Tough point to point

On Sunday morning Terra and I met the Moms in Motion and a group from Santa Barbara Nine Trails to run the first half of the race course. It is a out and back and we ran the start to the halfway point (about 17 or 18 miles). I started with some of the Moms then moved up to catch Luis Escobar (the race director) and ran with his group for most of the 4 hours. Luis was great about stopping to show us some of the tricky intersections, point out the views and just let us enjoy the day. The lowest point on the race course is 400 ft and the highest is 2400ft, but in those 17 miles we climbed over 5500 and descended about 5100 ft; turn around and go back… this is going to be a tough race.


Along with the great views of Santa Barbara and the ocean the trail is just a lot of fun, lots of ups and downs, twists and turns, switchbacks and rocks. It is challenging and entertaining; there are only about 30 spots left, so if you are looking for a November race – this is the one!

Watching some of the Mom’s in Motion finish the 17 miles was great! They were all smiles and for most this was the longest they have ever run. They were talking about some of the points we’d covered the night before and asking more questions about going further. Mostly they were glowing and excited about their Sunday morning accomplishment.