2010 Healdsburg Wine Country Marathon and Half
Shalimar and I went on our annual trip to Healdsburg to race in the Wine Country Marathon and Half-Marathon. This year's races were held on October 10th (10/10/10) - an easy date to remember during our summer of training. Unlike last year, the weather was unseasonably warm and the heat made the race very challenging. The course temperatures ranged between 60 degrees at start time to a high of 96 - a perfect day for a run! Shalimar was trying to set her personal record by beating last year's time of 2:45:02.8 and I was making my third attempt at breaking four hours. I wonder how we did...
Don't forget to click the "Map This" button above to see our pictures on the course!
All race photos in this gallery were taken by Action Sports International.
Read MoreDon't forget to click the "Map This" button above to see our pictures on the course!
All race photos in this gallery were taken by Action Sports International.
Shalimar has her medal photo taken while she was getting more ice and water for me. She's even carrying my race medal! :-) Meanwhile, I was sitting down under a tree icing my ankle next to woman who was having trouble breathing. While the paramedics were attending to her, I was feeling light-headed myself. A paramedic checked my oxygen level and said I was okay. He told me my ankle probably wasn't broken if I could finish the race and reminded me to R.I.C.E. it. :-)
