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Turkey Trot

11/26/2015

Footworks hosted its annual Turkey Trot. The first thing to be thankful for: I actually showed up on time this year.

We got simple instructions: Turn at the Whataburger. Do NOT stop at Whataburger.

I always hope to run the longest distance, but I'm slow and the unofficial race has a wrap-up time. I got to finish five miles.

But more importantly, I felt I earned my Thanksgiving meal.

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This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things

11/20/2015

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I ran in the first South Padre Island Marathon. It was a long work and school week. I didn't get much sleep. So when I thought something was off about the race, I figured I was just tired.

That was until I spoke to a few other participants. "Did you guys notice there were only two mile markers," I asked. There had been promotion about selfie stations at each mile. I thought I saw one.

A mile away from the finish line, a marathon runner ran next to me and gestured for some water. Literally, gestured. He couldn't talk. I gave him some water and part of a Cliff bar.

Overall, it was good event. (I was too exhausted to really take it all in.) It's just something felt off. A few days later, participants got an email from the race director, which explained it.

"We had two water stations stolen (tents, tables, chairs, cups, etc) during the night as well as loads of toilet paper taken from the porta-potties (if you come across a yard sale with 23 tables, 10,000+ cups and enough toilet paper to cover fraternity row, let us know!).

Regrettably, our staff was frantically trying to replace water stations in the early hours of the morning and were unable to get most of the mileage markers out on the half-marathon (hope you wore your Garmin)."

Tim Scrivner, South Padre Marathon Race Director

So that happened.

I have touched on this subject before. TNT dropped off water containers along the route before the run. Guess how that ended up.

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The Line is Always Shorter on the Other Side

11/18/2015

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At the South Padre Island Marathon, I saw people waiting up to 30 minutes for the Port-A-Potties.

It reminded me of the lines I first saw at the San Antonio Rock 'N' Roll Marathon. But like the SA RNR, I knew there were other restrooms.

I walked a block over and saw another row of Port-A-Potties with three people waiting in there. There weren't any real lines. We were just waiting to see which of the more than a dozen restrooms would be available first.

I'm still not sure how everyone else didn't see this. You have to drive by both sets of restrooms when heading to the parking area.

So, just a heads up to any marathon/half-marathon participants... look around. There may be a shorter line for restrooms.

(And now with this post, I can better explain to people why I was taking photos of the restroom lines.)

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Turkey Trot

This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things

The Line is Always Shorter on the Other Side

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