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Providence Race Pictures

August 12, 2011 | Uncategorized

 

Happy Friday! I am so excited for the weekend! Not to mention, the Saints play tonight. I know its just preseason, but I am still so excited the boys of fall are BACK! I am going to wear the new jersey Bobby got me at the end of last season tonight. I can’t wait!

So, the official photos for RnR Providence are up. It’s hard to tell in the small pictures just how hard it was raining, but I still think the pictures are quite comical…..because I LOOKE fine/happy and like I am having fun…but LIES the pictures are all LIES! See for yourself. 

btw…that specific tank soaking wet is not very flattering on me.

 

below you can see my phone in my pocket in it’s awesome ziploc bag to keep it dry. heh.

  

So after the race I hurried back to the room after grabbing my medal and a banana and water, quickly showered and packed up and we got a cab for the airport. My flight was at 12:55 and I didn’t want to miss it because I had a 3 hour layover in Charlotte and Jen was going to take me to lunch! When I went to check in, I was told my flight was delayed TWO HOURS! I was crushed! I texted Jen and told her the bad news. Since technically I could still make my connecting flight, I just needed to get to Charlotte and then have a short layover then take my flight to NOLA. What a bummer.

Michelle’s flight wasn’t till 1:30 so we sat at Starbucks and hung out a little longer before she had to go.

Our gates were by each other so we walked together, said our goodbyes, and I settled in for my long wait. An hour and a gate change later, and I was on the plane to Charlotte. In the back of the plane. Next to a screaming baby. A SCREAMING baby. Just my luck.

I landed in Charlotte and was starving so I headed for some food after checking to see that my flight was on time. (6:00)

After I ate, I checked my flight status again…DELAYED! until 7:25! gah! I was so frustrated, I had already sat around for an hour, and if I had known this when I landed I maybe could have seen Jen! I went to find somewhere to plug my cell phone in, sat around, then saw we were delayed AGAIN to 8:55! They came over the speakers and said that we had a plane but no crew…that they were bringing in a crew from Pittsburgh….but they hadn’t left yet. WHAT? They hadn’t even LEFT Pitt yet…I just had this…feeling, that it was going to be way later than 8:55…so I texted Jen and asked her if she could come pick me up and I could spend the night at her house, and checked with my mom to make sure she could get me tomorrow from the NOLA airport. Then I asked for a ticket change to the next day and said I was NOT paying extra for it! They didn’t say a word, I think they saw the anger, exhaustion, and fire shooting out of my eyeballs…. and they gave me a ticket for 11:20 the next day!

I was so excited, I was going to get to see Jen and Jeff after all and finally meet her sweet dog Nati. She picked me up, and we went to the store so I could get a toothbrush, etc. (my checked bag was en route to NOLA hhmmm) but luckily I had a change of clothes.

We chatted that night and the next morning before I had to go back to the airport.  It went by too fast! It was so good to see her, and I am so glad I get to see them both again in a few weeks in Disney!

(In case some of you are wondering, Jen and I have been friends for about 5 years, but hardly ever get to see each other…and it’s usually on Disney trips that we plan together. This will be our FOURTH Disney trip together!) When your friend lives in a different state, meeting up somewhere you both love works well!

QOTD: Do you ever buy the professional race pictures?

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  1. Stephanie says

    August 12, 2011 at 9:03 am

    ugh i hate when flights do this but glad it worked out for the best!!! yay! 🙂 i never buy the race photos. aaron has a really nice camera and gets better pics than the race ones anyways

  2. Jen says

    August 12, 2011 at 10:02 am

    Yay, so glad you got stranded 🙂 Nati misses you!

    • Heather says

      August 15, 2011 at 7:56 pm

      aw I miss nati!

  3. Jordan Trump says

    August 12, 2011 at 10:33 am

    I’m considering buying mine from the Bix 7, it was an awesome race and I like having pictures of me running every once in a while… I don’t have any recent ones right now. But they cost more than the race itself! I think I’m going to wait til I run Rock n Roll St Louis to pick out which pictures I like better (Bix or the Rock N Roll). I’m definitely not going to spring for both!

    • Heather says

      August 15, 2011 at 7:56 pm

      I know! you are right, they can end up costing more than the race!

  4. Crystal says

    August 12, 2011 at 11:14 am

    I ordered the obscenely priced gallery downloads from my first few Disney races. Other than that, no. I also don’t usually have anyone taking my picture as I run unless I’m running with ROTE so there ya go.
    So, you can actually run with your phone in your skirt pocket? For some reason, I can’t…my skirt would be at my knees! Bummer, since the main reason I tried a skirt in the first place was because I couldn’t find ANY shorts that had pockets! LOL. Oh well. I always wear a belt anyway…

    BTW, these pics definitely show how well runningskirts hold up in the rain! You may feel like a drowned rat but at least you still look cute! 🙂

  5. Emily says

    August 12, 2011 at 3:16 pm

    I do the same thing with a few of my friends that live out of state – we usually plan Disney trips together!!

    I was going to say it depends on the pictures, but no, I usually am I sucker for those and buy the pictures. But it probably has to be an “A” race. The “B” races I don’t usually buy the photos.

  6. Courtney says

    August 12, 2011 at 4:10 pm

    There are a few race pictures I want to buy but I haven’t pulled the trigger because they are just so darn expensive! UGH!

    • Heather says

      August 15, 2011 at 7:54 pm

      I know the price makes me sick

  7. Heidi Nicole says

    August 12, 2011 at 10:59 pm

    Those pictures definitely make the run look wet! Kudos again for dominating your half!

    As for the airport…how annoying! At least you were in a city where who had someone to call! It all turned out in the end, this time! 😉

  8. Amanda @ Running On Waffles says

    August 16, 2011 at 4:15 pm

    I LOVE going to Disney! I’m going down for the Wine & Dine Half; are you going to be there??

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