Since that was more information than you wanted to know right now, let's move on to the Expo itself!
We arrived early on Saturday morning, checked into our hotel, and valet parked our car. Since our room wasn't ready yet, we headed upstairs to meet our friends who were also doing the race that weekend.
We arrived not long after the Expo opened for the day and the crowds were super light!
In fact, we had zero wait for our bibs!
Since Rock n Roll has gone paperless now, there are lap tops set up when you first walk in where you can look up your bib number. You take your bib number to your prospective line, show the workers your ID, then you're on your way! It's super easy!
Of course we had to take a picture with the finish line!
We brouwde the official merchandise for a while and I did end up purchasing a quarter length sleeve purple shirt. The image on the front has a fleur de lis and is filled with symbols of New Orleans. It's so cute!
Another merchandise offering was shirts and jackets with participants names on the back. I didn't purchase this one, but my friend did!
The changing rooms were port-a-potties which always cracks me up!
Brooks had a big presence at the Expo (as always)!
They even had an adorable photo booth option complete with props. The end result was a super quick three image video that I shared to my instagram.
After browsing for a while, we left the merchandise area and walked over to the Main Expo floor.
I was super thrown off at first because it looked way smaller than it has in the past. In reality, the expo floor was just laid out different.
And of course, my husband just HAD to make a sign for me. Thanks, Jason!
We loved seeing these guys, too!
Before it was all said and done, we might have even registered for 2020....because they were giving out free t-shirts. Like I need another t-shirt.
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RnR always has the best race expos!
ReplyDeleteI hope to do RnR NOLA one year - it's on my bucket list.
They sure do! I hope you can make it out one year! :)
DeleteI need to find a RnR in Texas just to go to their Expo - I always love the Brooks booth. That shirt/jacket with all of the racer's names is pretty cool. I would have come home with it, LOL.
ReplyDeleteIsn't that neat? My friend bought one of the shirts!
DeleteI was supposed to do this race too but backed out because I knew I wasn't ready for it. But I have run the marathon once and the half twice.
ReplyDeleteOne year I did 14 RnR races and the expos were very different. Now they are definitely smaller.
Love that Brooks is a sponsor!
Wow 14 races in one year! That's amazing!! The expos really are much smaller than they used to be.
DeleteWhat a race expo!! I think an expo like that really adds to the excitement of the race. And it's fantastic that they've gone paperless too!
ReplyDeleteI couldn't agree more with all of this! :)
DeleteNew Orleans is definitely on my bucket list! Look forward to hearing more
ReplyDeleteOh you would love it! Hope you get to run it one day! :)
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