I am getting accustomed to travel delays on my jaunts around the country to run my races. Trying to get from Philadelphia to Minneapolis this evening has turned into quite a challenge. Thunderstorms rolled through Philadelphia at exactly the same time we started to board our flight to Minneapolis. Exactly 3 ½ hours later (after sitting on the tarmac), we had lift off and began our trek to the upper Midwest.
Sitting on the tarmac this evening, I had flashbacks of February 2010 when I was traveling to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina to run a half-marathon. I was traveling to South Carolina from Dallas, where I was on business, which happened to coincide with extremely rare blizzard conditions and ultimately delayed my flight more than 10 hours, 8 of which were sitting on the tarmac in Dallas! After finally arriving in Myrtle Beach, the half-marathon was eventually cancelled because of snow. No, I am not kidding. It was one of my most miserable travel adventures ever!
But, things are looking much better now. I'm in transit to Minneapolis and the weather forecast is looking very nice for the weekend. I've already drank 1 Liter of water – making sure I hydrate well since I tend to get fairly dehydrated when I travel by air. I'm just hoping it isn't too late to find some food once I get to my hotel tonight – it will be close to 11PM so I'm not sure what will be available. I may to have to resort to one of my 'Gu's' to get me through the night!
Safe Running Folks!
John
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