Silver Strand Half

Last weekend I ran in the Silver Strand Half Marathon with two of my running pals Sarah and Lauren. We had a great time training over the past few weeks, but the race itself....not so much fun. It's unfortunate that the two halfs I picked to race this year have been on unseasonably warm days. La Jolla Half back in April it was in the 90's and last Sunday was likely in the mid 80's. The dang Santa Ana's winds bring in the dry hot weather from the desert and make for cruel and unusual conditions weather your running a half or not.
Anyways, the race is done and over with and all things considered it did go well...at least until the last 2 miles when my body started shutting down. Sarah, Lauren and I all had bouts of nausea and upset tummies post race. I struggled to keep my head up during brunch and didn't feel normal again until mid afternoon. Well....i think I've got my sights set on the Carlsbad Half which is in January. My hopes are that it won't be 80 or 30 degrees...we'll just have to wait and see.

Sunrise driving North on the 75 from Imperial Beach to the Silver Strand State Beach were we had to park and take the shuttle to the start. Did I mention that I had to get up at 4:45am for this race.

Pre race before we got on the shuttle. Lauren, Me and Sarah V.

Post race....I'm blaming the dorky side visor picture on the heat!