The early bird does catch the worm.

Way back in May at the Pittsburgh Marathon Expo, I visited to the Great Race booth to get information.  I decided to wait to see who I would be running with so that I could do the 2 for deal.

 

Then in July I got my reminder email and after determining that I would most likely be running by myself I decided to wait.  That was the cheapskate in me talking.  Wait until after vacation to register I thought.

 

So, at the beginning of the week I excitedly went on the Great Race to website to register only to find out that registration had been capped.  Capped at 15,000!!  A month before the race!!  And I lost my opportunity to run my second 10K.  I was very disappointed.

 

Thinking that my training was a waste, I moped for a day or two before I realized later in that week that I had received in email on Monday or Tuesday from the Pittsburgh Marathon seeking volunteers for upcoming races.  The Great Race was one of them and all volunteers received a free registration for the Half-Marathon.

 

Perfect, I thought.  I will register to volunteer and then I can run for free.  I was excited again and thought that I could now continue training and focus more on the half rather than the 10K.  Well, luck isn't my friend this week.  The only race that still needed volunteers was Toronto Marathon.  No running the Great Race.  No volunteering at the Great Race.  I learned my lesson.

 

The early bird does catch the worm.

 

 

It's OK though.  I am going to keep running.  I am definitely doing the half and I am registering the day registration opens.  I'm not missing out again.  I guess that's how I know that I'm still new at this whole runner thing.  I didn't realize how quickly an event fills up especially a month out.  Next year I won't make the same mistake.