Quote Originally Posted by Bikingmomof3 View Post
I think I could do this one in 2008....
Yeah you could!!! And I'd be your personal cheering squad if you did! You could come down here and do the half in 2007, you know...
Heck, I'll be KSH's personal cheering squad if she comes out. Come on down to OK and I'll cheer for you girls all day long!

KSH- I won't lie to 'ya. The finish line is not like an M-Dot race. There are not thousands cheering you in. I guees it depends on what time you finish. My friend finished in 14 1/2 hours and there were lots of cheering fans. When I finished in 16 1/2 there were about 10 people (but man, were they yelling for me)... BUT Jeffrey (the race announcer who's out there ALL day long) hollers your name as you make it to the finish line, announcing you're a first timer and then calls out when you cross the line. There is red carpet laid all the way down the finisher's chute, and they're playing music, making noise, and I didn't even notice there being only a few people. In fact, I don't remember much about that moment- only that I saw the red carpet, heard Jeffrey calling my name to come home, and looked over at my DH. I'm glad he videoed it so I could watch it later. It was a happy blur. For me, I didn't mind the less amount of people- in fact it made it better because of the fewer folks, I got to talk to many people on the run course, a couple waited for me to finish, and all the finish line folks waited on me hand and foot as I crossed the line. I guess it depends on what you're looking for. I'm a sucker for smaller, more personal races (have done marathons with 20,000 and marathons with 40 and I like the smaller ones better). That's just me, tho. But yeah, one day it would be nice to expereince an M-Dot race- just to do one! If you don't do Redman for your first, you gotta do it sometime just to do it- you're so close you're almost obligated to cross the Red River and spend some time up here.