Race Report: San Diego Rock'n'Roll Marathon 2008

Janet & Judy ran the San Diego Rock'n'Roll Marathon this past weekend along with 25,000 other runners, and the weather couldn't have been nicer — low 60s with a marine layer blocking the sun for the first half of the race. When the sun did eventually come out and burn off the cloud covering, there were more than a few running Elvises that had to be regretting the decision to run 26 miles in wigs & polyester pant suits.

Judy's boyfriend Felipe and I played support team, dropping the girls off near the start and catching up with them along the route to heckle and keep their minds off all the terrible bands that were supposed to keep their minds off the running. We also surprised them at notorious mile 20 (where most runners hit "the wall" in a marathon) by joining them for three miles. Afterwards Felipe was pretty proud to point out that we'd just run "the hardest part" of the marathon.

This was Janet's fourth marathon and Judy's first, so congrats to both on the finish!