Flying Pig - surviving Cincy

Is it really May ~~ the weather is more like March. We (Angie) did great running the Shamrock the weather cooperated and the rain didn't start until much later! We continue to train for our goal of the Chicago Half Marathon 10/1/06.

5/06 - Flying Pig - my first trip back to Cincy since days at Whittman Hart. Angie, Char and I left Saturday afternoon once the composite bins were all delivered. It was a glorious day for a 5 hour ride and Angie mentally prepared herself for the 5:00 am (4:00 Chicago time) wake up call Sunday morning. I drove and Char was my co-pilot. She did an awesome job! Once we arrived in Cincy - starving and passing the hotel 3x trying to find the entrance we came upon a girl/woman/individual with a wipe board and looking up! We decided to pull over as ask for directions to the Hotel! Char asked the question, Angie looked up from the backseat window, I tried to figure out what the heck was she writing on the wipe board. I thought she was an artist!
Well - once I looked at the writing and eyes followed the fence I realized it had barb wire on the top. Angie was getting suggestive looks from the windows and Char couldn't listen after I said twice - do you see the barb wired!!! It was the Cincy correctional center only 2 blocks from our Hotel - Welcome!

We managed to drive around the corner and low and behold - there was the hotel! Since we really had no idea where we were; called the running group for directions to the restaurant they were eating and drove up by them!

The weather for the race did not turn out at all like predicted - we froze but cheered on the runners. Drove home to Darien to one of the top 10 weather days of 2006! Angie was our co-pilot the way home so we avoided the 80/94 traffic!

Had a few hard belly laughing experiences! Well needed. Cheri showed up early Sunday to see her Mom off to the finish - but didn't get to see her until Mile #4. It all worked out well! Need to plan the next road trip!!!!