Big Sur Marathon
April 24,
2016
4:55:21 2076/3237 overall 22/46 Age
Group
Jodi 4:55:23 2077/3237 overall 144/312 AG 144/312 F
Boston 2
Big Sur Double
Combined 9:20:11 336/402 overall 150 of 175 Male
Six days after running the Boston Marathon, I was
set to run the Big Sur Marathon with Jodi as part of the Boston to Big Sur
Challenge. I had spent the week resting and going to Barrows for physical
therapy and was apprehensive of how I would feel. Jodi and I drove to Monterey
Saturday morning and had a wonderful clam chowder lunch on the wharf and went
to the expo in the parking lot there. While on the wharf, we spied a lady walking
around with her Big Sur bib attached to her shirt; hadn’t seen that one before.
Definite rookie! lol
We
enjoyed a wonderful pasta dinner at Fish Wife in Pacific Grove with cousins Paul,
Linnea, Clara, and Leslie Koopmans. Linnea was doing the Boston 2 Big Sur double
and Paul was running Big Sur. It was so fun to see all of them back in the area
where they were raised.
The
trip to the starting line started early with a 3:50 wake-up and 4:30 bus ride
to the start. The ride was in the dark on the winding road that is Hwy 1. In
the waiting area, Jodi got a picture with a guy named Tai who is currently on
the TV show, Survivor. Once we
started running, I was hurting a bit, but after a few miles, I could run fairly
well and felt pretty good. As I did at Boston, I ran a few miles and then walked
a couple of minutes. Because of the mountainous terrain, this varied a lot, but
we did a lot more running than I did at Boston because I had Jodi to pull me
along. We stopped to take pictures of the gorgeous coastal scenery especially
the Bixby Bridge, the drummers, and the grand piano player.
There
is a two mile mountain from mile 9 to 11 and we ran most of that so were happy
about that. Jodi ran the mountains really strongly and then would slow so I
could catch up to her. It was a very fun atmosphere during the race. We even
got strawberries near the end of the race.
Afterwards,
we went to the special B2B tent where I go my B2B medal and jacket. They had
tri-tip sandwiches and pasta salad to eat, so it was much better than the usual
post-race fare. Quite an eventful coast-to-coast adventure!
This was Marathon #148; 21 states on 2d go round; 9 Canadian provinces.
Next up: Prince Edward Island Oct. 2016.
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