Taking the kids to California to run in the San Leandro Summer Breeze Half Marathon was a blast!
We toured the San Francisco Bay
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| Yeah kids - be good or it's Alcatraz for you! |
Took a ride under the majestic Golden Gate Bridge
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| Love the Golden Gate Bridge! |
Drove down Lombard Street
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| Heck no we didn't walk up! |
Ate mucho grande
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| Now, this is how you eat bon bons in Monterey! |
Visited Google
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| Sidekick was in Nerd Heaven! |
Saw the most interesting Running Store:
Espresso & Sneakers - Now that's my kinda running store!
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| Go Zombie Runner in Palo Alto! |
Visited with my beautiful, adorable, intelligent niece
who lives in San Fran
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| Thanks for the flowers, Rae! |
Drove out to wine country: Napa and Sonoma
And ran my ass of in my California 13.1!
It was such an honor to hang with this gentleman throughout the race:
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| Sir, it was a pleasure running with you! |
I asked him his age (61)! Wow! I hope I can still boogie like that when I am 61! At the end he started to slow down a bit - I yelled to him - c'mon, we can't give up - we hafta catch the boy. See right at the turn around, simple as pie, this young boy passed me as if I were standing still and for the next 6.5 miles - I had my eye on that young whipper snapper's back. He had to feel my eyes burning a whole in his white shirt. C'mon, I yelled to my new running partner, let's catch the boy ....
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| Still trying - even to the end! |
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| Yes, I am passing the boy! |
Poor kid - he had no idea he made the end of the race so exciting for me because at 49, my goal for that day was to beat a 16 year old boy.
Yeah - running promotes the pathetic in me!
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| Pushing out those last few strides - leaving nothing to chance! |
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| Now this is "Runner's High!" |
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| Woo-hoo, I passed the boy! |
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I think he's texting his friends that some old lady
just beat him at the finish! LOL! |
AND
I took second in my age group running a (meh)
1:43:50
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Woohooo, 13th time out of 21 states
I placed 1, 2, or 3 in my age group |
Not bad since I couldn't go down the stairs last Tuesday without my knee giving way. Kudos to Dr. Mike - he used the
Gralston technique to loosen up my IT Band. Soooo painful - but soooo worth it!
Overall, San Leandro was a blast! My fave for the year!
Do you have a favorite race so far this year?
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