Started out with a great pace plan. Just stick with 9:10 Pace for the flats, and go with perceived effort on the hills. (Don't worry so much about time)

The hills were fine as I expected to be chugging up more than a few of them. (No Charging please) I expected to really turn it on at mile 21 when the course heads downhill toward the bay and the finish.

Everything went pretty much according to plan. Had to make a few stops to the Loo. This was challenging in the GG Park as their were no Porto Loos to be had. (My Pace suffered a bit here while I tried to find one)

Got to the 21 Mile Mark pretty much as I expected and began to turn on the speed. (Down the hills to the Waterfront)

Did the last 10k in record time (For Me Anyway) and finished really strong. I Ran the whole way and had an absolute blast doing this race. My last mile was also my fastest mile. (Thank You Pfitz)

I used Pfitz 18/70 to train for this race and picked up some sort of weird injury after Wildlower in May. Was down to 3 weeks.

I almost bagged this race. My training cycle really sucked but I did really well with this race. (A PR by ~25 Minutes)

"Don't let a bad Training Cycle Spoil a good race"

Went back to the hotel and had some lunch.


Fitness.

I ran an excellent race with a 3 Minute Negative Split. Could not ask for anything more given my fitness level.


I would return to do this one again.

SF is a great city and a fantastic race destination. My only problem is how to train for a Summer Marathon in the heat. (During Tri Season)