Two years ago same month bought an overnight Amtrak ticket to Omaha.  Picked up my rental at the Airport, drove to Des Moines for my 50-State ‘Iowa’ marathon.  Same event where I enjoyed a VIP performance of Dracula.  Still a FUNNY story – LOL>

Fast forward to Thanksgiving 2016.  Received an email announcing the 2^nd annual Nebraska Marathon.  Train ride nostalgia that day I guess.  Yep, they got me.  Generally I only race register 3-4 months in advance.

Friday night train (7pm ticket), no work day miss 🙂  Parked at DIA, took commuter rail to Union Station.  Would be returning Sunday by air.  Learned rail isn’t known for on-time punctuality.  2015: train-returned home almost a half-day late.

• 9:45pm Friday:  Greeted on-board by a juggler, my seatmate aisle over.  Nope, can’t make this stuff up.
• 8:21am Saturday:  Tagged a ride Downtown using my Lyft app.  No rental required this trek.

Hotel check-in (host hotel assured a post-race shower), bib pick-up (across from baseball’s College World Series), afternoon matinee at the Orpheum (Finding Neverland).  Who knew there was so much happening in Omaha!

FOOD.

24 hour fine-dining binge.  Tuna burger at Denver’s trendy Hopdoddy.  Oktoberfest-celebrated with Bräts & kraut in Omaha.  THEN seafood-gorged at Shucks Oyster Bar at happy-hour prices: 99-cent oysters, 35-cent peel-n-eat shrimp.  FAAANNNNTASTIC!

It’s not a gland problem folks.  I run because I eat ❤

Marathon in morning – might need to circle the Park twice.  So much food, so little time.

Amtrak juggler