A couple weekends ago, Brian and I headed south for my first time seeing the Redwoods, and his first time running a half-marathon in the Redwoods. We drove down with two of his running buds, Chris & Tyler, and met up with a few other friends who were also running. We stayed overnight at a KOA campground in Eureka, CA and hung out and watched the Duck football game, and slept 8 people + 1 dog in a cabin that was only meant to sleep 4 humans. It was a quick trip, driving down Saturday morning and driving back Sunday afternoon. We didn't have time for much sightseeing outside of the race, but we did get to do a little tour of Humboldt State University by running on some of the awesome trails they have!
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| The campus trails were pretty hilly, which is why I look like, "Ok, take the picture quick so I can hunch over to catch my breath!" Check out how big that tree is! |
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| Pre-race group photo: Sofie (the dog), Andrew, Scott, Tyler, Brian, Dirk & Chris. As the only female in the bunch that weekend, I can attest to the fact that these are all very nice, very cool guys! |
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| This is my attempt at being artsy with the trees :) |
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| A little Redwood education for you... |
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| Sofie and I cheered on all the runners with gusto! |
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| Scott (in blue) was Sofie's favorite runner...he's her owner :) |
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| There was no distracting Sofie after she saw Scott go by...after that, all she wanted to do was go in the direction he was running. |
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| Tyler's so fast, we can barely see him! |
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Sofie really means it...she must get to Scott!
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| There's MY favorite runner! |
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| Tyler & Chris, post-race...they both ran a great race! |
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| Andrew, a Kiwi Brian & Andrew met during the race, and Brian...all happy to be finished! This was Andrew's first half-marathon and Brian ran with him the whole time, and had fun bonding rather than trying to kill himself for a certain finish time. Even still, they finished around 1:54! |
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| Post-race, tired legs and all smiles! |
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| Back at the KOA for a shower before hitting the road...had to snap this shot. Notice that Brian is the Mama Bear here :) |
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