san francisco MARATHON!

we did it! 2 weekends ago i ran my 3rd marathon,

and chase ran his first! i always hoped i'd marry

someone who would do crazy & adventurous things

with me. chase not only travels the world with me,

explores new places, tries new foods, he has now

even run a marathon with me! i picked a winner.

we had a great time despite lots of pain and 

wondering why we were doing it while we were

running :) i am mostly so happy it's over, the 

soreness is gone, and we have a great memory of

running this classic SF marathon while living here!

it might not be our last marathon, but it will be

for a while! you can see some thoughts i had while

running this marathon here to get a better idea of

what it was like ... now the only marathon i'm 

doing for a long time is a movie marathon! :)

^^ laying out my race gear the night before...

had to be ready for the 4:30 AM wake up call!

{ i am so glad that's over }

^^ pre-race carbo loading. don't mind if i do!

^^ race expo the day before, always a fun event

that gets me in the mindset of the race we're doing

^^ really fun expo down by the water at fort mason

^^ so fun to train and sign up with our bestie

kendall! she makes everything more fun.

behind the smiles we are thinking...

"WHAT did we get ourselves into?!!"

THEN...RACE DAY:

^^early morning meeting at the google office with

the entire running team! and, looking at our route..

blurry google running team photo ^^^

^^ this was when we got excited. it's hard to 

ignore that pre-race buzz, all the people, 

and that start line by the bay bridge!

5 AM faces!

^^ start line -- butterflies!

^^ blurry good luck kisses

and, we're off!

one of the best parts was miles 6-10, running across

the golden gate bridge! we had gotten separated and

found each other on the bridge, so fun, loved it.

^^ we made a new friend on the course

when chase spotted her south africa gear,

where my parents live! we had to snap a

picture for my parents. it's always really

fun to meet people on the course of a marathon,

they take your mind off the run and make it fun!

^^ somehow chase has the energy to do

clever things in the race photos, meanwhile

i was just barely surviving :)

^^ i love this classic photo of

chase finishing his first marathon

YAY, finisher!

^^ getting his medal, well-deserved

fun to do together!

and, our post-marathon massages at our

apartment were specially themed for

the marathon with extra goodies included..

as if we could love unwind me more!

and, that's that! it's pretty crazy that we
ran 26.2 miles, but i love that we did it
together and it was an adventure as always!

xo