Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Volunteering in the Snow

As I type this, it's snowing again in DC. Reminds me of volunteering last Saturday at a water stop for the Snapple High Cloud 1/2 Marathon...

The race was held on the C&O canal, just outside of DC. Our water stop was the first and last one on the out and back course, near the 9 mile marker on the canal.
And it was near a few locks. Lock 11 and the lockhouse shown here:We had to keep shaking the table to prevent the water from freezing.
It was cold! But little did we know, it was going to get colder.
Before:
Lock 10:
After:I felt bad for the runners, but almost wished I was running instead because it might have been warmer!
So when they needed a volunteer to drop off cups, etc at another water stop, I quickly offered! Here's the snow coming down at the next water stop:

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