So while at the Glory days Invitational I noticed a few things that should be pointed out.  

1st) People in the greater D.C. area are pretty knowledgeable about cross country/track and field.

2nd) People in the greater D.C. area love Alan Webb.

3rd) People all over the world love free stuff.

So naturally when Mile American Record Holder Alan Webb starts throwing free stuff into a crowd just waiting to explode, things get crazy.

Now, a line had been forming to see Alan for about an hour before he was supposed to arrive.  Alan showed up about 15 minutes late.  Something about a random drug test.  I think he was just trying to build hype, because thats exactly what happened.  When he walked up to the front of my truck, where I had set up a couple of tables and some chairs he was carrying a couple of backpacks and a shoe box.  While, he just looked at the assembled crowd (which had previously chanting his name) and said "You guys like free Nike stuff?"  People began screaming and rushing the truck as Alan started laughing and emptying the contents of his bag into the now ragging mass of people.  My job during all this? Pushing back on the table dividing Alan and myself from the near riot across from us.  Check out the "Riot" video in misc videos for more info.  

Anyways, after the police were called in to break up the riot and put out the truck fire (just kidding, people calmed down on their own and no trucks were damaged during the making of this blog post) and then Alan got down to signing autographs and taking pictures.  Oh yeah, and on top off all of this, there was a pretty sweet meet going on with a ton of great runners on a gorgeous looking course.

Next stop the smallest continental state, and also the state with the longest name.  Or for those of you who didn't go to school there: The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.