12-5-15

so my day started pretty early.  

i woke up around 3:20 so i could drop julie off at the start (we left around 3:40)  

there was this one way tunnel we had to drive through...it was interesting

 i went back to the house to get heather, who was still getting ready.  ready to leave the house for the second time (in the dark)

 at the start line, we finally find ann-marie and maria (two more dirt divas!)

 and off they go!
dean kanazares was at the mike.  pretty cool.

aw, darn!  maria's hand is in the way

 maria, ann-marie, heather's australian friend, and heather

 hurriedly went back to the house briefly after seeing most everyone at the first 3.8mi aid station.

 finally made it to stinson beach

 but i missed julie  =(

waited around here for around 90 minutes.  

yes.  90 minutes.  shuttles were supposed to come every 30 minutes!

i totally could've gone for a really nice hike instead of standing around waiting.  bleah.

 finally made it back to the tennessee valley aid station after a 90min wait and a 40min shuttle ride.
i got to see heather, ann-marie, maria, and kathy come through!

 then i waited another hour just so i could see julie come through.
this was mile 44 for her.  i felt i needed to stay to see her since i missed her at mile 28.7 (or was it 27.8?)

 so happy!!!

 then i hurried back to the start line, and i missed everyone coming through the finish line, except for julie!
she ran so fast the last 6 miles -- in around 70 minutes.  with a huge hill to climb, even!
she's such a strong runner!!  <3 p="">