Sunday, July 26, 2009

Race Day!

I ran my fifth race today and I PR'ed! I ran the SF Half Marathon (13.1 miles ) in 2:04:07! Here's my story through photos. Enjoy.

My running buddy Victoria and I pose in front of the lit Bay Bridge at 5:45 am!

A view of the Bay Bridge from Embarcadero.

Running along the Aquatic Park near Van Ness.

Crissy Field Park with the Golden Gate Bridge engulfed in the bay fog. Typical summer weather pattern.

The Golden Gate Bridge in it's foggy glory. Running across this bridge is the main reason why I signed up and ran this race.

This is my favorite photo of the entire race. I finished running across the bridge the first time and here I'm running back to the city.

After the bridge came the rolling hills San Francisco is known for. I was too winded to snap photos and managed to take one after the last hill headed towards Golden Gate Park to the finish line.

Here's the finish line I crossed at 2:04:07, a new personal record (PR)!

After eating several bananas and salty potato chips I joined up with Victoria and our old running buddy Kristy. We sure rocked this cold wet drizzly race!

2 comments:

Betsy Brock said...

This is awesome! I'm not a runner, but I've always admired them! Look at that fog...beautiful!

John said...

These are great pictures! Congratulations on a great day.