Monday, October 12, 2009 @ 8:43 PM Author: clarinda
Yesterday was a rather tiring day for me. I got up at around 6am and was about to leave the house when I realized that the trains were not in operation for that day due to engineering works. This meant that I had to take the bus instead. It took me some time to find out how to go. Even so due to the marathon, I was dropped off a few stops earlier. Thus, instead of being on time, I was late by 15 minutes. Thank goodness that everybody was still there when I arrived. We were each given a T-shirt and an addidas sweatshirt (of good quality wor). Initially, we as goodie bag distributors had nothing to do. However as time passes, we got very busy. I carried about 10 bags at a time and walked about to distribute them to the runners who have completed the marathon. I realized that there were scores of people who were coming in below 2 hours for the 21km marathon. If I were to be running, I would definitely need at least 2.5hours (I think so). On the whole, it was not a bad experience; I got to understand their definition of blanket for a race. It meant foil blanket which was meant to keep the runners warm. Interesting isn’t it?Next Sunday, Acorns children's hospice trust and the University are organizing the annual University 5k run on Sunday the 18th October. This event raises money for acorns, a local charity which helps children and their families. I would be helping out with the stewarding portion. I do hope that it would also be a great experience.
Tomorrow, I would go to the event organized by the Birmingham Entrepreneurial and Enterprise Society. I am basically accompanying Steph. However I am, on my part, interested in what will they be doing =)