Photos From A Nice 12.69 Mile Jog

Taking some vacation days this week (a use it or loose it situation) and decided to go for a long run and take my camera along with me. This outing wasn't my traditional long run route and I really enjoyed this rare beautiful Seattle autumn day. So here is a series of shots I made along the way of this 12.69 mile jog.

Saturday Half Marathon In Leavenworth Washington

I thought my half marathon and marathon running days were long gone but lately I’ve been questioning that assumption. In early 2010, I started running again while studying for the PMP exam via audio books on my iPhone. I’ve always been a “two birds / one stone” kind of guy.


Anyway, I thought the running was simply a way to stay in shape for future hikes. Then a significant number of FileMaker developers began posting twitter updates about their running sessions and the program manager that I share a large cube with runs a half marathon out of the blue. So I began having those “what if?” thoughts and this weekend I participated in the first half marathon since 2002.


Wow, look at that view! This is from the parking lot of the race. I’m not sure I would have noticed it but I saw someone else snapping a picture for their memory library.


Thank you Brenda for being my ride, my date, your encouragement and an absolutely wonderful day together!


Bumped into Gretchen, a CAPS Creative coworker from Wizards. I hope you did well and you most certainly finished way before I did!


The starting line!


Brenda snapped this picture about a mile into the race. The course was a weird one that doubled back to the starting line! It is fortunate she caught me here because I think this is about where I went “Beep-Beep” and left the pack behind me in a puff of smoke! (wishful thinking!)


This is about two thirds of the way through the race. I was surprised how much of the course was dirt and not asphalt! I’d say that, at least, 25% of the course was like this, running through various parks.


Not looking too bad after changing into the race shirt. The shirt in my left hand is likely dripping sweat like a mini Pacific Northwest waterfall! All in all a great experience and look forward to participating in this race again!

Saturday Morning Drizzle At Twin Falls

Hadn't been to this hike in a while and when a new friend wanted to go hiking on a drizzly day, where else but a nice waterfall excursion?

Sunday Run Of Hope 5K

Wizards Of The Coast was a big sponsor for this years Run Of Hope 5K and many of us signed up to participate in the race and associated walk.


Here I am at the finish line and sporting my Team Hasbro shirt with Mr. Potato Head. My time was right at 28 minutes but I don't know if the site will post the times. They had us wearing chips, so I would assume so but no updates to their website in the last 24 hours.



Here you can see some of my co-workers including Karl, the program manager that I share a large cube with ... go Karl!

Saturday At San Diego Zoo

Stayed an extra day in San Diego and decided to check out the world renown San Diego Zoo.

San Diego Maritime Museum

Right after the last conference session, I put on my walking shoes and headed down to the San Diego Maritime Museum. Here at the pics ...

Enjoying The Navy Tributes In San Diego (30 Years Later)

Yes, I'm the guy to the far right in this 1981 picture of a nerdy gang of Electronic Technicians about the USS Samuel Gompers AD 37! It was quite a refreshing homecoming attending the 2011 FileMaker Developer Conference in San Diego last week and I tried to look up many of my old haunts. It was so cool to see how proudly San Diego is showing off its Navy roots in the form of an aircraft carrier available for tourists to explore / dine on and lots of amazing artwork!



The USS Midway, I didn't get a chance to explore her on this visit!



Tribute to the USS San Diego.





Any sailor that has been deployed is likely to have had an image in their minds just like this statues portrays while pulling into port. This thing is absolutely amazing!