A day trip to Petaluma for this race made for a very early morning!
I unfortunately was fighting a cold. That, coupled with the fact that this race was almost all hills, made it a pretty tough one. Still, I managed to get through it.
Lovely, country roads on rolling hills. Farms and quiet.
My running partner and friend, Melissa, joined me to cheer me on. A little shopping and lunch, then the trek home…
The woman on the right is a part of the running club I belong to. Her friend in the middle ran her first half marathon and placed second in her age division! 
