This is a continuation of my trip to San Francisco. Check out my previous days in San Francisco… Coit Tower and San Leandro Marina.
After two beautiful days of running with my tweeps… Today is the day! I’m going to run the Golden Gate Bridge with @VonChunk. The best part though… It’s her first time running the Golden Gate Bridge too. I only have one word to explain what is about to happen… EPIC!
I wake up at 5:40 am. I’m excited, ready to run Golden Gate Bridge. I get a text from @VonChunk saying she outside. As we drive and get closer to the bridge you can feel the excitement in the car. We are minutes away from doing something epic. I step out of the car and the cold bay wind hits me in the face. I try to warm up a bit but all I can think about is running the bridge. Before we start running @VonChunk asks me if I had a penny. “A penny?” I responded. “Yes it’s for good luck, here take one.” I took a penny and we started our run. The wind was blowing at least 30-40 mph, we’re barely speaking, I don’t know if it because we were soaking in the experience or if it was cold as hell. We stopped about a quarter into the bridge took a picture together and threw penny into the water, as the sun started to rise simultaneously.
As we continued our journey over the bridge all you hear was ohhs, ahhs, and this is amazing as we admired the view of the city. We stop a few more times take pictures and eventually we made it to the other side of the bridge. The sun was completely up, when we started our trek back to the other side of the bridge. So many thoughts were going through my mind while running but the one that stuck out was, “If I never started running, I would have never experience this moment.” With that thought I leave you with pictures….
Sometimes we think we are alone in this weight loss journey but we are from it. Your immediate family and friends may judge and ridicule you for being the best you that you can be. It may feel like a lonely road but it doesn’t have to be that way because all the trials and tribulations that you are going through I can guarantee that there is someone else in this world growing through something similar or even worse than what you’re going through. Your purpose in life maybe to inspire and facilitate change in that person while you’re on your journey. That’s one of the reasons I created this blog… Social media has given us a platform to meet people who have similar goals and interest. If done correctly you will meet awesome people and experience things that you would have never experience, you might even change a life or two while you’re at it.
I want to thank @PavementRunner and @VonChunk for their warm welcomes while I was in San Francisco. Be sure to check out their blogs and follow them on twitter.
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