You run across the Golden Gate bridge! How can you top that? I really enjoyed this race. I had never been to San Francisco before and thought that the race gave me a chance to really get to see the city. Yes, it is hilly. But the hills are short and steep as opposed to long and grinding. I actually had more trouble with the downhills than the uphills. There are a couple of steep downhills after mile 20 where I was afraid that I was going to lose my balance and fall just because my legs were woobly and tired and couldn't handle the steep grade. But all was well.

There is something kind of unique about this race that makes it very friendly for those of us towards the back of the pack and that is that there are two half marathons associated with the full. The second half marathon starts at the 13.1 portion of the full marathon course. It starts later and the course goes along the back half of the full marathon course. What that means for those of us who are 5:30+ marathon runners is that there is plenty of company out there for those last few miles. The after party was also still going strong when I came in. It was nice. MM#9644