A ride for disability services

On the 19th of February was the annual, "BiLo Marathon," in Myrtle Beach. Sorry I didn't post this before the event. In the future, I will mention upcoming events in posts. I volunteered for seven hours at the race packet/check-in booth. The next day, I was a course marshal at 50th and Ocean Blvd. I showed up at 8:05 (five minutes late) and there were already several runners passing my check point. My mile marker was 14 at this point. I don't know how they ran that fast, but they did. They couldn't have cheated because you can't cheat at the front.

The winner was a woman for the first time in the history of the race. She was interviewed later that day by news cameras and they showed it on the big screen at the House of Blues party.

While I was at the check-in desk, I found the booth for the 65 mile bike ride that would happen the day after the marathon. I signed up for 40 dollars. This ride was specifically for Conway area's people with disabilities. There was police escort, motorcycles following, sag service, concessions, route markers. It was fantastic. I don't do many of these rides, so it was really fun to ride that distance in a relaxed mode and have the course to ride with other people. I found a group of about ten people, guys and girls, to ride two/thirds of the way with. I went about ten miles with a fast front pack comprised of riders (both male and female) from the local "Grand Strand Bicycles." They were darn fast. There was, "chicken bog," at the end of the ride for everyone and free beer. Thanks Conway!