Angel Island

Angel Island 16K

Quote for the day-

"The answer to the big questions in running is the same as the answer to the big questions in life: do the best with what you've got."

This is a run that everyone has to do! It probably helped that it was beautiful perfect weather.
You pick up the ferry at Tiburon. It's a short ride to the island with breathtaking scenery along the way.
The run takes you around the island on two separate loops and up to he top of the summit. Just the right amount of difficulty and my favorite single tracks. The killer was the STAIRS. In the beginning of each loop there were some killer stairs from the road to the trails. We had to do them twice and the 25Kers had to do them three times.
I thought I was running fast (for me) but came in last for my age group. Heh, to finish is to win remember?
On the ferry ride home I had a low blood sugar bonk and the ferry captain got me orange juice and I came right back. A bit embarrassing but I learned what I did wrong. I did a GU packet 15 minutes before the run but nothing but water during and water afterwards.....dumb.