Running the Big Sur MarathonApril 30, 2006

Christoph Eick

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Big Sur 2006 Plan Long Runs and Races

» Nov. 19: 11.5M» Nov. 26: 14.3M» Dec. 4: 12M» Dec. 11: 16.5M» Dec. 18: 18M» Dec. 28: 20M» Jan. 6: 13Mhi» Jan. 14: 20M» Jan. 21: 22M» Jan. 30: 20M» Feb. 2005: kind of sick» March 5: 16» March 12: 19» March 18: 21» March 30: 21» April 9: 19» April 15: 17» April 30: Big Sur Marathon

Speed Work1 March 8: t: 3x1M (9) March 16: t: 3x1M (10) March 22: t: 2.5M March 25: mp: 7M (12) March 29: 8k: 8x800 April 2: ct: 4x1M April 7: 8k: 10x800 April 12: ct: 3x1.5M April 18: t: 2x2.5M (11) April 22: ct: 2x2800 April 26: 30k: 3x1M

Hurricane Point (560 feet)

Bixby Creek Bridge (275 feet)

Bixby Creek Bridge (1932)

40 feet

Big Sur Marathon 2006

Mile 13

1:15 9:12 8:57 7:48 8:18 8:12 8:13 8:15 8:31 8:24 7:44 9:43 8:36 7:177:45

7:59 7:50 7:40 8:08 7:56 8:06 7:44 8:40 8:05 8:09 7:50 2:15 7:33

3:34:58

Race Summary3:34:58 (1:51:10 / 1:43:48)280th / 2958 finishers

congested Purple: 1M-splitt guessed based on 2M-splitt

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Start of the Race

Mile 8

View from Mile 9

Little Sur River Bridge (40 feet)

Drummers

Starting the Ascent to Hurricane Point

Ascending to Hurricane Point (540 feet)

View from Hurricane Point

Bixby Bridge

Mile 13:View of Route to Bixby Bridge

--- Fastest Mile of the Course

Bixby Bridge (1932)

Bixby Bridge

Well-Paid 2002 Pianist Playing at Bixby Bridge

Bixby Bridge

Well-Paid 2006 Pianist Playing at Bixby Bridge

Bixby Bridge

Another View of Bixby Bridge

Mile 14

Mile 16

Aerial View after Mile 17

Flowers at Mile 18

Mile 19: More Uphills

Nice Trees at Mile 20

View of the “Never-ending” Uphill Mile 22

Almost 25 Miles Now

No More Uphills:1M from Finish

Finish Line (Backwards View)

1:15 9:12 8:57 7:48 8:18 8:12 8:13 8:15 8:31 8:24 7:44 9:43 8:36 7:177:45

7:59 7:50 7:40 8:08 7:56 8:06 7:44 8:40 8:05 8:09 7:50 2:15 7:33

3:34:58

Race Summary3:34:58 (1:51:10 / 1:43:48)280th / 2958 finishers

congested Purple: 1M-splitt guessed based on 2M-splitt

http://www.bsim.org/virtualtour.html