Pre-race activities...check!

Today was probably the most ideal pre-race day that a runner could have. We slept in late without an alarm and woke up feeling refreshed. Chad needed to run a couple of miles to shake out the legs, so I dropped him off 2 miles from the race finish line and he ran the course in to test the legs. Everything seemed to be feeling okay, and we got some breakfast.

We checked in with Charles and Bruce and made plans to meet them for the day. After getting cleaned up, we went to the expo and did the tour. Chad is officially an 'Elite runner' at this marathon. His bib number is #296, which qualified him to go to the special table to check in. Very cool...we told him we felt very priviliged to hang with him today.

Charles and Bruce met us at the expo and we all took off together to drive the course again. The weather at the start line looked like it was about to turn, so we started to get excited. A cold front is settling into the area today.

We had a big pasta lunch (at the Pasta Factory again) and rested an hour or so before going to the movies. We decided to see The Kingdom. It wasn't what you would call a 'heartwarming family film', but it was a good movie. It definitely got the mind off of the race temporarily. After the movie, we went to dinner (at the Pasta Factory for the third time) and ate our last pasta dinner for the next month or so.

Chad is getting cleaned up and ready for tomorrow. This was the first thing that he did tonight to prepare...