The half marathon course is a double loop through the lower section of the park. My training plan for today called for a tempo run of 6-7 miles, so what better than to run one loop of the race course.
I had the opportunity to run a couple of miles with Greg of Planes, Trains and Running, a blog about travel and running. He's doing a neighborhood by neighborhood write-up of the Oakland Marathon, which he'll run next month as his 11th marathon. Running and chatting with Greg reminded me of the great comraderie that runners share.
The results: 6.2 miles at an average pace of 8:39. I was quite surprised. What a difference lower altitude and flat ground makes!
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