Giant Race and Relaxing

Traveling to San Fran I checked into running a race while I was out there.  I found the Giant Race was being held while we would be there and signed up the for the half marathon.  The race started outside of AT&T park where the Giants play and finished on the infield of the stadium.

Unfortunately there was a 5k that started about an hour before the race and there was a 10k that started at the same time as the 1/2 marathon.  It was also an out and back course for all races, which meant a very narrow course for the first 4 miles and still narrow after that since it was held through the Presidio near the Golden Gate Bridge.

I took the camera incase I saw anything that caught my eye but I decided to just get the race over with after I was so frustrated at the start organization and narrowness... seriously you are hosting a huge race you should have been forced to go through some training on how to host the event properly.  I should have known after the race expo.  Oh well.  Enough about that and hopefully they figure it out.  I stick to Disney organized races or those hosted by Fleet Feet Rochester (Dave and Ellen are amazing).

start that wraps around a corner

After the race we went out to the Cheesecake Factory that was located on the top floor of Macy's overlooking Union Square.  We got to eat outside and enjoy the view.  Lunch was yummy and the outside seating was very limited compared to inside seating so we were lucky to be seated outside.  

 We figured out that after lunch we would go back to the Golden Gate Bridge.  I really wanted to walk across it since we didn't the other day.  I also wanted to go watch the sunset so we headed over to the Golden Gate Bridge.  I also would have liked to take pictures of it at night but that didn't work out so well (too many lights in the park where we were).  We did walk almost halfway across the bridge this time though.  It wasn't bad except for the very chilly wind.

We did wait in a lot of traffic on the bus just to get dropped off at the  park and then we figured traffic would have been way better and the bus would be back to a consistent schedule after our walk and waiting for the sunset (which we didn't see... notice the heavy clouds/fog).  We sat around the corner from the bus stop semi-blocked from the bone chilling wind.  I guess it is all about timing to capture a good picture of the bridge without fog and such.