What we did today.

Today we ran 16 miles. Mr. Mike and I went to the big city to get in our long run since it's more interesting than where we live. I hadn't particularly been looking forward to these 16 miles since...it's a freaking long amount of time! Mikey is great company but, still, it's 16 miles. I decided to take along my camera to get pictures of various parts of the route and keep myself entertained; fun! I got in most of the pictures while still running; I didn't want to hold us up too much. They aren't too blurry though; yea!
Here's where we started.

The ran began at Dog Beach and then through the Marina district. 

 

This view is one of my San Francisco favorites {the dome, not the grass}.

These unsuspecting dog owners had two large and fluffy creatures that I couldn't resist. I was totally discrete, mind you.

There was a family kite flying festival on the Marina green as well. I really enjoyed the scuba diver kite with the shark following him.

The rock was in plain view all day. 

It was super clear and just beautiful in the city {no fog} and we ran and ran through that gorgeousness.

Aquatic Park right by Ghirardelli Square and Fisherman's Square was hosting a swim meet of sorts. I thanked my lucky stars that I'm a runner and not an open, COLD water swimmer.

We ran in the other direction towards Crissy Field, past Dog Beach again, and up to Fort Point {which I still haven't visited}.

At Fort Point there is a plaque of two copper hand prints. There's a really neat story about these hands that you can read about HERE. There's also a set of paw prints too. We {and other runners} high-five these hands when we get to this turn-around; it gives us energy! 

These funny schnauzers maybe did the paws too; I didn't see but I certainly loved them.

We then made our way up and over the golden gate; super windy-ness!

It was a beautiful day and we topped it all off with a repeat of last Saturday's sandwich love. I'm not linking up to information about these handy-dandy places we visited today; I think all of those links are actually on the post about our SF run with Becs {another fabulous day ♥} which you can check out HERE.
Happy Saturday!
xoxo, natty ♥