Pirates Cove Trail Run - Results Letter

[Pacific Coast Trail Runs]

Well, it definitely wasn’t the ideal weather for viewing the Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco from the trails but, as many of you mentioned on Saturday, the Marin Headlands are beautiful and the trails there wonderful in ANY weather! While you may not have gotten to check out the bridges or the cities and towns, you could still see abundant and varied wildflowers, horses being exercised, runners disappearing into the fog, a little cove and the wide-open beach, and the views down into the lush valleys. Several of you even spotted a bobcat!! We hope that any initial disappointment you felt because of the ‘missing’ vistas was replaced by the realization that there was plenty of beauty nearby.

Thank you so much for joining us on Saturday – all of you! It was a fabulous turnout for this always-popular event, and we had to close registration earlier than ever before – nearly two weeks before event day. And in this year’s big crowd were lots of our friends, many PCTR regulars, a BIG group from Santa Rosa, whole families, and lots of first-time trail runners and first time ultramarathoners. Congratulations to all the finishers! Complete results are available at:

www.pctrailruns.com/PC_Results_07.htm

Our next event is in Southern California, the Santa Monica Mountains Trail Run. We know that a few of you are planning on joining us down south for some trail running in the sunshine on April 14th. We’ll have 9 Km, 18 Km, 30 Km, and 50 Km distances from which you may choose, and each distance is extremely rewarding, not only because each is challenging but also because of the fabulous views.

Our next event in the Bay Area is the Diablo Marathon and 50 Mile Endurance Run. We hope that some of you can make it out to our training ground, Mt. Diablo, for this fun-to-run and fun-to-watch event. Runners will be on the trails from 7:00 a.m. ‘til well past sundown so, if you’re not running, feel free to stop by an aid station or the finish line to see how things are going.

Thanks again for coming out to Rodeo Beach for the Pirates Cove Trail Run on Saturday, and hope we see you out on the trails again soon.

Wendell & Sarah

[kaiserboy]

Thank you for the great day. This was my first trail run and I had a blast!!! I will do another one for sure,

Great Job PCTR!!!!!!!

Matthew Esselstrom

[thr3ee]

Three cheers for Wendell and Sarah on another awesome event However, as someone mentioned before the race, they really should make sure to pay the heating bills before next year ;D

PCTR really is becoming the organization for premier ultra events in the area. Just look at the number of speedsters who showed up this year...17 people under 5hrs in a 50K that has 6000+ ft of climbing!!! Those are the sort of results that you usually see at the so-called "big" races like Skyline.

I think this is going to be a huge year for PCTR ultra events. With 6, 12 and 24 hr events, plus 50k, 50 mile, and 100 mile events they pretty much have the entire spectrum covered! I think the only thing that's missing is a 100K distance, but then I guess that's why Sarah and Wendell will both be running at Mi-Wok this year; have to keep something for themselves :-)

Keep up the great work guys! You really have helped to maintain the Bay Area as THE undisputed leader for ultra running locales (I'll try to ignore the little diversion down south for your next event :.