We are pleased to announce that the Clif Bar Pace Team will be back for this year's marathon.  Reach your Big Sur goals by teaming up with Clif Bar's experienced pace leaders!  Supporting runners from the novice to the veteran, joining a pace team is FREE!  Goal times include finishes of 3:25, 3:35, 3:45, 4:00, 4:15, 4:30, 5:00 and 5:30.  To learn more and register, click HERE.  Be sure to visit the Clif Bar Pace Team booth at the Health & Fitness Expo for advice on running the Big Sur course as well as a free Pace Band to keep track of your pace throughout the race.

  

ASICS, provider of Big Sur logoware and event shirts, now has a free, personalized training plan called MY ASICS.  With MY ASICS you can create a training plan for the marathon and other race distances.  When you register for the plan you have access to a free app that lets you log runs on the go with your iPhone or Android, you can create and save your favorite running routes in your own logbook, and become a stronger runner with featured stretching and strength exercises.  Learn more and sign up HERE.

  

On Saturday, April 26, we will be offering an all-day series of FREE race clinics and panels in the Steinbeck Forum (3rd Floor) of the Monterey Conference Center, site of the Health & Fitness Expo.  Speakers include Jeff Galloway, Bart Yasso, the editors of Runner's World Magazine, a panel of experts for a Q & A session, a women's panel and a Boston 2 Big Sur "meet and greet" with Dean Karnazes. More information on times and topics will be available online and in your Race Weekend Instructions by March 31.

 
RELAY TEAM CAPTAINS:  IS YOUR TEAM READY?

This serves as a reminder that relay team members need to join their relay team online no later than April 18.  They can register themselves or the team captain can do it for them.  If the team captain plans to run on the team, he/she needs to join as a member as well (being captain does not automatically make one a member).  If a captain needs a to replace a team member, change a team name, category or password, email sally@bsim.org with the details. 

HOTEL BOOKINGS
If you haven't yet made your hotel reservations, now's the time to do so.  We have several local hotels listed on the Travel Page (under "Race Weekend") on our website that still have availability.  For a complete listing of lodging and booking opportunities on the Monterey Peninsula and Big Sur you can search by price, city and amenities, click HERE.  If you are no longer able to travel to the race, please cancel your reservation immediately so that openings will be available for other participants and you won't get charged unnecessarily.

  

On March 31, 2014 we will be emailing Race Weekend Instructions to all registered participants, as well as posting them online at www.bsim.org. They contain detailed information on the Expo and packet pick-up, bus departure times and locations for all events, the schedule of race weekend activities, and course and venue maps.  Be sure to read these directions carefully for a better race weekend.