San Diego, Part 1: The Marathon

We are back from our trip to San Diego and ready for things to settle down (we only spent 9 nights at our house in the month of May)! Because we had such a fun-filled time, we decided to break the trip up into separate blogs.

The main reason we went to San Diego is so I could run the Rock 'n Roll Marathon. Every couple of years, my company pays for all the expenses (flight, hotel, pre-race dinner, race fee, and rental car) of one marathon in the U.S. Two years ago I ran Chicago and had a great time. When I received the email that they would sponsor the San Diego marathon, I knew I had to do it just for the free trip to one of my favorite cities. I told myself that since the hardest part of training was during my busiest time at work, I wouldn't train as hard as last time and just plan on finishing the race.

Well I re-learned a very valuable lesson - it isn't worth doing something if you aren't going to give it your best shot. The marathon was extremely difficult and very painful to finish. But, hey, I did finish and now need to find another marathon to redeem my time!


Here are some pictures of the event:

The Grant Thornton Denver Team. Overall Grant Thornton paid for 230 employees from all over the world to participate in the marathon.


Olivia pre-race in the hotel room! We have been trying to get Olivia to say "Da-Da" for weeks now and she decided to bust it out for the first time on race day (no kidding).

Mile 20. I am hurting pretty bad at this point!