The Viña del Mar Marathon happened today. I walked down to the start line to see what I could see. According to the internet, there were about 12,000 participants across the 10K, 21K (half-), and 42K (full-marathon) races. The weather was good--50's and overcast, no wind. Here's the start:
Lots of fans and festivities. Here's a fun percussion group:
I went home and then turned right around and went out for my own run. I made the mistake of going up past the start/finish line again and spent most of my run dodging spectators and finished runners. It was interesting though.
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Laura's flights back to Chile went well. Also, the bus from Santiago to Viña del Mar went without a hitch. I met her at the bus station and walked back with her. There was a side benefit to walking back from the bus station. I saw a fruit and vegetable shop with red seedless grapes at a good price (about $1.50/lb). We bought a kilo and they are really tasty. Grapes seem to not exist in the regular grocery stores here, so I'm happy to have discovered a source.
Laura's pretty tired. She took a long nap this afternoon. I don't think she'll have any trouble sleeping tonight. It's daunting to think that she has to do it all again in a little more than 2 weeks. Although, that trip will at least be a little longer in the US.
Instead of cooking, we had a nice lunch at a local pizza place called San Romano Pizzeria. The pizza was good, but it was a bit pricier than other options. Still think the first pizza place we went to, Masama, is better.
We also hit the grocery store just to make sure we had food for tomorrow and did a load of laundry.
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It cleared up just enough to produce a bit of a sunset
Nice!
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