Run, Baby, Run, Baby, Run!
If there's one thing Seattlest is sure of, it's that walking around in all this rain and cold sucks. That's why we'll be staying inside, thank you very much, until after tax day next year. But there are those of you who haven't got the sense God gave a tiny-headed grub beetle. Lots of you. Somebody keeps REI afloat after all.
You'll be running in the Seattle Marathon this Sunday. There you'll be, on 5th between Harrison and Mercer, at 8:15 Sunday morning, feeling like a pathetic dupe, draped in some kind of miracle fabric, about to run 26.2 miles with absolutely no warning message to bring to a vulnerable Greek city. It's head-scratchingly bizarre, but there you go.
There's also a Health and Fitness Expo at the Westin today (until 8pm) and Saturday (11am-7pm). That's where you'll find all your miracle fabrics, if you're running short.
Previous exhibitors at the popular show have included companies interested in fitness, leisure clothing, accessories, running and walking footwear, health food and beverages (snacks, water, sports beverages and energy supplements). Companies representing watches, jewelry, airlines, rental cars, fitness equipment (including bicycles), local and regional running clubs, marathons, running/walking events, sports medicine andd fitness programs (including health and body screening checks, chiropractic clinics and podiatrists) will be exhibiting.
We mention all this by way of a lead-in to our reminder that of course the Ghost of Seattle Marathon takes place this Saturday. This is what's known, paradoxically, as a "fun run" even though you can still end up running 26.2 miles. That's fun like when we had appendicitis. This one starts from tiny Mt. Baker park near (not at) Seward Park at 8am. We'll think of you as we roll over, half-asleep, and squint an eye at the gray rain-squally day outside.
