Mostly this was a tune up run, to try to get a good race pace dialed in for IMAZ. Today was supposed to be a LSD run, but since Roxanna was already signed up for this event, I figured I might as well race. On a side note, has anyone else ever looked down at their Garmin and mixed up the time of day and pace fields. Sigh, I thought I was flying for a while.

Anyway, I think I started a little fast, running in the low 8s. That was not the idea, but it felt pretty EZ. Made it up the first hills with no issues, and across the bridge. Climbing back the bridge turn around, that hill ALWAYS kills me, so I walked that for a bit. Did some fast walking along the final flats on Chrissy field before the last hill.

Again, it wasn't really a race, just a supported training run.

Not a whole lot.

Stood in what I thought was the food line until I discovered that they were out of food. Then just waited for Roxanna to cross the line.


It's San Francisco, so, almost by definition, it's a beautiful race. Chrissy Field, Golden Gate Bridge, always amazing to run around. The weather was wonderful, cool, and not rainy compared to yesterday.

But... even for a smaller race, this one seems a little skimpy. Compared to other 2-3k participant 1/2 Marys, the support just wasn't there. I skipped the first aide station because they didn't have any water prepared. Runners had to grab a cup and then wait for the water to be poured in. At another aide station, I grabbed what seemed to be triple concentrate cytomax, which was just a total shock. None of the aide stations had food, and for some reason I didn't bring any with me this time.

Then at the end, even though I was in the middle of the pack, they were still out of food. The whole finish area was just massively cramped up. I only remembered that I had to get my chip removed when I tripped over the removers, who were in the middle of the pack standing in front of the food table.

Anyway, a nice small race. Beautiful, but could be better organized.