Showing posts with label San Francisco. Show all posts
Showing posts with label San Francisco. Show all posts

Monday, May 18, 2009

Josh's Birthday

Thursday was Josh's birthday. Our family celebration was low key and at home - that's how we have chosen to celebrate with a little baby in the house. We celebrated again on Saturday with Josh competing with Brandon in the Great Urban Race, San Francisco. This race resembles the amazing race except that its done in one day and in one city.

Josh and Brandon have been gearing up for this day for about a month. They were at an advantage having Brandon's knowledge of the city and public transit. Brieanne and I along with Brandon's mom Linda and Josh's dad, Gary were on internet duty looking up anything they needed to help them solve clues. We were also counting on my parents knowledge until we found out the morning of the race that my mom was competing in the race with a friend and my dad had defected to her support team.

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Reading over the clues before taking off.

Saturday dawned hot even for San Francisco. The hunt took the guys to several spots all over the city. Brieanne, Linda and Gary were way more help than I was. Claire and I played support to the support team, well, to Brieanne at least.


Team Pizza Pirate Command Post at the Prescott Hotel. Doesn't Brieanne look the part?Claire was more interested in rolling around and chewing on her toes than surfing the internet for San Francisco trivia.

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Life back at the command post...carrots.

Josh and Bradon in front of the Transamerica building.
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Eating corn for a challenge.
Shaking a dogs paw for one of the challenges.
Great Urban Race Contestants. Check out Brandon in the Orange Wheaties t-shirt.

Thursday, August 7, 2008

Marathon Man

Here's a look at Sunday's marathon.
Climbing Mt. Shasta - Check
Run a marathon - Check

Its been a busy summer for Josh! We were blessed to have the diversion of family and friends during the weekend. That really helped all Josh's nervous energy, he channeled it well, even making us lunch!

Sunday morning dawned foggy and cool (typical for a San Francisco summer). Josh and Nik left for the city at 4:15 a.m. so they could get to the starting line in time and prepare for their 6:05 a.m. start time. Gary, Janice and I waited at mile 20 with Brieanne and Brandon. Brandon joined the guys there and ran with them almost to the finish line for extra encouragement. (What a guy!) We cheered them on and received a sweaty hug from Josh as he went by then hurried back to the finish line (on foot) to greet them there. I'll give a little shout out to the support crew who walked a total of seven miles to cheer him on. Way to go US!
Brieanne gave us a brief architectural tour on the way. (The MOMA, CJM, a building Brandon's company designed, etc.) We got there just as Josh crossed the finish line!
What an achievement. Josh plans to run another marathon but probably not this one again any time soon (too hilly).