Thursday, November 4, 2010

Better Late than Never: Long Beach Marathon Weekend Part 2

In random order again, here are some more pictures from my marathon weekend.


Bubba Gump Shrimp was a sponsor of the runners expo. Forrest was at the expo giving out chocolate. I snapped a quick photo of Sara with Forrest while she was trying out those snazzy orange Brooks running shoes.
Forrest, Sara

This photo was taken the day after the marathon. Sara and I both ran the marathon. It was my first and her 39th (yikes!). We put our cameras on top of a trash can with a 10 sec. timer to snag this shot. (We didn't trust the homeless guys with our cameras.) Do you know how difficult it is to walk a few feet in front of the camera to take this shot with a timer after running a marathon? Very difficult! It was a good shot of us. So, the pain was worth it.
Me, Sara






Before heading back home, Sara and I visited the Long Beach aquarium. Pretty cool pictures of a baby shark. What they do is carefully cut open the shark egg and replace the cut egg shell with a clear plastic sheet so that the baby shark is protected. This way, we can see the shark develop while keeping the baby shark safe. So cool!
I really like this quote

Shark Egg

Another shark egg

Better Late than Never: Long Beach Marathon Weekend Part 1

So, I am WAY overdue in posting pictures from the Long Beach Marathon weekend. In no particular order here are some photos from my first night in Long Beach.
Mulligan wanted some of the Mac N Cheese

(R-L) Me, Mulligan, Elena, Sara

I think Mulligan wanted some beer. Look at his little tongue :)

Light house

Marina





View from the hotel

We all ordered the Beer tasting. Some were great. Others were like a bad version of Bud Light

Another view from the hotel. You can see Port of Long Beach. Busiest seaport in the U.S.