Bridal pictures

More San Francisco Marathon pictures

Me & Diane before the race started

These are the pictures I took with my disposable camera as I was running. I was not about to stop constantly to take pictures and increase my time, so they are blurry.

Running along the waterfront

Alcatraz Island

I think this is the Golden Gate bridge far off in the distance and covered in fog.

Getting close to the bridge.

Running on the bridge.

Running at some point in the race (I don't remember where this is)

There's a funny story behind this picture. This was just after getting off the bridge at about mile 8 or 9. We were running down a long hill (which was nice) and a guy next to me started telling me about how that reminded him of the St. George marathon in Utah. I told him that's where I was from and he was quite shocked. It was kind of fun to talk to him about it for a few minutes and he offered to take a picture of me. I'm surprised I don't look worse.

This is during the last couple miles of the race.

I remember feeling like I was going to die at this point and the end couldn't come soon enough.

I took a picture of the sign that says mile 12, but it got cut off. I have never been so happy to see the number 12 in my whole life.

This is out of order, but obviously it's mile 11.

Ahhhh, the end! I made it!

This was a pretty waterfall at the end in Golden Gate park.

San Francisco Half Marathon- July 2009

My friend Diane and I decided to run a half marathon together in March or April. I didn't know then that I would be getting married 6 days after the race. I had never been to San Francisco so I turned it into a mini vacation. This was my first half marathon and the most miles I had ever run at one time. We got an awesome deal on the Westin hotel in downtown S.F.



This is the view from our room. My friend flirted with the front desk guy and got our room upgraded to an ocean view. Can't beat that. Thanks Diane!

The Oakland Bridge (as seen from our hotel room)

Picking up our race packet.

This sidewalk cafe was just down the street from our hotel. We ate breakfast on the little sidewalk patio one morning and I loved it. It reminded me of Paris.

The entrance of Chinatown

Me & Diane in front of the Chinatown entrance

Chinatown

Chinatown

We went on a walk through Chinatown and to the top of this hill. The workout was intense but the view was amazing.

Alcatraz Island

We rode a streetcar back to our hotel (we didn't want to wear out our legs before the race)

Oakland Bridge

Alcatraz Island again

Along the Embarcadero (the water front)

The Golden Gate Bridge (in fog). Unfortunately this was one of the best pictures I got of the bridge because of the almost constant fog. I wish I could have seen it in the normal daylight, but I got to run across it and not many people can say that.

Ghirardelli Square

This is Lombard Street, the most crooked street in San Francisco (maybe even the world). If you look close you can see the cars.

This is basically how the weather was the majority of the time. I took pants and a jacket, but I was still freezing most of the time. I saw my scarves when I was packing and thought about taking them, but then I said to myself, "Don't be ridiculous Krista, it's July. You will never need them". Well, going from 110 degrees in St. George to a high of 65 is a huge shock for me and I really could have used them (or thermals, gloves, fur coat, etc.). For this very reason I really am not too fond of San Francisco and could never live there. I was just very confused that people were still wearing coats and pants in July, but it basically never gets warm.

The bloody sock. This could possibly explain why my foot hurt soo bad and forced me to limp the last few miles.

This picture really doesn't even do it justice. I had a blister from a few weeks before that I thought had healed, but it opened up and I lost several layers of skin. The wound was just raw and I almost screamed when I got in the shower because of the water running over it.

The battle wounds.

My time was 2 hours and 41 minutes (for 13.1 miles). I really wanted to do it in less than 2:30, but those hills were killer. I guess that happens when you are in San Francisco. Diane finished before me at 2:36 (or something close to that).