I ran the San Francisco Nike half-marathon, following the same strategy as I did at Long Beach the previous Sunday. It was definitely a much colder day and a hillier course compared to Long Beach. I didn't expect to find any of my friends amongst the 20,000-plus women runners at the race. Around mile 10-11, I somehow found myself just behind my girlfriend Jennifer So, who I had originally signed up for the race with. She looked great, despite her telling me that she was ready to pass out in 2 seconds.
We chatted for about a mile or two, until we slowly created some distance between us as i was ready to finish as quickly and get back for a hot shower. I had not been feeling well at all that morning and I started to really struggle after a couple of miles.
All in all, SF weekend was great, I got some hang-time with my good buddy Quinton (who I learned that he has a strange fetish for crisp brand new bills) and my college dorm-mates: Sailor, Sam, Monica, and Monica's BF Chris. I was quite happy to drag Monica out for a 4 mile run Saturday and inspired her to train for her first half-marathon this November.
This week for October 21st, Coach Joe has me scheduled to run total of 40 miles and still keeping up with my push-ups and crunch drills. I am to start double session runs one day of the week. He tells me no more running 2 half-marathons in a span of one week. I smiled.
We chatted for about a mile or two, until we slowly created some distance between us as i was ready to finish as quickly and get back for a hot shower. I had not been feeling well at all that morning and I started to really struggle after a couple of miles.
All in all, SF weekend was great, I got some hang-time with my good buddy Quinton (who I learned that he has a strange fetish for crisp brand new bills) and my college dorm-mates: Sailor, Sam, Monica, and Monica's BF Chris. I was quite happy to drag Monica out for a 4 mile run Saturday and inspired her to train for her first half-marathon this November.
This week for October 21st, Coach Joe has me scheduled to run total of 40 miles and still keeping up with my push-ups and crunch drills. I am to start double session runs one day of the week. He tells me no more running 2 half-marathons in a span of one week. I smiled.
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