Shopping At The Expo

We arrived in Duluth today after a flight to Thunder Bay and a drive across the border. It was rather uneventful except for the fact that I was wearing my favourite cargo pants (aka road trip pants) which set off the metal detectors left right and center. I ended up being frisked for over 10 minutes...

As soon as ML and I met up with GC at the Hawthorn Suites, we made a beeline to the expo to pick up our race kits and some serious shopping. Although this is not my first time competing at a large inline event, it is definitely my first time visiting an expo. At the National Capital Marathon, I arrived the night before the race and received my race kit from friends at the club. This time around, I had no intention to miss the great shopping opportunity! I tagged along with ML and checked out some new skates. I ended up with a new skinsuit, a set of Hyper Mach 2 wheels, spacers, and a skate tool.

We were going to have a carb-loaded dinner at an Italian restaurant. Unfortunately, that was also the idea of half the town...so we ended up hunting for all the measly carb options in a barbeque restaurant. Of course, being the good student that I am, I tried my hardest to follow coach EG's order of drinking 2L of Gatorade on the evening before race day. I ended up with about 1.5L of ice water before calling it quits...I hate Gatorade.

Weather's looking iffy for tomorrow morning, I hope it's not going to rain.