It was Bay to Breakers today – the day when the cities finest, oddest, and nudists come out to run. This year Linzy and I dressed as Cat in the Hat – finally having a proper costume was a first for us. Over the past 4-years we’ve raided Walgreens at 11pm the night before race day or mutilated our costumes on accident. Last year was the Globe Trotter incident – Matt went to buy my wig but wound up getting a child’s size so hoots of “you go jerry curl” echoed after me throughout the race. The year before we tried to cut wigs into mullets but I succeeded in cutting a bob with bald spots. Before that was ladies in the ‘80s in our 80s – one of the night raid costume concoctions made of curlers, a rain bonnet, PJs, and cut up sweatshirts.
Costumes aside, the Bay to Breakers is a hilarious race. At 7:30am costumed runners and serious runners congregate near the start line and the party begins. A handful of groups put together floats while others deck weird costumes. There are the usuals at B2B – the Elvi who love to bombard the front runners, the salmon who run the race backwards, and the nude runners – these always seem to be the people who should never be nude. I wonder if the kids lining the street wonder why there’s no candy being handed out.
Time to start working on next year’s costume!
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