. So for basically my whole childhood, he was the race leader." What a gig!
When Waverly travels with me to a race, we usually go through a number of protocols to do as much as possible to ensure her safety while I run. (And there are some races and events that I just won't take her to because of the number of people.) She always has my cell phone. We go through and identify where the race officials are as well as the local law enforcement officials. She has explicit instructions to stay at the finish line area.
This race though, Waverly will probably be volunteering wherever Cassie is so that takes a big worry off of my shoulder and they are both red heads so they should get along just fine! (Waverly will ultimately be embarrassed a little bit that Cassie will know more about her from this blog than she'll realize.)
After the race, we'll be headed to central Pennsylvania to visit my grandparents, Wilbur F. and Pearl Walk, Jr., who live in Tipton (Tyrone). We'll attend an Altoona Curve game with them Saturday night. (One of the best AA ballparks in baseball is the Blair County Ballpark where they play.) Then on Sunday at about noon, we'll hop in the car and drive back to Cleveland to fly home on Continental.
Long, busy, but fun weekend with my daughter!
I will be flying into Cleveland, Ohio late Friday night with my 10-year-old daughter, Waverly, and driving straight to Parkersburg, West Virginia for Saturday's News and Sentinel Half Marathon. The event also doubles as the RRCA (Road Running Clubs of America) National Championship.
Saturday's event will be my 18th half marathon (and 7th this year) since November 1, 2003. It will also be the 16th state (counting DC instead of VA) that I've run an event in and the 10th state to run a half marathon in. It will move me in a 5-way tie for third in the standings with half2run.com.
Even more exciting is that I'll be running in the hometown of fellow blogger, Cassie Cowan. She was scheduled to run this event after finishing her first marathon ever this past June in the Rock 'N Roll San Diego Marathon. However, an IT band injury will relegate her to volunteering duties at her hometown race.
Cassie noted in an e-mail yesterday that, "Parkersburg is my hometown. I was born and raised there until I moved to Houston 4 years ago. It's a tiny, probably rather stereotypical West Virginia town. The race has been pretty good in the past though. I've been volunteering for it since I was a kid. Until he retired 2 years ago, my dad was the town's only motorcycle cop. So for basically my whole childhood, he was the race leader." What a gig!
When Waverly travels with me to a race, we usually go through a number of protocols to do as much as possible to ensure her safety while I run. (And there are some races and events that I just won't take her to because of the number of people.) She always has my cell phone. We go through and identify where the race officials are as well as the local law enforcement officials. She has explicit instructions to stay at the finish line area.
This race though, Waverly will probably be volunteering wherever Cassie is so that takes a big worry off of my shoulder and they are both red heads so they should get along just fine! (Waverly will ultimately be embarrassed a little bit that Cassie will know more about her from this blog than she'll realize.)
After the race, we'll be headed to central Pennsylvania to visit my grandparents, Wilbur F. and Pearl Walk, Jr., who live in Tipton (Tyrone). We'll attend an Altoona Curve game with them Saturday night. (One of the best AA ballparks in baseball is the Blair County Ballpark where they play.) Then on Sunday at about noon, we'll hop in the car and drive back to Cleveland to fly home on Continental.
Long, busy, but fun weekend with my daughter!
posted by WalkSports.com | 10:13 AM
2 Comments:
Have a safe trip, Jon and Waverly. Run well.
Sounds like a lot of fun! Have a good run!
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