Monday, March 21, 2011
The Emerald 12K Across the Bay Race!!
I wish I could start my post with an intro like, "The day of race dawned bright and clear with the promise of sunshine and perfect running conditions ahead," but as you can see from the photos, the day most certainly "dawned" in no such a way! It stormed and rained and thundered and lightninged and pounded all night long - I know this because I was awake for most of it.... :) When I finally drug myself out of bed from the worst night's sleep ever, my first thought was, "Maybe they'll cancel the race!" Nah. They specifically said, "Rain or Shine!!!"
I grabbed my healthy, energy-inducing breakfast (coffee, a cookie and a cheese stick) and then Eric, Anne, Charlie and Angie picked me up at 7:00. Away we went to Sausalito where transport buses took us to the race start line. When I got on the bus and the driver was blasting Kirk Franklin, I knew it was gonna be a GREAT day - rain OR shine!!!
I finished in a fairly respectable 1 hour and 36 minutes - 6 minutes over my goal. :( If I hadn't paused to take pictures I might've made it!!! But it was worth it to capture a few great memories! Unfortunately taking pictures on my iPhone means that they turn out very small and sorta hard to see!!
What a great course, mostly flat and fast, with amazingly beautiful and scenic views around every turn and corner. We ate at Calzones in Little Italy in San Fran afterwards - like starving crazy people, that's what we were.
While I'd been looking forward to this run for several months, I can't say that I was at my most prepared!!! I'm feeling a wee tad SORE today!!! But I can say that I'm back and ready to start seriously preparing for our Half Marathon coming up in Windsor in May. Still on track!!
Get out and enjoy this nice spring weather, Y'all!!! (If you're having any where you are!!)
Blessings!!!
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