Friday, December 11th, nine runners took off for the first Annual Dailymile Hot Toddy 10k. We met at the Sports Basement, some of us did some last minute shopping (how can you pass up Sports Basement?), and then we took off into the night with an objective of trying to soak in the twinkling lights of the Marina, and Pacific Heights. The course took us through Crissy Field past all of the beautifully decorated Christmas trees. The marina sailboats had their masts lit up as we cruised by. The group hung right and we climbed some of the harder hills in Pacific Heights – can’t ever run in San Francisco without going up a hill!

And this is where things got dicey. Our objective was quickly lost in Pac Heights after summiting a climb when we ended up in the middle of a power outage. San Francisco was black and silent (as silent as a city can be) for a few minutes, allowing us to catch our breath, and take in the city skyline.

After our brief encounter with danger, we found ourselves back in the Marina and on our way to the Palace of Fine Arts. Puddle jumping awaited us at the palace where we were transformed into little kids, running through the grass and hopping over temporary street streams.

The night ended back at The Tipsy Pig for some warming up with hot toddies, Hawaiian BBQ pork sliders, sweet potato french fries, and giant pretzels. In the spirit of the holidays, we each got a prize for “finishing” the 10k. Check out the pictures from the evening!