Notes to self: The first Fruitvale bart train to SF doesn't arrive until after 6:15-ish. I was right at the starting line which took me 22 seconds to cross the starting line. 56:34 watch time (7:33 miles). 56:56 gun time.

Great weather, but windy at the ocean. Had the flu which knocked me out for a month of no training in April. Plenty of distance runs with three 7.5 runs in the last 10 days with two days of rest before the race. No hill work though, so I had no legs after the hill, though lungs were fine. Break 500th place next year.

Notes to self: I arrived at the Fruitvale bart station as it opened at 6am, which got me to the starting line at 6:45-ish. I was maybe 5 feet from the start ribbon. Try to qualify for sub-seeded next year which will start closer to starting line. 57:54 watch time. 58:40 official time.

Next year do more distance (8+ miles) workouts. The hill was a cinch but ran out of legs by mile 6.

Excellent weather, clear skies mild temps and no wind.

I trained on a ton of hills but very little distance over 5 miles. I started training in January with very high intensity and got burnt out and basically did no running in April. Got back into the training grove and placed 667th. Break 600th place next year.

I trained seriously for this one, trying to figure out what worked and what didn't. I placed 1002nd place and decided to break 1000 next year.

The weather was miserable this year. It was arctic cold and it rained the whole time.