This is my fifth year running SF10 and definitely the most enjoyable. Pre-race, I decided to run w/ Sascha and try to help him PR. I knew we had a little tailwind heading back north so we didn't go all out through the first 5. We picked it up at the turn around and ended up negative splitting by at least a minute. This is a great course for this strategy if the weather cooperates. We ended up picking off quite a few people and I was super stoked to help a friend out. Ended up just 7 seconds off my PR from the year before so very happy, especially with less speed/distance training this year.
This was also my wife's longest run/race ever so I was super proud of her for coming in a few minutes under her time goal! Next stop, Steelhead 70.3 for her!
Regarding the race: flat course w/ a couple rollers, well-marked aid stations, decent crowd support on course (great at the finish), nice race swag after (I like that they give you a bag w/ everything in it instead of holding 10 clif bars and bananas after a race), and a great post-race party.
If you're on the FF Racing Team or doing the CES Spring Training, the team tent is fantastic!