On August 9th I was up and out of the house before 5 AM. I was headed North on the 51 to the Desert Ridge Marriott for the 3 Day Expo and 10 mile training walk. I will say this event could have been better organized. The bathroom breaks were not well spaced, the hydration stations were rare and I was somewhat disappointed in the actual Expo. I realized on this training walk that the sneakers I had been so in love with were not going to work for the 60 mile walk. At about the 8 mile mark, my toes felt like they were about to fall off. Needless to say, I was off to spend another large chunk of change on a second pair of sneakers from New Balance. Jason, the Store Manager, must have made his quota just on the clothes and shoes I purchased during my 6 months of training.
Kris joined me at the Expo, and we attended the session on shoes, where I learned about second skin, moleskin and blister treatments. I wish they had a separate session on packing as it was out on the Expo floor and really was not the best set up for a demonstration. They also could have used some vendors selling camping gear but it was mostly the same vendors I have seen before. I was able to get a few shirts but the deals were not much better than the sales at the stores.
The day did bring many laughs from our team captain and her race to the rest room from mile 8.
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