Race 08-08 DSE Golden Gate Vista 10k

February 10, 2008
10k - 1st/89 - 39:41
Complete Results here

This is the first DSE race I ran in 3 weeks. The weather was perfect and I got there unusually early with a stomach full of spaghetti. There was plenty of time to discuss the courses changes. Instead of running straight through the trail to the Legion of Honor we went south toward the Cliff House for a little bit, did a sharp right and followed a trail that joined the road near the bottom tof the big hill leading up to the Legion of Honor. Because of the added distance the turnaround was moved to the entrance of the trail just before the Golden Gate Bridge.

I started off fairly conservatively but had no problem taking 2nd place after a half mile. I passed Milan by the mile mark and led the rest of the way. I could tell no one was close in back of me. I confirmed this at the turnaround which was about 3.5 miles into the race because of the course change. Not much interesting happened by I got the song Home on the Range stuck in my head and couldn't stop singing it. When I got the the hill at the Legion of Honor I asked Jerry (who was volunteering as a course monitor(if he wanted to make it a relay and run the last uphill. He told me no one was close behind. So I ended up coming in first by about a minute and later I found out that Grant had dropped out due to not feeling well.

After the race there were grapes and oranges which were good. We don't usually have those at DSE races but they seemed to be popular. I also enjoyed a ton of Starburst-like candies that were there. They weren't as popular because there were plenty left over as they were picking everything up so I grabbed a bunch for a hike down to the beach after.