The days leading up to my first half marathon were filled with nervous excitement and anticipation. The night before the race I headed to Indianapolis for the Indy Mini Expo. After reading numerous recaps over the last year and a half of various expos across the country, I was excited to finally get the chance to check it out. Once I walked into the expo, all my nerves dropped away, and all I felt was excitement!
Full of excitement for my first race expo!
My brother and I had a great time walking around the expo for a little over an hour. I picked up my race packet and then checked out all the booths. I didn’t end up getting anything, but definitely enjoyed seeing all the running items. I wish now I had gotten a 13.1 magnet for my car, but for some reason I felt a little weird getting it before I ran the race.
After the expo we headed off to the hotel. Once there I immediately starting setting everything out for race day! I skimmed through the race info provided in the packet (always important), and looked at the location for my corral.
I wanted to check out the shirt for the race, but given that it was hot and humid, I knew I would NOT be wearing long sleeves during the race! The shirt is pretty comfortable, and will be perfect for cool fall and spring runs!
I wanted to make sure I had my race outfit ready to go, and my bib pinned on in the position I wanted the night before so I wouldn’t have to fiddle with it the morning of the race.
I have to say that I was so excited the night before the race that I slept maybe 2 hours at most. I mostly tossed and turned due to excitement, and when I got the wake up call at 5 am, I jumped up ready to run my race:)
Having everything set out and ready to go the night before definitely helped decrease my stress the morning of the race, and I definitely will go into the next race prepared as well!
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The expo looks like a blast! I’m starting to feel really stressed and anxious about the five mile run I’m doing on Memorial Day, and nothing I’ve done so far is helping calm the nerves. Did you have anything other than the expo that helped you with the anxiety?