Continuing yesterday’s theme of the Long Beach half marathon.
Let me just say waking up in the dark is a lot less frustrating when you don’t have to worry about an awkward pre-dawn commute and shuttle schedules.
And yes, I mean PRE dawn.
Fortunately by the time I had to get behind my wave sign the sky had lightened up considerably.
This was excellent news for several reasons not the least of which is I trip over my own feet on a good day, I don’t even want to try to run a road race over potholes in the dark.
Don’t let that last picture fool you, it was still pretty dark when we started the race. I got to walk under a gigantic American flag. That was kind of cool. Please note the miniature-looking man on top of the crane. He was taking pictures. I’m not sure who he was taking pictures for but if he has any of me I have no doubt I’m squinting at him and looking very confused.
I also kind of wonder what that view must have been like since an ocean of people walked/ran/biked under him.
Kind of gives a whole new meaning to the phrase bird’s-eye view…