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The bus ride from Palo Alto, where I met Jeff.
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We head through downtown to the start.
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People begin to gravitate toward the starting line.
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A nice view of the Bay Bridge in the morning sun.
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We wait at the starting line.
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Us, before the 7.5 miles.
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Tortilla detritus
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This is cart #1, blasting the village people. Behind it is cart #2, with the keg.
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Note the toothpaste.
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A group of runners dressed as salmon, started at the end of the race, and ran backwards. They were flanked by a sushi chef.
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The top of Hayes St. Hill, the most infamous of the race. About a half mile or so of unforgiving slope. We knew this would happen, we're running through SF after all...
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And there are the breakers. I've officially run across the entirety of SF.
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Us after 7.5 miles.![136 3608](users/overt/_data/i/users/overt/menalto_albums/life/20040516/136_3608-me.jpg "136 3608 (1789 visits) "Footstock," the big party in Golden Gate park after the race. We stayed only long enough ...")
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"Footstock," the big party in Golden Gate park after the race. We stayed only long enough for free milk and t-shirts.
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the man with an electrical engineering degree attempts to replace the batteries in leslie's street-vendor purchased mermaid lighter.
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he thinks he's figured it out! but alas, he has not only failed to replace the batteries, but also broken it beyond repair. so if anyone runs across a mermaid lighter with blinking nipples that plays "fur elise," pick one up for us, please.
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Girls help decorate the slapdash 8th grade Christmas tree the administration dumped in Ms. Hall's room.
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finished tree
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two teachers and Otis, world's roundest baby!
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Grade-level trees lined up for judging.
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Principal B deliberates.