Yesterday, around 7:20am, a 25-year-old Stanford astrophysics student named Keith Bechtol crossed the 20-mile marker of the San Francisco Marathon, jogging his way into the Lower Haight. Bechtol would go on to win the race, setting a new course record. By the time he passed through our neighborhood, with only 6 miles to go, he must have sensed the victory was within reach.
Sadly, I was still asleep when that happened. So you’ll have to settle for these awful photos I took about three hours later.
Did any readers out there run the race? If so, was it more exciting than these pics imply? Please say yes…