What is missing in this photo?
April 29, 2009
Remember the kids magazine Highlights and the hidden pictures, where you looked for items within the picture? Let’s play a version of that game:
What is different in the below photos*?
Official Big Sur Marathon elevation profile
Elevation profile from Eric's GPS watch
The top picture is the elevation chart posted on the Big Sur Website. The second picture is from Eric’s GPS tracking watch. Notice the difference between miles 15 and 25…I mistakenly thought we were in for some fairly smooth sailing. Not quite! Eric’s watch captures the rolling hills – which was the reality, they must have been “hidden” in the official profile! When runners told us at the start this was a tough course…I began to really believe them around mile 16. 
I still had a blast!
*Note: Miles 1-3 on the official chart is pretty accurate, Eric’s is off because the GPS was catching the tree tops as we were still in the redwoods.
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Sarah H. | April 30, 2009 at 12:38 pm
Eric must have like a James Bond watch
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Cameron | May 2, 2009 at 9:05 am
You guys are bad a**es!
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26letterpress | May 5, 2009 at 4:00 am
True what you say. Everybody talks about climbing Hurricane Point at mile 10 – 12, but those five little hills after you pass Yankee Point are the killers.
TB