2009 Healdsburg Wine Country Marathon
Shalimar, Greg and I ran in the Healdsburg Wine Country marathon and half-marathon on October 11th. What a great event! I had so much fun last year that I had to do it again.
Shalimar was running in her first half-marathon race and my brother Greg, who came in from Chicago, was running in his first full marathon. They both did really well! Shalimar had never run more than 8 miles in her training so completing her first half-marathon was extra special. Shalimar finished great at 2:45.02.8. Greg not only completed his first marathon, but he also eked under the magic 4-hour mark finishing in 3:59:30.7. Amazing! A big congratulations to both of them!
The weather was unseasonably cool and overcast throughout the entire race, but it was perfect for running. The course was a little different this time around too. I found it was a bit more difficult than last year with quite a few more rolling hills, so I was pleased to have finished faster than last year's time by about 13 minutes at 4:04:37.1. I still haven't finish under the elusive 4 hours, but there's always the next marathon... I can't wait! :-)
Read MoreShalimar was running in her first half-marathon race and my brother Greg, who came in from Chicago, was running in his first full marathon. They both did really well! Shalimar had never run more than 8 miles in her training so completing her first half-marathon was extra special. Shalimar finished great at 2:45.02.8. Greg not only completed his first marathon, but he also eked under the magic 4-hour mark finishing in 3:59:30.7. Amazing! A big congratulations to both of them!
The weather was unseasonably cool and overcast throughout the entire race, but it was perfect for running. The course was a little different this time around too. I found it was a bit more difficult than last year with quite a few more rolling hills, so I was pleased to have finished faster than last year's time by about 13 minutes at 4:04:37.1. I still haven't finish under the elusive 4 hours, but there's always the next marathon... I can't wait! :-)
Ahhh finally our post-race dinner! After the race the organizers served rice and beans, chips, gatorade, water, cookies, etc. the usual things. I normally can't eat too much after running so I was looking forward to dinner later that evening. We went to Willie's Seafood and Raw Bar, a Healdsburg tapas restaurant. We ate there last year and the food was fantastic so we didn't hesitate going there again with Greg.
The restaurant photos were taken with my Canon Powershot G10 instead of the usual DSLR.
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