We Traveled to Nashville today for Karin’s Marathon Saturday

We got up this morning and had breakfast out with Bennett before taking him to Gran & Papa’s. We got on the road about 10:00 this morning. We stopped in Macon for lunch and Karin’s brother Mark & a co-worker joined us. Travel to Atlanta was smooth.

You will love this: Traffic slowed near Atlanta on 75. We could see blue lights ahead, but could not tell which side of the road they were on. As we approach the emergency vehicles, I see a K-9 unit traveling South on the shoulder in the North bound lane. Not 1 K-9 unit, but three. They are escorting (I guess?) 2 large geese walking South in the North bound lane next to the right shoulder concrete barrier. After that it was smooth sailing through & out of Atlanta. 1 hour time change and we arrive outside of Nashville just after 5:00. We managed with no detours to Whiskey distilleries (yet). Karin has to stay hydrated.

We went to dinner at a Mexican restaurant near where we stayed last year on Elm Hill Pike. We saw (followed) some lovely fat guy with butt-crack showing (“My eyes were burning!!) on a Suzuki motor cycle for quite a few miles on our return. (Karin kept saying, “say NO to crack!, Tuck your shirt in.”)

I worked on thank you letters for all of the Savannah Team in Training Folks. Karin helped me with some posters to hold up during the race.

Tomorrow we will get her race day stuff and move to the Sheraton downtown very near the race finish (2 blocks up from the river across from the Titan’s stadium.

Karin is ready. She has done her training. She started in November training for a1/2 marathon. She didn’t know it for quite a while, but Steve was training her for a full marathon (26.2 miles). She ran 20 miles two weekends ago. That is 6 more than my drive to work. She has exceeded her fundraising goal. She and her buddy Erin have strategy for race day for how to handle the steep hills (there are no hills to train on in Savannah except for bridges).

Tomorrow we will tool around Nashville some. In the afternoon we have a meeting with her team. We plan to meet up with my Cousin Jeff & his wife Holly (she is running the marathon) for dinner somewhere.

See Karin’s TNT webpage. Thanks for all the donations. A few have not shown up in the total and on the scrolling contributor list yet.

http://www.active.com/donate/tntga/tntgaKBest

Check back this weekend for updates and pictures of the Country Music Marathon weekend. And by the way, Karin will do well, we are staying in a Holiday Inn Express tonight!

Take Care,

Mark