Miles 1-3 Rush, Moving Pictures. This was a mistake. Wanted Radiohead, but couldn't access the iPod in the armband, so just left it where it was.

The first 3 miles were fairly hilly. First a run up PV drive to Hawthorne, then down and back up a very steep hill where some very nice houses have been built. Then it looped down to Paseo del Mar, but on a side I've never been on, just south of Lunada Bay Drive. Beautiful one lane road ride on the bluffs

A little disorganized. First aid station wasn't ready so we all had to wait to get filled cups. First port-a-potty was still zip tied shut :^

Miles 4-6, Radiohead, OK Computer. Finally got the right music. A little laid back, appropriate for a laid back run

This section followed Paseo del Mar on the roads we cycle on up to the intersection with PV West for the turnaround. Mostly uphill, but, like everywhere else, along the bluffs with some VERY large houses. All on streets, some nice pace booty in this section.

Miles 7-9 - Muse, The Resistance

This was mostly just south along PV West, returning to the start area, with that steep side detour off Hawthorne again. So it went from pretty flat to pretty hilly pretty quickly.

Miles 10-13 - Linkin Park, Requiem

Wow, this was tough. Passing the finish just sucked. Then it's a little roller up, then down, then up, then a big lonnnggggg downhill to a turnaround, followed by... you guessed it... a big lonnnnngggg uphill back up to mile 12, then rollers to the finish. Well and truly done by that point, was a struggle through the last 5K. Near the end, started drizzling a bit

This was a hilly run that I was undertrained for, so, I don't know, run a flatter course and actually train for it?

Pretty happy that even though I gave myself permission to walk the hills, I didn't. Wasn't much faster than a slow shuffle up, but it wasn't a walk

They said the course was flatter than before. The entire course I was saying to myself "if this is flatter, can't imagine what the other one was like." Winning times were a bit slower so the "flatter" claim isn't really true.

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Watched my Garmin flash quickly through every screen as I desperately tried to stop it.... Ended up being it's swan song. Can't even get the info off of it now.


undertrained and overweight


Fun little run, nice that I can just get up and run a 13.1 without getting too jacked up about it beforehand. A bit disorganized, perhaps because it was a new location this year. Aid stations a little iffy, and the busses back up to the mall were a clusterfuck. Perhaps they need more than 4 for 1,000 people, eh? Thankfully, Chris finished about 20 minutes ahead of me so I was able to get in line with him near the front. Otherwise, I may still be there.....