Jason's Marathon pages

THE 2003 BIG SUR INTERNATIONAL MARATHON
 

April 27, 2003

 

 

 



Results
Name
Time
Placing
Sex
Div
(Male 30-34)
Pace
Jason Grose
3:57:57
673/2826
551/1733
113/272
9:04


On April 27th, 2003, I ran my 6th marathon in the form of the 2003 Big Sur International Marathon. My overriding goal was to beat my goal of 4 hours from the year before. This accomplishment would also mark a PR so I had my work cut out for me.

Also for the second year in a row, the Big Sur marked the first of three events that included a trail marathon (Lone Pine Wild Wild West) a week later, and a 50 Mile Ultra-marathon (Bishop High Sierra) two weeks after that. Yes, mental stability is not my strong point.

Here are my stories for this first event where I was determined to look the 4-hour monster in the face and fool him into thinking I was capable of victory.


The stories:

The pictures:
My pics


Quick Links to all of my marathon experiences:

How it all started...

Summary of All My Races To Date

2000
2000 Wild Wild West Trail Marathon

2001
2001 Wild Wild West Trail Marathon

2002
2002 Big Sur International Marathon
2002 Wild Wild West Trail Marathon
2002 Bishop 50-mile Ultra-Marathon

2003
2003 Monterey Bay HALF Marathon
2003 Big Sur International Marathon
2003 Wild Wild West Trail Marathon
2003 Bishop 50-mile Ultra-Marathon
2003 Marine Corps Marathon

2004
2004 Wild Wild West Trail Marathon
2004 Marine Corps HALF Marathon
2004 Marine Corps Marathon

2005
2005 Wild Wild West Trail Marathon
2005 God's Country Marathon
2005 Seafair Marathon
2005 Marine Corps HALF Marathon
2005 Marine Corps Marathon

2006
2006 Shamrock Marathon
2006 Wild Wild West Trail Marathon
2006 Marine Corps Marathon

2007
2007 Rock & Roll Phoenix Marathon
2007 Carlsbad Half Marathon
2007 Miami Marathon
2007 San Dieguito Half Marathon
2007 Los Angeles Marathon
2007 Wild Miles Adventure Relay
2007 Wild Wild West Trail Marathon
2007 Bishop 50-mile Ultra-Marathon
2007 America's Finest City Half Marathon
2007 San Diego 100 Ultra-Marathon

2008
2008 Carlsbad Half Marathon
2008 San Dieguito Half Marathon
2008 Wild Wild West Trail Marathon
2008 Bishop 50-mile Ultra-Marathon

2009
2009 Seattle Marathon

Other Running Craziness
36 Mile Training Run: February 25, 2006
40 Mile Training Run: April 15, 2006
Another 36 Mile Training Run: April 19, 2008

Email -- jason@grose.us
Web -- http://www.grose.us/