Today, we got up early and headed to Darling Harbor for the Cancer Council's City Mile Dash, where we volunteered until 2:15. I started at the entrance, where we greeted runners and directed them to the registration tent. We met some interesting people - a bus driver who we talked to for a while and liked until he made some racist comments, a woman who was biking with her son, who said they'd come back if her son was awake from his nap in time, and a man who had a really cuddly and friendly dog, who passed by twice. The event itself was pretty big, but a bit of a mess. Everyone seemed to be in charge of everything, but no one seemed to tell us the same thing, so we were pretty lost as to what to actually do. During the actual event, I was stationed at the start line with Marissa. We had to keep everyone in straight lines of approximately ten, but that proved a bit harder than you would think. The whistle went off every ten seconds, and the runners were never told exactly what to do before approaching the start line. So they stepped on the mat, which started their individual timer before they actually started running. And they didn't stay in the groups that the man ahead of us was ushering them into. The race only lasted 45 minutes or so by the time everyone crossed. There were kids, celebs, groups dressed in costumes, a bootcamp group, an amputee who raced in a handbike, all sorts of people! At our Cancer Council talk, they were saying that businessmen raced in their suits, but I didn't see anyone wearing one. Fairly disappointing..
After the race, we picked up some shirts and goodie bags and snacks, and then Kate, Lianne, and I headed to the more central part of Darling Harbor. On the way, we passed a couple who was wondering where we got the tote bags, and asked about the City Mile Dash. We told them about the event and how we are students from Boston (they sounded British), and how we were just volunteers and didn't actually race. The woman told us to never say that we were just anything. We were GREAT volunteers! She was so sweet! We continued on and walked through an absolutely precious park/promenade with junglegyms and a lot of families. We made our way to Paddy's, where Kate and I each bought a duffle bag to carry home the things we bought! Lianne also bought a really cute dress! This time around, we were prepared for what Paddy's actually was, so we weren't as taken aback as we were last time!
When we got back to the apartment, I realized just how tired I was! I sat down for a while, and when I got up, my legs were shaking! I hadn't sat at all from about 9:15 to 4 or so, and a lot of that time was spent jumping up and down, cheering for people at the race!
Tonight, we're going out with Sarah, because she hasn't had a "night out" yet. I don't really want to go, but feel that it's my duty as a suitemate. The rest of the apartment's going, and so is Kate. I'm really full, and I've already had a lot of water, so if I can get away with buying/consuming absolutely nothing, I'll be happy.
After the race, we picked up some shirts and goodie bags and snacks, and then Kate, Lianne, and I headed to the more central part of Darling Harbor. On the way, we passed a couple who was wondering where we got the tote bags, and asked about the City Mile Dash. We told them about the event and how we are students from Boston (they sounded British), and how we were just volunteers and didn't actually race. The woman told us to never say that we were just anything. We were GREAT volunteers! She was so sweet! We continued on and walked through an absolutely precious park/promenade with junglegyms and a lot of families. We made our way to Paddy's, where Kate and I each bought a duffle bag to carry home the things we bought! Lianne also bought a really cute dress! This time around, we were prepared for what Paddy's actually was, so we weren't as taken aback as we were last time!
When we got back to the apartment, I realized just how tired I was! I sat down for a while, and when I got up, my legs were shaking! I hadn't sat at all from about 9:15 to 4 or so, and a lot of that time was spent jumping up and down, cheering for people at the race!
Tonight, we're going out with Sarah, because she hasn't had a "night out" yet. I don't really want to go, but feel that it's my duty as a suitemate. The rest of the apartment's going, and so is Kate. I'm really full, and I've already had a lot of water, so if I can get away with buying/consuming absolutely nothing, I'll be happy.
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