southern hospitality

ahhhh, richmond. capital of the south. land of southern hospitality.  and, according to my free cup with post-race beer, home of america's friendliest marathon.

a liar, i am not.  merica's friendliest marathon, ladies and gents.. 

this past weekend many displaced marathoners form the cancelled nyc marathon made their way down 95 S in order to put their hard work and training to use in rva.  apparently sports backers forgot their own motto and said runners had to pony up high-dollar, last minute race entry prices. now, i'm not saying it should have been free to come down and run.  nor do i claim to have any idea how NYRR is planning to compensate the runners, if at all.  i can't help but wonder: would it really have hurt to offer a discounted entry fee? apparently it would have and sports backers capitalized on the misfortune of hurricane sandy.  how's that for southern hospitality? 

okay, so the good ol' folks at sports backers didn't get the - hey we just got rocked by a hurricane and can't run this immensely important race we've been training our assess off for - memo, but a few other companies did. the fresh market, superstar pizza & carytown cupcakes graciously provided a pre-race, carb loading dinner  (organized and hosted by the lovely katherine - which you can read more about here) for the NYC marathoners.  what's that you say? oooohhhhhh, christine you only ran the 8k. yes, i'm well aware of that. remember - baby steps. 

dear friends + me with one squinty eye. awesome.

baby steps.  i will conquer a marathon in 2013. but for now it's nice to rediscover my stride & share post-race libations with my dear friends.