Long Beach Half-Marathon 2008

Steve and I ran the Long Beach Half-Marathon on Sunday. We left our house at 5:15am to be on time for the 7:30am start time. Here we are at the Hyatt prior to the race, we used the clean restrooms here (other runners had the same idea), very important!


We carpooled with my coworker Kristen, and met up with Rob. We posed outside the Long Beach Hyatt, minutes away from the starting line. The weather was great, sunny and cool, ideal running conditions!


Mari was there as cheerleader and supporter extraordinaire.


On your mark, get set, go! And we were off! It was an enjoyable run for everyone, Mari stationed herself along the beach at Mile 7 for some excellent photos!


Robbie's with a nice size crowd here, doesn't he look happy and relaxed...


Here's Steve at Mile 13! He finished in 1:50!


He cheered me on as I finished in 2:07.


The three of us reached our goal of running the whole race non-stop.

What made the difference for us:
Wonderful cool weather and beautiful views.
Mainly flat course with gradual downhill at the end.
Carrying our fluids vs. slowing down at the liquid stops.
Lots of runners vs. stop-and-go people.
Cheerleader (Mari) and great babysitter (Yumi) to put our minds at ease.

What a great day... and yes, we want to do another one.