Oh - Sunday morning was COLD! I wore my winter boots - since my job involved water at the water stations, I knew from past experience that it could result in wet feet and wet feet on a cold day was NOT good news. I also wore a long sleeve shirt, a fleece jacket AND my down vest and gloves. At a couple of points in the day, I sure wished I had MORE clothes.
Some of my volunteers showed up in SHORTS!!!!!! Not even going to comment on this - best not to wonder where their parents were. And MANY of the runners were in SHORTS and SKIMPY shirts. Oh well - look out for number one - that's me!!!!
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Setting up the water station - well this was a Gatorade station |
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Tables loaded with cups of water |
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Double layers of cups |
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The calm before the storm |
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The police are coming - that means the runners are not far behind |
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The FIRST runner - he was wasting NO TIME and did not stop for water (as we knew) |
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Runner number TWO - look at those thighs |
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And then they started............ the first small bunches of runners |
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Oh oh - here they come |
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And more |
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And the street got fuller and fuller |
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And then is was CHAOS |
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The street was THIS FULL for ONE HOUR before it started to thin out............... |
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The runners were in SIX waves and there was supposed to be a few minutes between them. We only saw a break after the first wave. This guy on a bike camera was in between the first and second wave. Cool way to see the race!!! |
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Many people were dressed in costume. Saw TWO supermen, princesses, and this BLUE MAN in a morph suit. Again - I don't ask questions!!!!!!!! |
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And this is what we are left with - THOUSANDS and THOUSANDS of cups that we had to rake and shovel up |
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Loading the truck at the SECOND water station. They were VERY organized - that is because of Ron in the red jacket on the right |
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The back of his truck was VERY NEAT even with all those garbage bags piled in. |
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My truck - not so much. We were barely able to get the door shut and not have anything hang out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
At this point, I was very disappointed in the teen volunteers that I had. How many people and how long does it take to tie the top of a garbage bag and load it on the truck???? There were NO ADULTS with the one group of teens and well - I don't think ANY of them had done ANY THING at home. Again - I ask no questions, but I am sure they all went home with stories to tell their friends of the LOUD MOUTHED lady who yelled at them. Next time - I better make a YouTube Video to show them how to tie a garbage bag shut!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think Ron and I managed to sneak out around 2 o'clock which was good. I did NOT want to stay there all day sorting and cleaning up. We got our stuff organized and left.
I saw a few interesting things on the way home.................
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A Canada goose with two babies!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
And the weather - well it was the most bizarre day I have ever seen. We had cold and it warmed up SLIGHTLY. There was sun, there was wind, there was rain AND
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THERE WAS HAIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
You could see the clouds just rolling through the sky. It was bizarre.
Then I arrived home and I so tired and hungry - I didn't know what to do - eat or sleep. M suggested a small snack and then a nap. Oh - those teens (well MY teen) are SO SMART. And that is exactly what I did, although my nap lasted 3 hours!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then it took me at least a half hour to get up enough energy to get off the couch!!!!!!!!!!!!
On that note - I will finish the rest of my Mother's Day in another post.
Have a great day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ciao!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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