Wahoo!!

Seth and I took part in the San Francisco Marathon today- we did the Progressive Marathon, which is where you do 23.1 miles ahead of time (accumulated however you like) and then run the 5k on race day. And? The best part? We actually RAN it. Well, almost a third of it. Which is about a whopping mile, but I tell you that that is the most I've EVER run.

We started out jogging and I was pleased that we actually did that for about 3.5 minutes. Seriously- when I last timed myself, I could run for about a minute before I started sucking wind. I wanted us to push ourselves today, and we did. Our shins weren't thrilled with us, I got a side cramp, and I was sucking wind and wanted to throw up after I crossed the finish line, but it's the best we've ever done! I ran for about 12.5 minutes total, with an unofficial time of 43:12 or something like that, with a pace of a 13:55 mile. That is awesome! My goal before for walking was to get to a 15 minute mile, and we've been averaging 18 or 19 minutes when we walk at the park. Seth ran a bit more than me and his time was 42:17. I'm very proud of us.

The nice thing was that we were done way before most of the marathoners, so we were able to easily partake in the free massages after! We got our t-shirts, medals, times, and massages, and then we wandered back to the car.

Strange bonus on the day- we stopped to eat breakfast at a little diner in San Rafael, and Carlos Santana was there. My first famous person sighting in California. I should have asked him if he knew James Hetfield.