We arrived in Nashville on Thursday afternoon. Carmen and I decided the first thing we would do is head down to the Convention Center to check in, get our registration information, and check out the Expo. The Expo was a quick walk from the hotel and it was really easy to go through the registration process. We did some shopping after we got our numbers and then headed to Panera across the street for some lunch.
On Friday, we took a walk over to the Country Music Hall of Fame. The building was right on the race route so we could see the terrain of the first few miles of the race. The "rolling hills" we had heard about were a bit bigger than anticipated but "what goes up most go down" so we weren't to worried about it. Even though I am not a big country music fan, I enjoyed the Hall of Fame and would recommend it to anyone visiting the Nashville area in the future.
Word started to spread about the weather for Saturday. The percentage chance of rain started to increase every hour. A tornado watch was in affect for Saturday. When we got back to our hotel Friday afternoon, I found the following email in my in box:
"After consultation with all the involved city authorities, due to the weather forecast in the Nashville area which is projecting severe afternoon storms, the MARATHON will most likely be subject to an abbreviated timeline"
Ok - so a potential day of severe thunder storms and a tornado watch. All the while, I started to worry that sixteen weeks of training would be washed away by severe thunderstorms or worse, a tornado. I decided to not worry about it Friday afternoon and enjoy the beautiful day in Nashville. We went back to the hotel later in the afternoon to get ready for the "Bowling for Brains". We were looking forward to meeting everyone that was running with Team McGraw!
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