I was asleep before 8 last night; my alarm woke me at 4 this morning so I could make it to the convention center in downtown Houston for my 5:30-11:30 baggage claim shift. This was only my 2nd baggage claim shift. This was much larger than the 5k event that I worked at DisneyWorld back in January 2008. There was a steady stream of runners checking bags from the very start at 5:30 until around 6:15. After that time, we got completely mobbed by tons of bags being checked. There were just piles of bags everywhere. Bags were all sorted by the time the lead marathoner finished.
Most runners were very polite and thanked us for being there. Unfortunately, with thousands of bags being checked, a few bag tags were separated from the bags and some bags were filed in the wrong numerical location. One runner got really upset when we couldn't locate his bag and directed him to the lost and found section. Dude, don't check a bag if its that important to you. Heck, even the airlines lose a bag every once inawhile.... and you pay them to lose your bag.
I have no plans for any 2011 Disney races so should be back to running the Houston 1/2 next year.
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