Saturday, March 29, 3:44 am: I wake up 1 minute before the alarm. Get out of bed. Get ready.
4:00 am: My Lovely Wife wakes up. Gets ready.
4:35 am: We leave the house with all of our stuff. We had gotten everything out the night before. I had already pinned my bib to my house, so I'm crinkling around a little bit (when a stiff piece of paper is pinned to your clothes, you tend to crinkle a little bit).
4:40 am: We arrive at 7-11 to buy 4 bottles of water (although we had already purchased Gatorade in the days before, we forgot to buy water). Since our water belts tend to leak a bit, we didn't want to pre-fill them. It was easier to bring water with us and fill our belts once we got there.
4:59 am: We arrive at the metro station. We had already purchased fare tickets the day before, so we quickly go through the gates.
5:03 am: The first train leaves the station. We are on it (whew!)
5:50 am: We arrive at the RFK stadium metro stop. We realize just how cold and windy it is!
6:00 am: We arrive at the Reston Runners tent at the National Marathon. Since Reston Runners helps sponsor the event, they get their own tent (yay!)
Between 6:00 - 6:40 am: We stand around in the cold, slowly getting colder and colder. Our feet are getting quite numb. Of course, we find the facilities during this time.
6:40 am: I take off my sweats. Now I'm really cold, in shorts and two technical shirts (one short sleeve). The thing about technical shirts -- they don't retain any heat (usually that's a good thing).
6:43 am: We meander down to the start line. It's only about 50 yards away. We found corral #7, which is towards the end of the start.
7:00 am: Start of the race.
7:04 am: We cross the starting mats and begin running!
Next up: Part 2 - The Race!
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