{"id":11408,"date":"2017-04-20T14:29:14","date_gmt":"2017-04-20T18:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/?p=11408"},"modified":"2017-04-20T14:29:14","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T18:29:14","slug":"yes-we-have-no-bananas-the-star-wars-half-marathon-dark-side-expo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/?p=11408","title":{"rendered":"Yes, We Have No Bananas: The Star Wars Half Marathon (Dark Side) Expo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Running a marathon on Monday<\/a> has really messed up my understanding of time and dates.\u00a0 It’s already Thursday?!\u00a0 That means I have to drive up to North Carolina tomorrow morning to pick up my Tar Heel 14-Miler Double Down Challenge<\/a> packet.<\/p>\n

And then after that race on Saturday, I motor back to Florida for the Star Wars Half Marathon (Dark Side) on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n

But in order to be ready to do that, I needed to pick up my runDisney bib today at the Star Wars Expo.<\/p>\n

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Not my artwork — I snagged it from the T-Shirt place linked above.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As is typical of these affairs, it was a bit of a madhouse.\u00a0 But my Mom, braving the expo throngs once again to keep me company, was good enough to snap a few photos along the way:<\/p>\n

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Post bib pickup, in order to get my complimentary race t-shirt, I needed to visit the building next door and the expo proper.\u00a0 Besides the shirt pickup stands, this place housed various 3rd party vendors and official merchandise opportunities.\u00a0 There was a line just to get inside only to then have the chance to wait in another line to buy more stuff.<\/p>\n

Call it Race Expo 2: The Search for More Money.<\/p>\n

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I missed meeting Kathrine Switzer in Boston, so I took the opportunity to say hello to another running legend, Olympian Jeff Galloway:<\/p>\n

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On the way out, we snagged a few other stray serendipitous photos:<\/p>\n

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But as we were leaving I sensed a great disturbance in the force.\u00a0 Any time I’ve had to go to a runDisney race expo in Florida, there’s always been a Chiquita Banana stand, complete with a photo opportunity with Ms. Chiquita Banana<\/a>.\u00a0 But alas this year Chiquita must have decided to spend their marketing cabbage in some other places, at some other races.\u00a0 My heart, I’m not ashamed to say, was a little broken.<\/p>\n

Yes, we have no bananas… although Mom did find a discarded Chiquita sticker in the parking lot.\u00a0 She said it was as close as I was going to get this year.\u00a0 So I snapped a selfie.<\/p>\n

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Nonetheless, I’m ready to start my (trench) run.<\/p>\n

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Gold Leader: <\/span>“Red Leader this is Gold Leader. We’re starting our attack run.”<\/span> <\/a>
\nRed Leader: <\/span>“I copy, Gold Leader. Move into position.”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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