Welcome to Texarkana
It's almost 7 p.m. and Waverly and I are here in Texarkana for tomorrow's Run The Half Marathon. We didn't really run into any bad weather driving up here; however, the area is supposed to get some pretty good rains through the night.
Hopefully they won't have to invoke the "Chicago clause"! This is from the Texarkana Gazette newspaper this week: "The marathon will be run if there is light rain and may be delayed by heavy rain. In the event of inclement weather, it will be canceled, and registration fees are nonrefundable." Thank goodness I haven't registered yet and am here on reward travel.
The event description is as follows: "The course will run through both cities of Texarkana and a portion of the reace will actually be on the Arkansas-Texas Stateline--hence the name Run the Line. The course is pretty flat and will go through two city parks and on city streets with traffic blocked off. Proceeds from the race will go to the Partnership for the Pathway, which is a non-profit, all-volunteer organization working to build a safe walking, running, and bikiing trail system in the Texarkana area."
We'll see how things go. I was going to get out and run a 5K today somewhere (and maybe have gone to hung out at the Austin Marathon Expo), but I was pretty beat and slept until around 11 a.m.
I've hit the elliptical machine every day for an hour since last Thursday except for Saturday (when I did Run The Woodlands), Monday (which was a travel day out to California) and today.
The temperature is supposed to be 44 degrees at the start of the race and not get any higher than 50 -- my type of running weather. My goal is to beat the 2:15 that I ran at 3M just three weeks ago.
Evening Update: This sad note about one of my all-time favorite movies, "Smokey And The Bandit" -- (According to wikipedia) The movie was filmed primarily in Georgia in the cities of McDonough and Jonesboro. The scenes in Texarkana were filmed in Jonesboro and the surrounding area, and many of the chase scenes were filmed in the surrounding areas and in McDonough. Nonetheless, I'll run a little bit of the course tomorrow with the following lyrics in my head (no iPod for me - old school here):
East bound and down,
loaded up and truckin',
we're gonna do what they say can't be done.
We've got a long way to go
and a short time to get there.
I'm east bound, just watch ol' "Bandit" run.
Keep your foot hard on the pedal.
Son, never mind them brakes.
Let it all hang out 'cause we got a run to make.
The boys are thirsty in Atlanta
and there's beer in Texarcana.
And we'll bring it back no matter what it takes.
Hopefully they won't have to invoke the "Chicago clause"! This is from the Texarkana Gazette newspaper this week: "The marathon will be run if there is light rain and may be delayed by heavy rain. In the event of inclement weather, it will be canceled, and registration fees are nonrefundable." Thank goodness I haven't registered yet and am here on reward travel.
The event description is as follows: "The course will run through both cities of Texarkana and a portion of the reace will actually be on the Arkansas-Texas Stateline--hence the name Run the Line. The course is pretty flat and will go through two city parks and on city streets with traffic blocked off. Proceeds from the race will go to the Partnership for the Pathway, which is a non-profit, all-volunteer organization working to build a safe walking, running, and bikiing trail system in the Texarkana area."
We'll see how things go. I was going to get out and run a 5K today somewhere (and maybe have gone to hung out at the Austin Marathon Expo), but I was pretty beat and slept until around 11 a.m.
I've hit the elliptical machine every day for an hour since last Thursday except for Saturday (when I did Run The Woodlands), Monday (which was a travel day out to California) and today.
The temperature is supposed to be 44 degrees at the start of the race and not get any higher than 50 -- my type of running weather. My goal is to beat the 2:15 that I ran at 3M just three weeks ago.
Evening Update: This sad note about one of my all-time favorite movies, "Smokey And The Bandit" -- (According to wikipedia) The movie was filmed primarily in Georgia in the cities of McDonough and Jonesboro. The scenes in Texarkana were filmed in Jonesboro and the surrounding area, and many of the chase scenes were filmed in the surrounding areas and in McDonough. Nonetheless, I'll run a little bit of the course tomorrow with the following lyrics in my head (no iPod for me - old school here):
East bound and down,
loaded up and truckin',
we're gonna do what they say can't be done.
We've got a long way to go
and a short time to get there.
I'm east bound, just watch ol' "Bandit" run.
Keep your foot hard on the pedal.
Son, never mind them brakes.
Let it all hang out 'cause we got a run to make.
The boys are thirsty in Atlanta
and there's beer in Texarcana.
And we'll bring it back no matter what it takes.
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