Running the Pro Football Hall of Fame Half Marathon

Charlene Board(HF7024) – Pro Hall of Fame Half Marathon Weekend #135

What a quick weekend I had, I did a turn and burn to Canton, Ohio to run in The Pro Football Hall of Fame Half Marathon and Relay Team “4 The Ring” So about that!

I flew out of Myrtle Beach and arrived in Columbus, then drove to Canton which was a nice calming ride. I picked up some food and headed to the hotel.

I plugged up the phone/watch/earbuds to only have the Holy Spirit wake me up at 3:45 AM to everything being dead except I had a little bit of juice on the watch. Needless to say I jumped up and got dressed because I had no idea where I was going. “What did we do before cell phones bing everything to us?”

The rental car I had was new so it didn’t have the regular “old” charging port so I was at the gas station by 4 AM to purchase a the new style charger. I got to the parking lot of the race and sat inside the car for a hour charging everything. (I’ve never been that early to a race, it’s just not in me to get there early to stand around. Ask Anita Burns Anyways.

I met up with Randy Riley and got my bibs on and then we ran together for the first 7.5 miles at a wonderful 12.20 pace, the starting temp was 67 and it really never got hot, After that I picked up the pace just a little. Of course the Ring Medals are what keeps me going back for that race. It’s always just a beautiful medal. This time I ended up with two, one for the half and one for being on Randy’s Relay Team. I got to meet some of his friends and after the race I headed to the Pro Football Hall of Fame Museum. If you are into football it’s really a nice museum to visit.

Then I headed back to the airport to make it back home. The flights were very nice and although it was a quick turn and burn, it was a really nice trip/run.