• Home
  • About Me
  • So You Want to be a Runner...
  • Run Disney
  • Race Recaps
  • Running Bucket list
  • Chi Running
  • Primal Eating
  • New Years Resolutions
  • Where to Start
  • Saving Money!
  • Healthy Living Blogs
4 Well Rules
Eat Well, Sleep Well, Exercise Well and Be Well
A Formula for Healthy Living

Spectating the Olympic Trials

2/23/2016

2 Comments

 
Picture
As soon as the Marathon Olympic Trials were announced, I knew I would have to go and see them. It would be a once in a lifetimes me opportunity! 
I was not sure where I was going to spectate but once I figured that it was going through campus, I knew that was where I needed to go! It was one of the only spots that actually has shade on the course and would also allow for me to get into buildings with my ID card for food and water and restrooms! 

The race didn't start until 10:06 so I figured USC would t be reached until 10:15/10:20 so I got to campus at 10 and parked on the street. I first viewed the course from the exact mile 4 marker. The course went from LA live through downtown down Figueroa through USC and over to the coliseum and back again. It was a 6 mile loop that they did 4 times so there would be plenty of places to see everyone. The men stared at 10:06 and the women 15 min after. 

One thing was even though it was 66 and low humidity, it was HOT in the sun so I knew this race would be a bit rough and it made me nervous for the next day. In all honesty, I'm not sure why they didn't just start the race at 7/730. It would have been much cooler and the disruption to traffic would not have been as big as it was (closing all of the exits for downtown off the freeway, closing many of the roads around USC campus made for a crazy traffic day). 

We had a small wait and then the men came through-the pack was mighty big at the front but everyone looked good. About 10 min later the women came through and there was a smaller pack in the front. 

One thing that was a bit shocking to me was that there was no one on campus. I think USC instead of scaring everyone with how bad traffic will be, should have encouraged people to come out and see the event. 

While waiting for the second lap, I posted that I was chillin and Greg from WhyIRunDisney posted he was by Tommy! They were finally letting people cross so I went over to meet him and we watched the rest of the trials together. Each lap that went by, the front pack got smaller and smaller and everyone else spread out. On the end of the women's 2nd lap, the men started coming through on their third lap and you could really tell they were flying. It's weird to watch a group of people move at a 5-7 min pace, you don't realize how fast it is until you compare it to others. So crazy!
Picture
At the end of the men's fourth lap, we could tell the 1-2-3 place and they were pretty spread out. For he women's, Amy and Shalene were still in front with Dez behind and Kara behind her the one thing we realized with being about 2 miles from the finish, we were unsure what happened! We live streamed the men's and I found out the women's on Twitter. 
Picture
​After that, I went to my office to eat lunch and then met up with Ralph. We headed to Santa Monica and relaxed watching the Theory of Everything and went to grab dinner at a place called Shophouse-basically Asian food served chipotle style. My bowl I had was delicious! We then got ready and I was asleep by 8:15 for a 4am wake up call. 

Overall, the day was amazing! I am so happy I got to experience the Olympic trials and am very happy with the results. I realized I want to volunteer at some races this year if I can fit it in my schedule. It looks like it would be super rewarding! 

Did anyone else watch the Olympic Trials? ​
Picture
Picture
2 Comments
Tricia @ MissSippiPiddlin link
2/24/2016 09:07:11 am

Oh wow Juliana how lucky are you to have had front row seats to this! You got some great shots too! Look at their form, I so would be fan girling!!! Thanks for sharing.

Reply
Lesley link
2/25/2016 08:03:27 am

It's amazing how fast the elites run. They don't look that fast on TV, but in person they're flying.

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    Follow

    Enter your email address:

    Delivered by FeedBurner

    Picture

    Author

    A late 20-something navigating the world trying to stay sane with Chi Running, Primal Eating and Healthy Living!

    Tweets by @4wellrules
    PR's
    5k-:28:03 (Santa Anita Derby 5k-4/16)
    10k- :58:05 (Christmas Run-12/14)
    Half- 2:13:14 (Sunset Strip-4/15)
    Full- 4:56:48 (LAM-2/16)

    DISNEY PR's
    10k-1:19:18 (2015 Tinkerbell 10k)
    Half-2:32:56 (2016 Tinkerbell Half)

    Archives

    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    July 2013
    May 2013

    RSS Feed

    Categories

    All
    2013
    2014
    2015
    Angels 5k
    Avengers Half
    Bling
    Carlsbad 5000
    Coaster Run
    Costume
    Culver City
    Devin
    Devin Blogs
    Disney
    Disneyland
    Disneyland Paris
    Disneyland Paris Half Marathon
    DLPHM
    Dopey Challenge
    Dumbo
    Dundee Hills
    Eating
    Food And Wine
    Fridaylinkup
    Friday Link Up
    Fueled By Fine Wine
    Fueling
    Goals
    Greatrace
    Great Race
    Groceries
    Grocery-matchups
    Guest Blog
    Healthy
    Healthyliving
    Healthy Living
    Holidays
    Jeff Galloway
    Jules And Mal
    Juliana
    La-marathon
    La-rock-n-roll
    Long Beach Marathon
    Magical Mickey Mondays
    #nerdgirlsontherun
    New-foods
    Newyears
    New-years
    NYC Marathon
    Princess Half Marathon
    Quick-easy-meals
    Rock N Roll
    Rosemead 5k
    Rundisney
    Running
    Running PR
    Running PR
    Santa Anita
    Santa Monica Christmas Run
    So-you-want-to-be-a-runner
    Star-wars-dark-side
    Star-wars-light-side
    Star Wars Weekend
    Tinkerbell
    Tower-of-terror-10-miler
    Training-for-tuesday
    Traveling
    Triumph-thursdays
    Tuesdays-on-the-run
    Universal-studios-orlando
    Waltdisneyworld
    Walt Disney World
    Wine
    Wineanddine
    Wine And Dine
    Workouts

     photo b4ab3249-93bf-40fd-be35-fd2f080ef45d_zps7c103516.jpg
    Amazon Store

    Thanks for supporting the blog! 

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.