John Hancock Sports & Fitness Expo

Sunday morning dawned bright and beautiful.  Actually, a bit too beautiful for those preparing to run 26.2 miles the next day.  The forecast Sunday was about 77.  The forecast for race day was 86!  Dan went down to meet a few runners from the running message board he participates on.  He watched part of the Boston 5K and then they all took a pre-race day jog of about 3-4 miles. He enjoyed meeting with fellow crazy people like himself.  :)  The girls and I slept in a bit.  

We then headed out to the John Hancock Sports & Fitness Expo held at the Seaport World Trade Center on the Harbor to pick up his bib number and enjoy the convention.  It was huge!  Much bigger than the one in Indianapolis.  Very comparable to our homeschool convention in the spring.  There were a lot of people there so parts were very tight but we enjoyed looking around.  It took longer than expected, though, partly because of the crush of people.  We left with his official goody bag, running shirt, and bib number, as well as a few other fun things.  There were lots of freebies and samples.  Good thing, because we were there longer than expected and all were getting hungry.  We consumed a lot of Gatorade, Powerbar, and Cliff Bar samples.  Dan and Aly picked up a free Spartan Race t-shirt after doing 10 push-ups :)  He never did decided on another t-shirt, but did buy a pullover with the official Boston Marathon logo.  

 Dan picking up his Bib

 his official Boston Bib #7502

 There were so many fun little things set up.  Here they were taking free pictures.  It turned out real nice.  Mine was just a quick snapshot.  Dan and Aly running with Abraham Lincoln, Ghandi, and Mona Lisa who were wearing brightly colored Brooks running shoes.  

The official mascot of the Boston Marathon, Spike the Unicorn.  It was so fluffy they could die!  Lol! So we bought it for Skyeler and Aly to share.  Skye wanted to walk around the Expo with him on her shoulder like this but both Aly and I knew he would get lost and said no.