Success Stories from the San Francisco Marathon

Inside Photo Sonia B

Right Photo Jen W (tall woman on leftt)

Bottom Photo Jeanetta M

From Jennifer B...
"Sorry I did not find you all at the SF Half - I was at the second half start in wave 4 corral. I looked around but did not see anyone. I was so busy trying to get all of my out of town guest runners where they needed to be, I was a bit stressed! Idid not have a good finish time - 2:54 but i LOVED this race! i can't wait to do it again next year....the course was magnificent, even the industrial parts! i was really feeling good at the start but around mile 6 or 7 my IT band (i have since learned) flared up in my right knee and had to walk a lot of the rest of the race. i never had this pain before so i had no idea what it was or how to treat it on the course. ah well, i am very happy i finished. i was also running in honor of our friends' 5 year old daughter who very recently passed away from cancer. needless to say, an emotional day. here is my race report for their site : http://mollyrowlee.com/?p=23

See you at the BBQ! (and maybe at the track wed...for some walking !)

From Jen W...
"The race was great!!! I did break my PR by over 3 minutes (2:22:18 was my time at SJR), and I found a really nice running partner. Christina and I met in the corral and ran the whole race together. We didn't do Galloway; we ran the whole way and walked through the aid stations. Our intention was to stick with the 2:15 pace group, but we got separated at the beginning and couldn't catch up. My only other gripe, so to speak, was that we couldn't get into a rhythm on the bridge because it was narrow and there was a lot of traffic.

The hills were very challenging, but we dug deep and pushed through! We only walked on part of one hill and we were so excited to cross the line in under 2:19!

I think I was definitely more prepared for this race, with many thanks to you and the WOW Team!!!

From Jeanetta M...
"I have great respect for anyone who has ever completed a marathon. No matter how fast or how slow. My greatest challenge today was that although I wanted to say I completed a marathon and wanted to get my race medal, I had no desire to actually do/run miles 14-26.2. So I decided to suck it up, discard any expectations for finishing within any particular time, and worked on enjoying the view, my fellow competitors, and the fact that the marathon was a challenge I could appreciate as much while doing it as after it was over."

From Marly N...
"I got totally swept up in the excitement of the start, so took off too fast (as you warned us about) - shin splints were really bad by the end of mile 1, but stuck with it, and actually did better than our practice run. I was shocked, thought I was running 15 minute miles. Very proud of my progressive marathon medal."

From Sonia B...
"By the way, getting my first 'finisher' medal for the progressive was very cool, and very motivating...

From Peggy...
Congratulations! I did run. I had 5:26 which is TERRIBLE! I didn't set a time goal because I didn't train like I was supposed to so I knew it wouldn't be a good time. My goal was just to finish and do as much as I could. You only get what you put into it, and I didn't contribute. LOL I am doing SJRNR and Nike in October, and I will keep to my training program for those. I WILL improve!"