2007 (Oct 20) San Diego 100 miles - # - jakob's Photos

A 100 mile run which turned into a 50 mile finish due an ankle injury.

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Just before the race people arranging their drop-bags right next to the starting line. The race is about to begin in less than an hour. It's fairly cold and I'm wearing a light jacket and long running pants. Almost all runners do wear short sleeve and short running pants.

All runners are getting ready and they're eager to hit the trail. The trail was really dry and there was a lot of dust in the air as you can see.

The race started and we run towards an awakening day. In front of me are Fred Pollard (68) who just finished the 2007 Badwater in an amazing 44:56:15. He will be the last finisher on this race with 30:54:12. On the right side is Nicole Strong who finished this race in 30:36:20. I had the pleasure talking to her later in this race and she's one amazing woman. She told me that this is her 2nd 100 miler. Her first one was the 2003 Javelina Jundred where she came in with only 2 minutes to spare earning her the "Dead Last Award" award. She made it before the cut-off time because she ran the last mile in a sub-7 minute pace.

The Cuyamaca Mountains are very beautiful and I truly enjoyed this run.

Little ups and downs all along the race.

Sunrise! If everything works out then I'll see this sun go down and up again the next day before I will stop moving forward.

Coming into the first aid station appropriately named "Sunrise".

After that aid station we ran on the Pacific Coast Trail while the sun started to heat up the day.

Just before the race people arranging their drop-bags right next to the starting line. The race is about to begin in less than an hour. It's fairly cold and I'm wearing a light jacket and long running pants. Almost all runners do wear short sleeve and short running pants.