I had an absoultely fabulous weekend!
FRIDAY:
One of my BFF's and I headed down to the Marathon expo to get our race packets. Detroit was my 6th marathon, it was the 3rd half-marathon for Big Red (BR). We had to walk through a maze to get to the packets which were all the way at the back of the expo. We got our packets & shirts without any flaws. On the way out I stopped at one of the vendors and picked up a hunter-orange running shirt to wear on my next marathon, since it's required. After the expo we decided to hop on the people mover and head over to Greektown for dinner.
We went to the New Parthanon restaurant. It was delish! We shared an order of saganki, then we each got Greek Salads. We decided that we need to chase our dinner down with a sweet so we stopped next door at Astoria bakery and got some treats.
We finished the night off with a trip to our favorite Detroit bar, The Baltimore. We said hello to some of our friends there, had one drink then we were off to call it a night. I was home by 11pm!
When I saw that the Chicago Marathon was on 10/10/10, I knew that I had to make it my 10th marathon. See #10 is my favorite number. It all started when I was little and played soccer. What soccer player in the early 80's didn't love Pele!?! Now I just need to figure out marathon #9 between now and October. 
Last week I decided to order a running jacket from the Detroit Marathon. I really like their gear at the expo but didn't want to buy anything until after the race, ya know, just in case I didn't want to remember it. I very rarely buy race gear since you almost always get a shirt to remember the race. Gear is on sale now so I decided to go for. It got delivered to my parents house last night and I picked it up this morning. I love it! They also were nice enough to throw in a camelbak water bottle too!
My three marathons in 85 days has gotten me something....I qualified for bronze membership with the Marathon Maniacs. I am now member #2184. One of my running buddies is already plotting on how I can up my bronze status. I think I'm just going to enjoy it right now. The next race on my schedule isn't until April when I run the Country Music 1/2 Marathon. Although, I can't stop thinking that I should run the full & not the half. My original goal was to get faster this year and focus on half marathons. After running the Goofy Challenge, I'm so tempted to run further rather than faster. Any thoughts on speed vs. distance?
