This morning, before driving up to Philadelphia, I ran down to Lake Montebello Park and took a lap around the park’s lake then I jogged over to Clifton Park before heading back to my sister’s house. The total mileage of this run was an even 4.0 miles at an easy pace. My left foot was actually a little sorer than yesterday; therefore, I’m just hoping the adrenaline of the marathon will make everything feel better.
When we arrived in Philadelphia, I went out for a short 0.5-mile jog from the hotel over to the Philadelphia Convention Center for the marathon expo. The pre-race expo is always one of the highlights of every race weekend due to picking-up the free t-shirt, checking out all the new gear, and meeting all the other runners. At the Philly expo, we received some neat long-sleeve t-shirts (also, some pretty sharp looking running gloves), stockpiled a bunch of freebies since the vendors were closing up their displays at the expo’s end, and talking to a number of other out-of-town runners.
Finally, my non-running workout consisted of 200 sit-ups and 30 push-ups. | 