26.2

Conversation on the phone with Cameron after the race:

“Mom, who won?”

“I didn’t find out what her name was yet.”

“Did you come in second?”

“No Cameron, I didn’t come in second.”

“Did you come in third?”

“No.”

“Did you come in fourth?”

“No Cameron, I didn’t. I don’t know what place I came in yet.”

“Did you come in last place?”

“No Cameron, I didn’t come in last place.”

“Well, what did you come in then?”

“I’m not sure. There were thousands of people in the race. Maybe I came in around two thousand or something.”

“Two thousand? Mom, that’s REALLY last place.”

Later I discovered that out of the 4000 runners who did the marathon (almost 8000 did the half marathon), I came 1450th place, running it in 4 hours 55 minutes. It was about half hour longer than I expected, but the winner ran it in 3:10, and that's about a half hour longer than what winners usually run it in, so I didn't feel so bad. The beginning was incredibly slow and crowded, and the hills were long and plentiful! But I finished, and I felt good. Thank you for all the thoughts, prayers and well-wishes. More on the San Fran trip to follow.