ran my first 10 miler last saturday, in east beach SFO. Starting the day off with a 50 mile drive was not much fun, but the place was supposed to be worth it. I wasn't really a big fan. Yeah, it had a great view of a foggy Golden Gate bridge and we ran next to the water but not worth driving an hour each way. And more importantly, everyone seems to be talking about global warming and pollution etc suddenly but don't really seem to understand what it means - a change in attitude. This doesn't mean conservation but preventing the scenario in the first place. So, why run 50 miles away when there are perfectly reasonable alternatives closer to where you live?
The run itself went off a lot better. And I was a lot faster than I am normally, which surprised me. I did 10.5 miles in 105 minutes(did 0.5 miles extra as went to touch the bridge). And did not feel too uncomfortable, which was awesome.
And one last thing about our volunteers, a group of people many of the runners take for granted. These guys are awesome. They are there before us marking the trails, slicing bananas, putting cream cheese on bagels. Those guys are awesome! am gonna miss those things when am running alone in India.
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