I went into this race pretty excited. Now that I have a chiller job I actually get to sleep, even with all my traveling, so that’s pretty great. (Yay, sleep!)
Also, this is my first race after taking such a turn for the great in therapy.
I’m like, “watch out, world! I’ve got this now!”
The people of the city of Chicago seemed super nice. Even at the expo, I talked to the pace group people, and they had a pacer doing 3:30. I complimented them saying how it’s rare that a pace group will offer 3:30 for a half (as it’s pretty slow), and they were just like, “Oh, we wanna be there for all runners! Are you from here?” And I said no. And they were like, “Too bad, ’cause you could’ve come joined us anytime!”
So, Chicago’s nice. The people are nice. The ambiance is nice. It’s all nice. My life is nicer. I am ready to do this.
Responsibly, I wake up early and warm up my body and voice. I practice the National Anthem a few times. It might be 6am, but my high notes are feeling good!
I get up to the stage and first off, the announcers are so cute. I think they take some stuff from my social media profiles and one of them says, “You might know her from The Nightly Show.” Well, let me tell you, I am almost certain that you do now “know” me from The Nightly Show. Like, maybe if you follow my stuff you’re aware it was totally the best job I’ve ever had (as I literally said that in an instagram caption). But if you were just a fan of the show, you never saw my face, and I’m guessing you didn’t memorize the credits. But what do I know? Maybe you did!
Anyway, I personally found it very adorable that they said you might know me from The Nightly Show.