Crawlin Crab 5k and Whirlwind Race Weekend Part 2

Friday night we arrive in Hampton, Va. We know we have a 5k in the morning so we end up just planning on settling in at the hotel. We are given these "golden" tickets for the manager's special and breakfast for every day of our stay. Manger's special...what? Free drinks and snacks, Yes, please! One great thing about our hotel...it was literally steps to the convention center where the Expo and post race party were and also steps from the start/finish line. Awesome!!! So we headed over to the expo and picked up our packets, along with the other BB girls who would be arriving later Saturday to run the half with us!

The Expo was nice and small. Lots of cool Crabby stuff! :) After the expo, we went to the Manger's Speical! Wow...that Rum Punch was awesome...too amazing!

We then decided to call it a night after 3 rum punches because we still had to get up sorta early to, you know...run a 5k! So I got all my gear ready to go!

Since our hotel was steps from the start/finish, we stepped out of the hotel about 7:40 and strolled to the start line! The race was fun. Jane ran with me and, because it was so stinkin' humid from the rain we had over night, no one was going all out...we were seriously soaking wet by the time we finished, it was so humid! So even though the course was flat and I was recovering from a foot injury (more on that later) I clocked in at 34 minutes, not best and not my worst.

We then headed to the post race party...beer and soup! The soup was so good and because it was cool in the convention center and we were still wet from the humidity, it was actually a nice thing!

I am so happy these girls came to VA to run this race with me! It was a really fun day!