18 mile run across the golden gate bridge

on sunday, at 9:30am, kelvin and i set out on my 18 mile run. when we left the condo, it was typical san francisco weather, chilly and overcast. kelvin and i both looked really tech savvy and anti-social running together, with our separate ipods and earphones. i, of course, also had on my nerdy little fanny pack water bottle holder, equipped with gatorade and water!

at mile 4, around fisherman's wharf, kelvin and i said our goodbyes, and i continued onward.

my run included the following: starting out at at&t parkway (home of the giants), running along the embarcadero (with the bay to my right hand side), passing pier 39 and fisherman's wharf, going inland past ghiradelli square, running back to the bay and along the marina, going inland to the presidio and golden gate park, and across the golden gate bridge to the rest area on the marin side (where i took the photos below with my cel phone). then, i turned around, ran across the bridge again, past chrissy fields, back to the marina, inland, and back along the embarcadero! (to see my route, click here)!

what a run! at mile 17, i was exhausted and my legs were so tired. and i thought to myself, why in the world did i ever decide to run a marathon? the run was definintely tough, but it was beautiful. and running across the golden gate bridge was pretty amazing, especially since i haven't been across the bridge in a long time! and running san francisco gave me a better lay-out of the city, at least the parts along the coast!

this will be one of my longest runs until the marathon. i've only got one run that's longer than this, the 20 mile run on september 30th! until the next post...