Team Ladera had a great race today, finishing 4th of 15 teams in the Mixed Masters Relay division in 4:19! Jennifer Roberts led off the first leg, after getting on the shuttle bus at 4:30am and sitting around in the dark at the starting line for 90 minutes with thousands of other runners!
Pre-start at Big Sur Marathon
Big Sur Marathon Relay Starting Line
Jennifer handed off to Mike at about mile 5 – where the course leaves the forest and heads out along the bluff. Better views but headwinds slowed everyone down.
Big Sur Marathon Relay Exchange Point 1
Mike also ran about 5 miles before Chandra Ramamoorthy took the 7-mile 3rd leg which included the infamous hill after Bixby Bridge. She handed off to Steve Corbato for the final 9-mile leg.
Steve Corbato closing in on Big Sur finish
In the ten years since Mike, Gary and Mary ran the entire Marathon, Big Sur has become a big-name and very popular race – this year there were over 1oK runners in various races, with 188 shuttle buses transporting people up and down Highway One. Despite the tough course and complicated logistics, Team Ladera finished in good form and all happy and healthy!
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