Re: How far have you travelled for a race?
To quote from last year's race report:
"The PBJ family (Mr. & Mrs. PBJ and the 3 PBJ offspring) boarded the minivan on Friday at 5:30 am for a scenic 11+ hour ride to Chagrin Falls, Ohio (about a half an hour outside of Cleveland). We were staying with friends who used to live in Connecticut.
The PBJ family passed the time consuming the sugary contents of their goodie bags (thanks, Long-suffering Mrs. PBJ), playing license plate bingo, two truths and a lie, twenty questions, and scavenger hunt (the last item found was the fuzzy dice hanging from a rear view mirror. They were discovered by PBJ Jr. (age 4) in the expo parking lot on Saturday). PBJster #2 (daughter, age 8) kept track of the state plates for us. We were up to 40 states by the time the road trip was over. Mrs. PBJ?s most oft-used phrase on the ride out ? ?stop kicking me!? ? said to PBJ Jr. as his feet repeatedly wailed on her captain?s chair seatback.
Monday was the dreaded ride back to Connecticut. It was fairly uneventful, other than PBJ Jr. repeatedly stating ?this is the longest ride of my life! We?re never going to be there!? Ah, the life of a 4 year old. We made it home after about 11 hours of this, and our adventure was over."
VCM, in 3 weeks, will be a 5 hour car ride, and PBJ Jr. is one year older.
800 miles from Oregon to Huntington Beach, CA the last 4 years to run in the Pacific Shoreline 1/2 marathon, but since I have friends and family there, I incorporate it into a vacation. I'd like to go to NYC (the greatest city in the world) and run the marathon there, but it doesn't seem too likely now, maybe someday though.
