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Beautiful day in SF

All the finger crossing must have helped because today was about the most perfect day this year to run across the Golden Gate bridge.

Arnon had to drop out last minute because of a sore throat, he sounded really terrible so we send him lots of healthy thoughts and wishes for a quick recovery.

Dayle, Sissie, Yoko and I met at TJs and headed up around 7am and got to my sister's around 8. We got a little adrenaline pumping as Yoko and Sissie followed the Dayle/Patrick train in and around the 1 way, dead-end, 45 degree angle streets that surround the way to my sister's house in Russian hill. So we took the scenic route, which wasn't too bad, until we managed to lose both Yoko and Sissie in the last quarter mile. I'm sure it warmed Sissie right up :)

The trip from the house to the GGB was a little over 3 miles, and crossing made it 5, so we wandered a little further down the road and down hill so we could turn around at 6 miles and start back on our 2nd half of the run. The sun was warm and the bay was clear and pulchritudinous. And the views from the bridge and surrounding area were worth the trip. Just another perfect day of running that makes me forget sore knees and tired legs.

Breakfast was simple but delicious (if I say so myself.) Vegetable omeletes with toast, juice, coffee and fresh blood oranges provided by Dayle (mmmMMMM.) After a breakfast like that what else could you do to top that except go for a hike on Mt. Tamalpias. Well let me tell you what else you could do, you could sit on the roof in the sun on a comfy couch and look out at the bay and the bridge that you just ran across and talk for a few hours, and then some.

posted by Patrick el Coyote @ 7:43 PM