I don’t know about you, but I have a love-hate relationship with half marathon race expos.
What do I hate about them? Actually…not much, except for the fact that I know I’ll find at least a dozen things priced at over $100 that I’ll want to buy. My favorite gels are now available in a chicken nugget flavor? Put me down for a pallet. Running shoes made out of sourdough bread that scientists say will help me beat my 5K PR by 10 seconds? Give them to me, and give them to me now.
In most cases, I make mental notes of things that I want to shop for on Amazon. Then, I forget those mental notes because they never make the transition from “mental” to “written down.”
This year, my friend Sheraz decided to sign up for the 2018 NYC Half (his first half marathon!!!). I decided that it would be fun to keep a running tally of all the crap that we considered picking up at the expo. Did we cash out our 401Ks to buy moisture-wicking running belts? Let’s find out.