Bay to Breakers

I got my Bay to Breakers packet in the mail yesterday. So naturally I couldn't resist trying to duplicate the ad campaign. Not quite professional quality, but then I'm not a professional web designer anymore :) This is my first year running it, of course, since the last four years I've been away, and when I was in college, I would have been lucky to walk 12km over the course of a day without dying of a heart attack, or possibly junk food deprivation.

Now I just need to figure out how to get there. Oh yeah, and I'll be dragging the parents with me. Well, I will be pointing them in the direction of the slow people starting line, and wishing them a cheery "hope I'll still be sober enough to recognize you by the time you get to the finish in four hours!" Cal Train sounds like a good idea, but only a half hour before the start? I suppose there isn't any need to push to the front since it's chip timed, but I'd still rather not have to dodge people.

Yeah, yeah, I know, it's totally against the spirit of the race to actually run as fast as I can, but I didn't make it under 60 minutes at Emerald 12k, partly (about 2 minutes worth) due to getting stuck behind people who no way on any planet were running below 10 minute miles at the start, and I want to redeem myself and meet my self appointed and totally arbitrary goal. And, of course, sub-1hr 12k predicts a sub-4hr marathon.