Big Sur International Marathon 2

Big Sur International Marathon 2009 (BSIM)

Having run the Big Sur marathon in 2008, I think running it again was stuck in my head. Next thing you know I was on a mission to complete enough training that would get me across the finish line in 2009 without embarrassing myself too much. Since I failed to make hotel reservations early enough, I ended up car camping in Big Sur at the last moment (which certainly added to the occasion a bit).

This year I brought a little video camera; shaky as it is - the essence of the run comes thru.

My goal was to continually run the entire marathon, in other words - no walking. I only missed that goal by virtue of the very last hill approaching mile 26. A couple of minutes was lost at mile 22 where nature called me to stop to get rid of some Gatorade. Other than that, it was a relatively consistent pace as laid up against the hills.

My chip time was 4:59 and my clock time was 5:02.