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B.A.A. Official On Hand at Marathon Start & Finish
We were pleased to welcome Ron Kramer as our guest starter. Ron is a senior event director for Dave McGillivray Sports Enterprises, the company that directs the Boston Marathon for the Boston Athletic Association (BAA). His comments at the start honored the three Boston bombing victims with a moment of silence and thanked all first responders. He encouraged all runners to run as one, Boston and Big Sur, strong and proud!
As one Boston 2 Big Sur finishers noted after the race, "I am especially thankful for the BAA rep that greeted B2B participants at the finish line...He was so supportive and comforting. The one small act will stay with me for a lifetime."
Thank you for your support of our friends and colleagues in Boston and The One Fund. You do make a difference.
News Coverage
News coverage of the Big Sur International Marathon proved especially strong this year, with print, radio and television stories as well as blogs and websites reporting on the activities leading up to the race and event coverage.
Coming on the heels of the Boston Marathon bombings, our marathon was contacted by several national and regional media (Wall Street Journal, Sports Illustrated, KGO San Francisco and others) about the impact on our race plans.
Individual runner stories were placed in such locales as Greenwich, CT, Port Huron, MI, San Bernardino, CA and more. Locally, extensive publicity was noted in the Monterey Herald, Salinas Californian, KSBW and KION television stations, and radio stations KRML, KSCO, KWAV, ESPN and KAZU (NPR).
A compilation of stories, slide shows and videos can be viewed HERE.
Big Sur Half Marathon on Monterey Bay
Registration is ongoing for the 11th Presentation of the Big Sur Half Marathon to be held November 17, 2013. The race is open to 9,000 entrants and has a 3 1/2 hour time limit. The fast, gently-rolling certified course encompasses historic downtown Monterey, Cannery Row, and the spectacular Pacific Grove shoreline. All runners receive an ASICS technical shirt and a unique clay finisher medallion along with music and entertainment along the course and at the finish.
On Saturday, November 16, the Pacific Grove Lighthouse 5K and JUST RUN! Just Kids 3K take place in Pacific Grove.
To learn more about these events and to register, click HERE.
Marathon 2014 Registration
Registration for the April 27, 2014 Big Sur International Marathon and related events will open on July 15, 2013 at 7:00 AM PDT. Last year, the marathon sold out in 26 hours. Once the open marathon has sold out, we will open additional charity slots to benefit JUST RUN, our youth fitness program.
The Boston 2 Big Sur Challenge will also open registration July 15 to 400 entrants who plan to participate in both the Boston and Big Sur marathons, six days apart.
For more information on the marathon, visit www.bsim.org. The website will be updated by mid-June to reflect 2014 event and registration information. | 
