beautiful view around mile 7. a little boring until then. dont run it if theres expected to be bad weather. miserable if its windy and raining!

Beautiful Course rain or shine... Huge difference from last year when people were having heatstrokes, this year was hypothermic-LOL! The rain and wind was brutal at the end. Cheers to all the volunteers who I know were colder just standing there the whole time- Thank You!

The high winds were brutal for 2010. Beautiful course along the ocean. 4 mi paved, 5 mi trail, 4 mi paved. Narrow trail a bit muddy and little rocks and some horse landmines, not too bad. The course is anything but flat, I don't understand the other reviews, maybe they run mountains all day or something. However if the weather alert says 30-40 mph sustained winds with 60 mph gusts next year, I may consider skipping out. Hoping for nicer weather next year. The results WERE online immediately if you knew where to look. It just took a few hours before Santa Cruz actually linked their website to the results. One minor nitpick -- the 10K and the half marathoners got the same medal imprinted with "10K and half marathon", kinda cheesy IMHO. I accidentally missed grabbing my free t-shirt at the end. Crowd to the front if you have a decent pace. It's a mob stampede start!