Day 1✅

San Francisco, CA ➡️ Yuba City, CA

Day 1 started with a (freezing) run across the Golden Gate Bridge after we held our first dedication and dipped our heels in the Pacific Ocean (we‘ll dip our toes in the Atlantic Ocean when we reach Boston). I definitely got teary-eyed in seeing all of us finally starting this incredible journey and leaving some cheering family members in San Francisco, and just realizing that this is really happening!!

In our first 140ish miles as a team, we each ran ten miles and got to know the partner assigned to us for the day; I dedicated these first miles to my Dad. Once we got out of the Bay area it got nice and toasty, and we were able to work out some of the first-day kinks in our routine that will become regular for the next 48 days.

We were completely spoiled at our lovely host for the night - we were able to sleep on cots and even had bags of Ghirardelli chocolate waiting for us when we got there (plus we had showers, which may not always be the case!). Day 1 was a great start to this incredible journey!