Last Tuesday, the 4th of July eve, we made our way down to Atlanta for the Peachtree Roadrace expo. We left within plenty of time, but traffic was an absolute NIGHTMARE in Atlanta! It took 2 1/2 hours to make it down town to the Georgia World Congress Center which is normally a 40 minute drive. We had planned on taking Miles in with us both and explore the booths, but once we arrived there was only 30 minutes to spare. The parking situation in Atlanta is definitely not ideal, so we pulled over in front of Phillips arena and Miles and I waited in the car for J to just head in and pick up our race numbers and swag bag! After we left, we headed back up to j's brother and our sister in law's house so I could get my hair done. It's nice having my own personal hair dresser in the family! My roots were showing and we all know those are only for trees...
Kim does a great job on my hair and always gets the blonde exactly how I prefer, but sad news (for me) is that she's hanging up her shears and coloring brush and headed to nursing school. (Funny side note, both of J's brothers' significant others are going to school to be RN's... So when they finish all three boys will all have nurse wives! I guess the Pollard boys love nurses!)
When we got home I put Miles to bed and we finished packing and loading down the car. Like I said before, we are in dyer need of an SUV... And this trip just solidified that. Hopefully we will be buying a pretty new Tahoe in the next few weeks! My clown-sized car was PACKED-OUT!! I think by the time it was all said and done we finally ended up in bed around 2:45!!!
Our 5:30am alarm came faster than you could imagine! At this point I still hadn't decided about the race. I was unsure if I was going to run it due to the weather and Miles. I ended up choosing to stay with the baby instead of running so we wouldn't have to leave him and we could make our way down to Florida faster.
Atlanta was full of excitement for the peachtree. 60,000 eager runners all dressed in their red, white, and blue set the tone for the race. We saw some interesting characters... Men running in whitey-tighty's, crazy wigs, drag queens, firemen running in their full gear and helmet, and jayson even saw a woman running in her string bikini! (Talk about uncomfortable!).
Baby and mama pics in the parking lot awaiting the start!
Let me preface this by saying Jayson is an avid CYCLIST. He can ride 100+ miles on his bicycle no problem. He does not run all the time... The last time he ran was a full year ago. He is the type that can just up and run 6 miles with no problem and doesn't train. Me on the other hand? I have to train HARD to be able to run just a couple! This was his first official 10k and he completed the race in 54 minutes, which is amazing under the conditions! (3 hours of sleep, no training, running in long sleeves, having dodge the walkers, and running in the rain!) I was SO proud of him! I really wish I was able to take part in the race but I will definitely be back next year! Afterwards, we hit the highway southbound! J was famished after his run, so we stopped at Steak 'n Shake for lunch!
This year's finisher t-shirt!!
It was SO cold in there! I had to use my scarf as a shawl!
While we were waiting, we asked our server for a banana since J was starting to cramp. He ate half and then he offere some to Miles. He loves fresh fruit and this was his first time trying a banana! When J brought the banana down to him to bite, he reached out and grabbed the whole thing, broke it off and began gnawing! It was absolutely hilarious!
I decided that this trip would be my last hoo-rah of bad eating before I clean things up. I ordered the guacamole burger. I am usually pretty skeptical about fast food guacamole, but this burger was AMAZING!!! The guac was made fresh in store, and was spicy! I would definitely order this again!
J got the jalepeño melt and a banana milkshake. His sandwich was decent but WAY too greasy! The bread was dipped in too much oil before toasting. We both agreed that my burger stole the show!
Since this post is getting crazy long, I'll wrap it up! Next up, the rest of our fabulous 4th!
