Before the start

The sun just came up. I was waking every hour sine I was worried that I would sleep past 4am. Got a hurried ready and headed to the subway. Got on the bus with Jim from El Passo. Got off the bus Stanton Island in the dark, and it was pretty chilly. We tip-toed over bodies into the middle of a big tent. Nice and warm and dry. We sit next to Mike from Sacramento. Nice chatting, and now the sun is coming up nice and bright.
As it turns out we are in the pre-race religious servicce tent. A cheery preacher just told us a service that will warm us up will in 45min, includinf stretching and warm-ups!! Gosh, might be worth while staying for this.
Still another 2:40 untill start time.
Should be a nice start with me on the top deck of the bridge, along with 17,000 other people, and another 17,000 on the lower deck of the bridge.
Hilarious - loud rocking religious music in our tent.

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