Race Review by Fifty States HALF Marathon Club official member George Pugh:
2/5/2012
- Surf City Half Marathon, Huntington Beach, California was by far the
best distance event I have participated in so far, which includes 72
Half Marathons and 2 Fool Marathons! Everything from the Expo and
packet pick up (they even had volunteers who would dog watch while their
humans went through the Expo tent), to the parking and start line
buses, course layout, mile markers, finish line,
after snacks, and even the weather was absolutely PERFECT! The only
flaw in my race day were some tight calves (remnants of the cramps in
Maui) and a required pit stop at the four mile mark, but I managed to
keep plugging away at the miles finishing in an OK-Good 2:24:34. A nice
story along the way was that I was talking with a 58 year old from
Winnipeg at the start line and we criss-crossed paths throughout the
race. Heading toward the finish line I caught up to him and we pushed
each other to the end finishing with the exact same time. A dip in the
Pacific Ocean and ice cream later with my cousins Patti and Margie
concluded a great day. I highly recommend this race and plan on doing
it again.
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