Reviewing yesterday’s post reminded me of something else.  If you’ve never run the Mini, the water stations can be daunting.  Arms tend to jab in all around you — grabbing for cups of water as if there will be no more.  Don’t worry.  Race organizers have more than enough water to get you through the race.  Even if you miss a water station, there’s another one around the bend.

Here’s the tip: runners tend to crowd around the front end of the water station.  Try going around the crowd.  Go to the second or third table at each station and you’re likely to find volunteers with cups in hand — no waiting.

Now, here’s a look at some of the final advice NIFS offered to its runners and walkers this week.  It gets easier as race day approaches:

   Make time to go to packet pick-up and the expo downtown at the Convention Center on Thursday (4pm-8pm) or Friday (10am-9pm) – there is NO race day packet pick-up! Heather Fink will be talking about race day nutrition at 12:00pm at the expo. It would be great to see some friendly faces in the crowd! 

This week’s long mileage:

Moderate Mileage: 3 miles

High Mileage: 3 miles