Here’s an interesting article from yesterday’s Mercury News:

http://www.mercurynews.com/search/ci_7156326?source=email&nclick_check=1

The Big Sur marathon was both long and vertical (5700 feet elevation climb). It was probably not meant for marathon first-timers, but oh well. I expected it to be foggy and cool (it started at 9 in the morning), but it was pretty warm from the start. There was not as much shade as I expected either. I finished 40th out of 69 men and women, and Mark finished 15th. The results can be seen at:

http://www.envirosports.com/results/event/1964/results.php.