Flashback Friday: Big Sur
So this morning, while I was running/jogging up a incline(I really can't call it a hill) by my house. I had a flashback moment. I couldn't help but laugh. (I really was laughing) I was thinking about a couple of years ago when I was training for a marathon with Tyler, Ashley, and Drew. We signed up to do a 5k by Hearst Castle, and I wanted to do a half marathon at Big Sur. I heard that it was beautiful there and I wanted an excuse to go.
I found one on the internet and I thought it would be great. I talked to Ashley about it and she said that 2,880 feet of climbing and descending look like it might be hard, but she said that she would do it. So we all signed up. We left late in the afternoon from Camarillo, and drove to Big Sur and set up our campsite at 11 at night. The campsite next to us had a bunch of loud drunks, and we slept on a whole bunch of rocks (Tyler doesn't believe in camping with comfort). That morning we woke up at 8:00 a.m. to get to the starting point of the race. The first 5k was so steep. I couldn't even run up it, and I had 12 more miles. I remember after each hill thinking why aren't we to the half way point yet....
I found a picture of Tyler running the race. I just remember that Tyler, Drew, and Ashley did way better than me. Tyler came in at the first 50 out of 133, and I probably came in somewhere after the 100th.. It makes me laugh that I was the one that wanted to do the half marathon and it was the most miserable to me. Before we drove home the next day we went back and took some pictures of the trail that we ran. It is a beautiful trail, maybe this year we will reenact the Big Sur Half Marathon, now that I know what to expect. What do you think Ashley?
Going from top right to left, then bottom right to left.
TR= That red dot is the start of the race. That picture is before the 5k.
TL= See the red dot still not to the half way point of the race.
BR= DONE.
BL= Finally over looking the 6.5 miles that you just ran, time to turn around and go back. KILL ME.
