Race for the Cure

I may have mentioned that my mom and Andrea were coming down again this year for the Race for the Cure. Yes - it is the Saturday before the triathlon. I did OK with that.
So they arrived Friday mid-day and we just kind of hung out watching bad tv on Friday night.
We got up early on Saturday morning - 6ish I think - and headed to town for the race.
We made it in good time. Found good parking. Watched the road race start. And had just enough time to hit the port-a-potty before we started off down the road. We never seem to check out all the vendors. I think because it is too early and too cold and too crowded to want to deal with it all. The route was similar to last years but not exact. There are a few hills in the mix that weren't fun to deal with. There was a large dead animal flattened in the middle of the road too. That wasn't fun either. We finished in a little over an hour.
From there we went to South Park and had breakfast at Panera. I am kinda partial to their bacon egg and cheese sanwich after a little AM workout. And heck I think it probably has less fat than the cinamon crunch bagel with cream cheese. But who really knows.
We drove from there to the race site. I hadn't been yet. And I wanted to make sure we all knew where we were going bright and early the next day. It was good to find the facility. It was probably not the right time to check out the bike route. The one hill right at the beginning undermined my peace of mind from that moment until I rode my butt up that hill the next day. Seriously - I lost sleep over that hill. But in turn I would have lost sleep for fear of not knowing where I was headed had we not taken that ride.
We drove the long way home down WT Harris Blvd. WOW!!! Did that bring up old memories. One of my friends when I first moved to Charlotte lived up that way and we spent some time up there. I used to think it was so far away. I think I still do.
Ultimately we made it home, showered and headed back out to the 5 year old birthday party. It was nice to hang out and keep my mind off the day ahead.
We watched more bad tv and finally went to bed in preparation for the big day ahead.