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Malin and I had talked about participating in the famous San Francisco Bay To Breakers 12K run for a couple of years, but this was the first year we were able to trick convince two of our friends, toob  & jakebe , that it'd be great fun!  So, on Sunday morning, May 17th, the four of us and 60,000+ of our closest friends descended upon San Francisco to partake in the 98 year old tradition.  For those of you that aren't familiar with the San Francisco Bay To Breakers run, it's both a world class 12K race (in which this years winner set a new world record), as well as a wild party that embraces all of San Francisco's outrageous, eclectic charm.  It's a four hour event that shuts down 7.46 miles of San Francisco with live music, costumes, nudity and ... running.  Folks that know me know that I enjoy a good party, but for this event the four of us decided to hang up our party shoes and instead wear our sneakers as we attempted to actually ... *cough* ... compete.  It was the first time any of us had participated in an 'official' race, and I'll admit I was pretty apprehensive.  At 8am sharp, under a shower of flying corn tortillas, we embarked on our first 12k run ...

Malin finished in 1:20:42.
Rolo finished in 1:13:14.

Overall, I'm extremely happy with Jakebe, Malin and Toob for not only taking the plunge and participating in their first physical challenging street race on one of the hottest days this year, but also in posting very respectable finishes!  After limping our way back to the hotel for a well deserved shower we found a local brew pub and sat down for some tasty burgers and beers, raising a toast to a race well run.  Although we're still debating the merits of running sans clothing, we're definitely planing on participating again next year.  You should too!
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