Mayor's Marathon

Day 3 - Race Day!

Good morning!
We got up nice and early and headed out the door. There was some trouble with the buses that made a LOT of people worry if we'd even get to the start line in time! Luckily we did with a few minutes to spare, but not much.

We started off towards the back of the group since we were all going to run together towards the back of the pack. It was a pretty course, but I think our expectations were probably a little over the top (i.e. we didn't see much wildlife or crazy views). One of the prettiest, but definitely not over Big Sur.

Good amount of streams

There was about 9 miles of the course on a loose gravel road through a military base, which wasn't too bad at first, but after a couple miles it really started to take a toll on the legs. My foot that had been injured wasn't too happy about the uneven either. We did get a little bit of rain in there too. Add in some hills and it wasn't exactly PR material.


After we got off of the gravel, we crossed a little bridge onto a little forest trail that was kind of neat. I like running on trails like that.



Even when we got onto the streets, those didn't last long. We went through some parks and around lakes and through tunnels and on trails...


Almost done!

Now that's just cruel!

We did a lot of walking towards the end and came in around 4:55 - all four of us together. We even did a little conga line before the finish :) And we tried the Wazzu kick at the line, but the photographer apparently didn't get me in the photo :( Oh well.

Love me some watermelon!

Afterward we went to Moose's Tooth (yay) to celebrate. 11 down, 39 to go!

Another one bites the dust!

It was a late lunch, so I don't think much happened after that. We had to get up early to catch our transportation to the cruise ship. I know I went to bed early...