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One of my favorite weekends of the year is camping at Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park and running in the Big Sur River Run. This is a 10k Run/5k Walk. It winds its way back and forward several times though the campground. For me this is the 7th consecutive annual trip. In 2001, I walked the 5k because I was so over weight. In 2002, I helped the Scouts with the waterstop. Since then I've run the last 5 races.
There was a good turnout of Striders. Mark, Amanda, Rosie and Holly. Larry and a couple of his coworkers - Sandy and Aili. Dave. Mike and Wandy. Emily and Jeremy. Rob and Hazel. Peggy. Bill. Ali and I were camping with the Poje family. It was really nice. The weather was fine. It's hard to believe it's the last weekend in October and still fine to campout without a heater for the tent or bed. Well, it's kind of cool at night of course. Hey this is California, not Scotland!
Because of the winding nature of the 10k race (we run some camp roads twice in each direction), the runners pass the spectators 4 times, the walkers only twice. So if you're wondering what Mike 1, Dave 2 and so on are, it's their shuttle number as they pass the gallery! My finish this year was 49' 29" (48:34 last year and 46:22 two years ago). I'm happy with this result. And I was happy to beat Bill by 0.5 seconds after he beat me last year by 5!
After the run, Sophie and Brian came for breakfast with the Striders. Sophie came second in the race - Well Done, Sophie. Sophie and Brian live today in Carmel and she was a member of Striders when she lived in Cupertino. I previously met her at the end of the Big Sur International Marathon. Thanks for coming for breakfast guys.
As usual, one of the highlights was the pancake breakfast after the event. Splendidly cooked as always by Peggy and Bill. Thank You, Peggy and Bill. It's just possible however that the pancakes were upstaged this year by the newest and youngest Strider - Toby - Rob and Hazel's 4½ month Terrier puppy. Toby's short for Tobermory, Isle of Mull (a rain soaked and beautiful village in the Inner Hebridean Islands of Scotland). Welcome, Toby. I think there were a few Striders who'd have liked to take you home.
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