After baking Okinawan Sweet Potato and Haupie Pies until 3 in the morning, I was more than a tad delerious upon arriving at 8am at Ocean Beach. We were tasked with running somewhere between 4-10 miles, depending on what race you were training for and what level runner.
Even though I am a level one runner, I still wanted a challenge so I up'd my mileage to 7 miles since I ran 6 a couple weekends before. We discussed the course -- starting at the parking lot across from Beach Chalet, up past the Cliff House, down thru the Sutro Bath, along the Coastal Trail that sort of parallels El Camino del Mar, thru the Sea Cliff neighborhood, up the highway and back. The course was pre-marked by the coaches in white flour denoting the turn around points for 5-10 miles.
And off we went!
Randomly part of the beach was closed for a photo shoot with these LIFE SIZE wood cutouts of Native Americans on horseback. The Chronicle dubbed it as a tribute to the Wild West. We passed these on the way up to the Cliff House.
After passing the Cliff House, we started our decent down past the Sutro Baths and up towards the Coastal Trail.
If I had to be stretching at 8:15 anywhere on a Saturday morning, this place would be hard to beat.
Lots of stairs.... (and me looking totally dorky).
The UNBEATABLE view made running 8 miles after 4 hours of sleep totally worth it!
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