Day 3

A leisure day today! We had breakfast at our own convenience...every morning on the roof top there is a lovely buffet of food for us to indulge in: 4 types of egg, potatoes, meat, croissants, breads, fruits, cereals, yogurt, sweets, fresh juices and coffee! The group of runners/walkers gathered in the hotel lobby at 9am to go over to the Marathon Expo. It was about a 10 minute walk to the building. We all split up and wandered through the expo. We were handed pamphlets in Greek and found a few fun activities: racing on ellipticals, measuring BMIs, scanning foot structures, taking heart ECGs, and measuring the elasticity of our arteries (these last 2 were a part of a research project). We picked up our race packets, including numbers and t-shirts and then were on our own to find lunch and spend the afternoon relaxing. In the evening, we all gathered to all walk to Daphne's, a close by restaurant where we ate our pre-race pasta dinner. It was a lovely 5 course meal, shared in a beautifully decorated restaurant. Ryan Foss got up and encouraged us all in regards to the race tomorrow, reminding us we are doing it for the kids, the mentees that Bolder Options serves. What an inspiration! Darryl Thompson also spoke, thanking us again for the fundraising, passion and hard work the team has committed to the Bolder Options cause and the marathon. We gave a big thanks out the great number of Staff members who were on the trip with us, Board members, Mentors and of course Karen, our amazing trip guide! We ended with another round of "Happy Birthday," this time for Sonita, Jammal's mother! Then Dan Pfarr and Karen got up to give us all the details about the early morning transport for walkers, runners and spectators...the plan is on, now it is just to sleep and wake up and run!