Army Ten Miler Volunteer

On Friday October 10th I had the opportunity to volunteer for the 30th Anniversary of the Army Ten Miler here in DC. My friend Stephanie and I were helping with t-shirts distribution. All I can say is WOW...these people have it figured out! They were getting people in and out of those lines quick! People who were picking up team packets of 20 people were commenting on how easy it was and had planned on being gone from work for hours...but we had them in out in minutes!! I loved volunteering and plan on doing it again next year!

Stephanie and I at the Expo

The day of the race my husband was running so I was taking the kids downtown to watch him! I got the kids up at 6am and we were on the metro by 7am. I had planned on seeing my husband at the 4/5 mile mark. He is always in the first wave of runners so we had to hurry. We rode the metro downtown and started our walk to our spot. We were able to see the Wounded Warriors and the elite athletes run. Then the mass of the first wave. We were lucky enough to see my husband at the 2 mile mark and he threw his jacket to me...we then saw a break in the waves and ran across the road to the 4/5 mile mark. We spotted my husband again! Yay!

My husband in blue with yellow bib. 

We hung around for a bit to cheer and people watch. I am always so amazing at the people who this race! Amazing!

 It's Captain America!

I have seen barefoot runners but never sandal runners!

I hung around a bit longer and was hoping to spot Jackie and her husband Kevin and I was also on the look out for a few other Kansas friends! I spotted Jackie's husband first and yelled for him but he was in the zone! I looked and looked for Jackie and could not find her...right when I was yelling for a gal decked out in Royals gear a runner came up behind me and yelled "I am so glad I found you!" Aahhhhh it was Jackie!!! Yay! I never did see any other runners I knew. There were so many people it was amazing!

Yay! Super Cute Jackie! So happy I saw her!

I really enjoyed watching all the runners and supporting my husband and friends but I do admit I was a tad jealous! I wanted to be running! :)

Later that night Chris and I met up with Jackie and Kevin and some of their other friends in town for ATM and we had dinner at Elephant and Castle. It was a fun day and it was so nice to catch up with great friends and meet new friends!