Running to the Expo

Tomorrow is the Hot Chocolate 15K.

The race has grown in it's three year history. So much so, that this year the packet pick-up/expo was moved Running Away's Store to Union Station.

Packet pick-up was yesterday and today.

Since I don't often find myself anywhere near Union Station, I decided the best way to go there was to run. I needed to get a run in anyway, and Union Station's about two miles from work.

I headed out with a pair of running capris and long sleeve tech tee I had only my work I.D, Chicago Card and confirmation email.

I knew conditions were windy. What I wasn't expecting was hail, then rain on the 20 minute journey.

I entered Union Station and picked up Kim and my packets. As I verified our chips at chip check, a volunteer asked me why I was wet. I told her it was raining out. She paused and then said, "You ran here? From where?" So I told her where I'd come from. She then told me I was crazy.

That's ok. I think at some level we're all used to saying that.

The packets were too bulky to run back with, so I rode the [warm] bus back.

Four weeks ago it was 80 degrees, now it's 30 something. Really mother nature?