27 days to #27

I was just thinking back to some of the 50kms I have done and realized that my Olympic 50km race will be #27. And I'm down to 27 days to go until race day. So, it's 27 days to #27. In memory of my first 26 50km races, I thought it would be fun to list the year, location and event of each one. So, here it goes:

1993 San Antonio, TX – US Olympic Festival
1998 Miami, FL – Pan American Racewalk Cup
1999 Sacramento, CA – US Nationals
1999 Mezidon, France – World Racewalk Cup
1999 Winnipeg, Canada – Pan American Games
2000 Sacramento, CA – US Olympic Trials
2000 Sydney, Australia – Olympic Games
2001 Manassas, VA – US Nationals
2001 Edmonton, Canada – World T&F Championships
2002 Chula Vista, CA – US Nationals
2002 Torino, Italy – World Racewalk Cup
2003 Tijuana, Mexico – Pan American Racewalk Cup
2003 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic – Pan American Games
2004 Chula Vista, CA – US Olympic Trials
2004 Tijuana, Mexico – IAAF Grand Prix Challenge
2004 Athens, Greece – Olympic Games
2005 Clermont, FL – US Nationals
2005 Lima, Peru – Pan American Racewalk Cup
2005 Helsinki, Finland – World T&F Championships
2006 Clermont, FL – US Nationals
2006 La Coruña, Spain – World Racewalk Cup
2007 Chula Vista, CA – US Nationals
2007 Camboriu, Brazil – Pan American Racewalk Cup
2007 Rio de Janiero, Brazil – Pan American Games
2008 Miami, FL – US Olympic Trials
2008 Cheboksary, Russia – World Racewalk Cup