RobO and I flew to San Francisco yesterday. Our main purpose was to visit our friends Lyndsey and Mike, who are living just south of the city in Palo Alto for a year. And the other little reason was that I got into the San Francisco Women’s Half Marathon (the one where you get a Tiffany’s necklace at the end, given to you by a firefighter in a tuxedo)!
We had a great day in the city yesterday. As usual, robO helped me carbo load before the race (Thai lunch and Indian dinner), as well as pig out after the race (Ghiardelli’s chocolate).
The race course was the hilliest I’ve ever run (mostly uphill) and it was so foggy that I couldn’t see the bridge. For the first time since receiving a GPS watch I didn’t wear it during the race – I wanted to go just on feel and try to enjoy the experience. I felt pretty good for most of the time, up until the last kilometer when I got a big stitch. I knew I was in the range of achieving my sub 1:40 goal, but that cramp foiled me. I ended with a happy 1:40:30, my new Tiffany, a pic with a firefighter, and a post race celebration with my #1 fan! That equals 14th in my age group and 187th overall out of 26,417 runners.
We’re in Palo Alto now, enjoying our first night with the Bristows.
Here are some pics…
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| San Francisco days |
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| Team carboloading |
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| Here she is: the X is for the 10th anniversary of the race |
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| Movember’s coming early |
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| Slurp |
Great job Dawn!
-Keagen
Starting in Moctober is grounds for instant disqualification! The chocolate drink looks pretty yummy. It's pretty grande, hope you shared . . . . never mind.
I think I could have had 26,416th sewn up. Nice work Dawn!