I’ve got
my marathon race number – and it’s a corker!
The
excitement of receiving your first marathon race pack through the
post is… well, about medium. How is excitement measured anyway?
Assuming excitement is measured on a scale of one to ten with ten
being the most excited I’ve ever been… actually, I’ve probably
only ever got to about four, but pretend I’m the excitable type,
then a marathon race pack dropping on the door mat is about a 5-ish.
The race
pack was easily identifiable as it was marked with the Run Liverpool
Marathon logo on the front. I didn’t open it straight away instead
deciding to go out for my 6 mile run and let the excitement build.
Whilst running I fantasised about what my number could be. Maybe
“1234” that would be pretty special. All the 7’s well that
would be awesome! I just hoped it wasn’t just a random order of
four numbers that didn’t mean anything, how disappointing.
Once in
from my run and re-lubricated I opened my Run Liverpool Marathon pack
and pulled out my race number, I wasn’t disappointed. “5432”.
Brilliant! What a number! I’m tempted to write a “1” on the
end, or maybe I’ll find runner “0001” and run along with them
constantly on my left hand side.
For those
that are interested the race pack contains:
Race
Instructions Booklet – Containing race day information, spectator
tips, route maps and a brilliant pace
chart to
help you work out where you might be at any given time dependant on
your pace, great for spectators wanting to cheer people on.
A Letter –
Containing all sorts of useful information about how to get to and
from the event.
Advertising
Material – Including flyers for gyms, running magazines and
bizarrely a postcard advertisement for the Run Liverpool Marathon,
for which I have received the race pack for, and for which entries
closed many months ago, strange.
A Super
Cool Race Number.
What’s
Next
Well, once
the race number excitement dies down (which will probably take a
couple of days) I’ll consume the race information and start
planning my race day. I’m running in the Preston
5k as
a warm up event. I've a lot to consider. I only live an hour and a
half away from the start line so I could travel down on the morning
of the race or originally being from that part of the world I have
good friends in the area and could crash over at someone’s house
the night before maybe. I also need to choose a pub to down some
pints in after the race (only joking).
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