arrived in Pauillac

Well, here I am. I made it to Pauillac today. The flight from Bristol to Bordeaux was very interesting. First, even getting to the airport was rough. Traffic was complete crap trying to get to the M4. Took me over 30 minutes when it should have been 5. Once on the M4 the rains started up. Not the Seattle rains though, more like the Texas ones I recall. Heavy sheets of rain so bad that you could barely see the car in front of you at 40mph. The little Mercedes A-Class did great though and I made it to the airport just in time to find out the flight was delayed 20 minutes. That turned in to an hour. Then, once we boarded they sat for a while before telling us that there was a problem with the plane and we'd need to move to a new plane that would be arriving soon. About another hour later we reboarded the new plane. Although we were supposed to be in aound 2pm we got in shortly after 4pm. Not good when the marathon packet pickup closes at 7 and there is still at least an hour drive from Pauillac to Bordeaux. Add on the traffic that was there today and it was a mess. After a couple of creative guesses at detours I arrived in Pauillac at 6:40. Just in time!

Packet pickup went well. not much to it really. not nearly as much as the marathons in the states. I did get my number with its RFID tag on the back. It's a nice touch that my name is printed on the tag too. Guess thats for those they find on the side road passed out drunk.

I got my outfit all setup tonight. I lost my tan grass skirt along the way somewhere so I will run with the lighter blue colored one. Not great but passable. This will be an entertaining costume and I promise to post up some pics.

Thats it for tonight. Off to bed to get some rest...