Here's a picture and video of me walking into "Corral 7" with 1,000 of my new friends, and a video of the start for our group...
My biggest concern was the heat and humidity (Especially coming from Arizona, the land of dry heat). But we started running to early, and the weather was so nice, the race itself was half as hard as the training runs I'd one back home! (On my training runs, I'd run out of water half way, and the heat was brutal. At the Rock and Roll, it seemed like every ten feet someone was handing you water, and because you were running through downtown Chicago, the buildings are so tall, I was in the shade almost the whole time!
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Dr. Trent Rocks Chicago! (And finishes the 1/2 Marathon!
Thanks to all those who prayed and supported me as I ran the Chicago Rock & Roll 1/2 Marathon this past Sunday, August 2nd! What follows is a blow by blow account -- with an invitation at the end for you to come and join me and Rock Arizona on January 17th at the Rock & Roll 1/2 Marathon in Phoenix!
Hi, StrongFamilies Friends!
Race Preparation!
It all started with an early morning plane flight from LAX to Chicago (Cindy and I had been speaking at Forest Home in California, so she fly home to Phoenix and I headed to the Windy City. I stepped off the plane, ran to the rental car desk, and then raced over to "check in" at a convention center near downtown. You can't run if you don't have your "race bib" (the race number you run with)and you have to check in before 5:00pm the day before race day. I made it with all of 45 minutes to spare!
I went to my hotel, about a mile from the start, and here's a picture of the race crew setting up the starting line!
That night, I went to Gino's East for a "carb" (and calorie load) deep dish Chicago pizza! The next morning, at 4:00am, here's what the view looked like from my room.
4:00am is actually 2:00am Pacific time (in Arizona and California where I was coming from) so it was an early start! If you haven't been in a marathon or 1/2 marathon like the Rock & Roll -- you're not alone! In fact, here I am going into my "corral." What that means is that the really good runners get in "Corral 1." And it goes down from there. In all but the first corral, there are roughly 1,000 people! They do this so that they can do what's called a "staggered" start, so you don't bunch up at the starting line. Here too is a video of the start! In the next "post" I'll continue to walk you through the run and post the picture and video of the start!
Hi, StrongFamilies Friends!
Race Preparation!
It all started with an early morning plane flight from LAX to Chicago (Cindy and I had been speaking at Forest Home in California, so she fly home to Phoenix and I headed to the Windy City. I stepped off the plane, ran to the rental car desk, and then raced over to "check in" at a convention center near downtown. You can't run if you don't have your "race bib" (the race number you run with)and you have to check in before 5:00pm the day before race day. I made it with all of 45 minutes to spare!
I went to my hotel, about a mile from the start, and here's a picture of the race crew setting up the starting line!
That night, I went to Gino's East for a "carb" (and calorie load) deep dish Chicago pizza! The next morning, at 4:00am, here's what the view looked like from my room.
4:00am is actually 2:00am Pacific time (in Arizona and California where I was coming from) so it was an early start! If you haven't been in a marathon or 1/2 marathon like the Rock & Roll -- you're not alone! In fact, here I am going into my "corral." What that means is that the really good runners get in "Corral 1." And it goes down from there. In all but the first corral, there are roughly 1,000 people! They do this so that they can do what's called a "staggered" start, so you don't bunch up at the starting line. Here too is a video of the start! In the next "post" I'll continue to walk you through the run and post the picture and video of the start!
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