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Nike Women's Marathon


Nike Women's Marathon



This was my second year running a half in the Nike Women's Marathon in San Francisco. My experience this time around was way better than the first and I know it's because I got to run with my best friend and partner in crime, Daisy.

That's Daisy on the left!!


A few facts about the Nike Women's Marathon in San Francisco:
1. It is the largest women's marathon in the world with more than 30,000 people participating this year.
2. This year was the 10th anniversary of the run.
3. All finishers of the race receive a Tiffany & Co. necklace.
4. The scenery is amazing.
5. The hills suck.




When my friend Daisy and I got to San Francisco the day before for the expo, the energy in the city was electric. We walked around the expo for a little while taking pictures, getting free stuff, and checking out all the new Nike gear. After we got our packets, we headed over to the Nike store.

One of the walls displaying instagram and twitter pictures from all the runners



The cool thing about this race is that every participant's name is posted on the Nike store wall. This year, mine was at the very top, but Daisy was able to take a picture by her name. 



Yay! Daisy found her name!

Outside of the Nike store waiting in line to go in

The Nike store was completely crowded of women grabbing all of the merchandise Nike made for the run. While we were shopping, my boyfriend spotted Shay Mitchell from Pretty Little Liars. I knew she was running the race and had told my boyfriend and good thing because he's the one who pointed her out to us! Shay was walking around in the store like she was any other person. Luckily, Daisy and I got a picture!

Our buddy Shay!!! No big deal.


The race started at 6:30am in Union Square. It was still dark out, but there was a DJ playing music to get you pumped. Of course he was playing, "Girls Run The World" by Beyonce. The first five miles were smooth and then the beast of a hill appeared. After that, there were a lot of other baby monster hills that were exhausting. Luckily, even when I thought I was going to die, I had Daisy there to keep me going and we finished in 2 hours and 21 minutes. I beat my time from last year by 6 minutes so it definitely could have been worse considering I didn't train very much. All in all, it was a lot of fun and I can't wait to do it again next year!

What you can't see in this picture is the person taking it who we didn't even think got a picture

Yayyyy we're done

And it's cold

We brought back the back to back pose!!


Yay us!!!

Crossing the finish line!!

Right after I almost died and right before we finished!!! Woo hoo!!





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