I like Saturday races so much better!!! Brian and I left early on 09/26/2014; we were on the road before 6 and headed on what was to be about a 10 hour drive. We had no trouble with the drive. We are in the 4th of the Outlander books and it really helps the journey to have a story to follow. I had a cold for the whole week prior so I couldn’t read for long, would have to rest my voice and then start up again. As we have in the past several races I packed a good cooler full of food and we stopped only for fuel and potty breaks. We were in Jonesboro, Arkansas by 4 and picked up my race packet and headed to the hotel just across the highway from the start. Our hotel looked pretty nice, b
So this race is a Sunday race. I don’t love Sunday races, because I enjoy running on Saturday and having that evening to relax and sightsee without worrying about my diet and my feet and my nerves and whatever else I worry about. But…it just worked out that way...so we had to make due. Brian got home from work at about 7 and we pulled out of the driveway at 7:40pm intending to get to Onalaska, Wisconsin for the night. I had seen a hotel online there and that was roughly the halfway point so off we went. We ate along the way from the cooler and got to Onalaska before 10pm, I was so wired I had a hard time getting to sleep, but finally did at about midnight. I got up around 6:30am and Br
