Carlsbad 5000 Marathon

I had to be in carlsbad for the 5am call time. i woke up at 3am and didnt go back to sleep so i wouldnt miss the call time. bright and early my duty was to get the medals ready. the first 250 of each race won a medal. it was pretty cool to be at the finish line but a lot of these runner stop right in front of us and start gagging. also when theres only 1 medal left people start playing tug-o-war it.

crossing the finish lines were 6 year olds running with their parents, dog with their masters, parents with their stroller. it must bring you down when you are running and for some reason cant pass the 10 year old that’s ahead of you.

the last two event were the “elites”. there are only like a handful that run this event. these are pretty much all olympic runners. they pretty much run a whole race as fast as you sprint. ethiopia won across the board.

afterwards, pizza port hooked it up with free pizzas and pitchers until we got full. without a meal all day, this is the most gratifying part of the day. cheers for getting paid for this. =)