Pacific Shoreline Marathon

February 5, 2006

Hey Everyone!!

I am in my final stages of training for the Pacific Coast (half) marathon! I fly out on Friday morning and will be on the beach by noon PST on Friday. I will probably get settled in and run an easy 2 miles that afternoon. Saturday I will attend the running exposition right at the Hilton Hotel where I will be staying and possibly drive 16 miles north and see the Queen Mary - unless I take a surfing lesson. Sunday is the race. Over 7000 runners will participate. The course runs right along the coast and back. My plan is to run between an 8min/mile to an 8.30min/mile to bring me in at at personal best of 1 hour 45 min to 1 hour 50 minutes. Training has gone real well and I am now sporting a weight of 169lbs and feel great! Big party on the beach after the run where I expect to drink heavily and party hearty with the California Girls ;) (sorry Polly) Fly home on Monday :(

Wish me luck and you may get a phone call from the beaches of southern California this weekend!!

Steve

(picture is Huntington beach - where the course runs)

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