Hey gang...it was great to see so many of you yesterday! The shirts look outstanding. Please read this entire email if you are planning on running with us on Sunday OR if you have yet to receive your shirt.
Race Weekend timeline & Details
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FRIDAY, APRIL 29 & SATURDAY, APRIL 30
WHO: ALL RUNNERS FOR THE OKC MEMORIAL WHO WERE NOT ABLE TO PICK UP SHIRTS ON THURSDAY!! (Non - runners who have requested shipping will have shirts mailed today)
WHAT: SHIRT PICKUP @ EXPO
WHEN: I will be at the expo on FRIDAY til 430pm & TIL NOON ON SATURDAY; IF you miss me at the Expo...have no fear...folks at the Team in Training tent will be able to provide your shirt and take your money if you haven't paid yet.
WHERE: TEAM IN TRAINING BOOTH AT THE RUNNERS EXPO
HOW: YOU, OR SOMEBODY FROM YOUR RELAY TEAM, COME GRAB YOUR SHIRT AFTER PACKET PICKUP. WE ALREADY HAVE YOUR ORDER PULLED. IF YOU HAVEN'T PAID...BRING CASH OR CHECK. ALL CHECKS PAYABLE TO THE GOMITCHGO FOUNDATION.
Special note: Austin folks....I will be bringing your shirts back with me post race.
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RACE DAY INFORMATION
SUNDAY, MAY 1
START/FINISH LINE COMMAND CENTRAL
TEAM IN TRAINING TENT LOCATED @ 4TH AND BROADWAY PARKING LOT TO THE EAST OF FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. GOMITCHGO RUNNERS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THIS TENT PRE AND POST RACE ALONG WITH FOOD & DRINK. PLEASE BE RESPECTFUL REGARDING YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS & FOOD/DRINK.....WE HAVE PAID FOR OUR RUNNERS AND TNT HAS PARTNERED WITH US FOR THIS EVENT. <Hint: Don't let little Johnny starve or de-hydrate....but don't plan on a Walton family picnic on our dime :) >
You can leave pre-race gear at the TnT tent for post-race pickup. It will be manned...MOST...of the time but you will be leaving your stuff in this location AT YOUR OWN RISK. TnT is providing you this service as a convenience. Secure gear check details provided in your race packet.....
GOMITCHGO TEAM PICTURE: 6AM - TEAM IN TRAINING TENT
If you are going to be at the start line for your event, we would love to snap a picture with you! If you are part of a relay team and your leg is out on the course.....don't worry about it. Everybody else.....please come....and be there on time....so that we can all get to our corral.
RACE DAY PHOTOGRAPHY - Crown Heights
Stephanie Conrad of CrazyBeautifulPhotos and original "Mitchell's Angel" will be providing GoMitchGo runners with race day photos...on course!! She will be located at Crown Heights park - 38th & Shartel - 1 block East of the Shartel "hill"! Look for our GoMitchGo banner!
Post race - you will be able to thumb through all of her pix and select the digital copies (no prints) that you would like for $3 each. Pix will be emailed to you so that the world can witness your running feats of wonder in the best looking shirt/singlet ever created.
POST RACE
Feel free to migrate to the Team in Training tent to get your bearings and hook up with family friends! Re-charge...then head back out to cheer on the GoMitchGo runners coming through the line.
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Thank you so much for joining us. As I say during every single GoMitchGo tournament, I wish for nothing greater than to have NOT met all you wonderful folks under these circumstances.....because Mitch would be rolling through his teen age years with the same grit, sweet spirit, & competitive nature that we all treasured during his time with us.
We are humbled by your willingness to honor our son, raise funds to help find a cure for blood cancers, & raise awareness for our cause. Every 10 minutes another young person under the age of 20 loses their life to blood cancer. Every 4 minutes another young person under the age of 20 is diagnosed with a blood cancer. Let's run.
Keep fighting -
John
Posted on
Fri, April 29, 2011
by John Whitaker