i went down to los angeles this past weekend and ran most of the marathon. the trip, overall, was a good, minus the disastrous race. my father (and mother, but she is in california) was there, which was awesome, since he doesn't live in this country right now. i got to stay with dianne and tim and that's always a good time. this la marathon was my first to dnf. i just couldn't see myself running 7 more miles, when i got to 19. so i dropped out. it wasn't a hard decision, but it did make me sad and disappointed. my goal is to actually run a decent marathon this year, maybe in october. yay summer training.
the weather was amazing while there and we went hiking at runyon canyon again. coming back is hard. it is sunny outside, but it's sooo deceptive, because it is actually only about 40 degrees fahrenheit.
here is a picture from the hike: