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<\/a><\/p>\r\nAnd this is the course elevation. \u00a0There may be one greater sin than spectators shouting “you’re almost there” at mile 20… because obviously there’s still 6.2 miles to go. \u00a0And that’s when spectators tell you you’ve done the long hill when in fact the longest, roughest hill is still two miles ahead of you.<\/p>\r\n
Thirdly, who was the genius to design a course in San Diego that does NOT go along the beach\/coastline? \u00a0And, no, running over the San Diego River does not count.<\/p>\r\n Ahem… thus knowing the above… here are snapshots from along the course:<\/p>\r\n The course itself started downtown (and thus would make leaving after the race a series of snafus when google maps had me avoiding road closures by routing me to a closed road… this is how AI will kill us all eventually. \u00a0Not because some computers develop sentience but because they’re fallible and, as has already repeatedly happened, we blindly follow along, right off the cliff).<\/p>\r\n Don’t you hate it when they misspell your name?<\/p>\r\n Somewhere around the mid-point we diverted onto a bike path along and over the San Diego river. \u00a0Maybe this is the water feature of the city but like a lot of Rock N Roll courses, it ultimately lead to a highway section. \u00a0I suppose it’s fun to run on a road that is designed exclusively for cars but it also creates this concrete vision of sadness, a highway hypnosis that can make miles seem endless. \u00a0And because RnR caters heavily to their half-marathon clientele, the whole vibe in the longer distance is more akin to a smaller camaraderie of sparse spectators and spartan runners.<\/p>\r\n And then we get to the hill… after as I said above we were told by some of those sparsely spaced spectators that we had passed it previously. \u00a0Sigh.<\/p>\r\n From there just a “short” three miles to the finish. \u00a0And while I’ll allow “you’re almost done” chants post-hill, let’s be real, folks… three miles to the finish is NOT almost done.<\/p>\r\n When you can see the finish line, then you’re almost done. \u00a0And when you cross it, then you’re done. \u00a0Not before.<\/p>\r\n<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a><\/a> <\/a><\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a><\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\r\n