This Sunday it was the Nike Women’s Marathon and Half Marathon in San Francisco. Although it was a Women’s race in name, they did allow males and I entered the Half Marathon. The course was a nice tour of San Francisco – starting at Union Square, moving down to the Embarcadero, through the Marina district, through the Praesidio and over the hill to Golden Gate Park and then finishing by the Ocean.
Of course any run in San Francisco has to deal with hills and we had our fair share. I have never seen this before, but at the top of the 1 mile hill from the Bay up over to the Pacific side, they had an Oxygen station. A series of oxygen masks to help you catch your breath after the climb I guess - I didn’t see too many takers and I didn’t participate. Apparently this is a service you can get in certain bars these days.
At the finish line, being a women’s race sponsored by Nike and Tiffany (the jewelers), we each were presented with a Tiffany necklace and a Nike shirt that was a shade of light blue that was just a little too feminine for my liking. That's what you get for entering a woman's race - there are other benefits however.
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Interesting blog you're writing here. I was checking 'Janet's' blog today and she referred readers to your piece on the 'cell phone lady'.
I see you do a lot of running. I don't. My cousin Mike Shephard (a city counselman here in Bremerton, WA) has run twenty marathons and is currently on a trip to Greece with some other American runners to run the original route. That must be a dream fulfilled.
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