San Francisco Rock n Roll Run

[SL Narayan]

Few of us did the San Francisco Half Marathon today. I am sharing the experience in case it is useful to anyone else planning to do this run in 2017.

Firstly, if you are interested, they have a good price of $50 for the 2017 run which is expiring soon - check link. Since the race is an year away, if you are registering, you may want to take insurance, if they provide one.

Many in the group have done San Jose Rock and Roll. Compared to the San Jose run, the San Francisco run is:

• very scenic since you will be running on the Golden Gate bridge
• a little challenging since it has about 3-4 miles of incline but not too difficult
• need to train in the winter for this run
• logistics of getting to the starting point needs to be planned well since it is in the downtown

Since San Francisco is so close to where we live, we may take it for granted but for anyone who likes to run, this is worth checking it out.

Happy Running :)

[SL Narayan]

A few of us have signed up for the March 27, 2017 San Francisco Half Marathon for $50 which is expiring soon.

If you are signing up, please enter your name in the spreadsheet here so that we can plan to practice together as we come closer to this date.

Since it is about a year from now, in case you are signing up, you may want to consider the insurance for $10 which covers some specific conditions. This shows up as an option when you register.

[Roma Kishnani]

Sairam All

This was the first time I signed up for the Half Marathon Rock n Roll SFO 2016 and this happened to be my first half Marathon in the US. I ran a half Marathon in January of last year back in India.

The weather was just perfect, it was cold but not windy. Most of the time the sky was cloudy. As SLN mentioned, it has about 4 miles of incline but most if it is in the beginning, so its not too bad. People were highly motivated and took the Marathon seriously compared to the one back in India. Everyone around was running and there was no choice for me to run rather than walk/leisure walk that i did in India :-). 

The runs at Coyote Hills did all the magic. I remember, I was literally bed ridden for a week after I ran in India last year because I did not practice one bit and ran just because my family members were running and I just wanted to be a part of the FB pics :). Little did I realise the importance of regular practice before the final day till SLN told me about the practices that some of them were doing regularly at Coyote Hills. Showing up at Coyote which is about 25 miles away from my house on a Saturday morning sounded crazy at first but I thought of giving it a shot....and there was no looking back. Today is the first Saturday that I am at home in the last 4-5 weeks as I could not run due to rains and am missing every bit of it...

If any one is interested in signing up for RNR SFO, 2017, tomorrow is the last day to avail the discounted price of $50.They are providing insurance of $10 just in case you are not able to make it.

Sairam,

 

Roma Talreja Kishnani

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[Lakshman]

Awesome and Inspiring!  Congrats Roma.

[Roma Kishnani]

Thanks Lakshman.

 

Roma Talreja Kishnani