San Francisco Marathon

Signed up for my forth race of the year. The 2011 San Francisco Marathon on July 31, 2011. Actually signed up for the race a month ago but finally got around to firming up travel plans now that we have a much better feel for the little ones awake/sleeping/feeding schedule.

As for why I signed up for this race specifically, I knew I was heading back home to visit family and friends at some point this summer. Figured planning travel around some type of race would be fun. At the end of the day, I thought it would be cool to run a marathon in a city I've called home for such a long time.

It's funny looking at the race course map. I can pretty much visualize every step of the course even though I've never run the race. Tell you what, this race course would be a tough one to PR. Miles 5 thru 19 will offer some healthy climbs. The plus side is the sea level elevation and easy ride in after mile 19 (assuming hobos don't attack you along The Haight and in The Mission).

As for personal goals, I'm going into this race without tapering and hoping not much time is needed to recover. My July and August is quickly filling up with lots of fun times being spent in the high country and I have no intent of this little race impacting those plans. So the camera will be in tote and eyes open for a bar willing to aid a thirsty runner.

It's an early start (5am) on a day I'm pretty sure will be socked in with heaps of fog (a summer time norm in The City). Now I can only hope my daughter forgoes her nap so she can see daddy cross the finish line.