- City2Surf is actually based on Bay 2 Breakers.
- It has since surpassed Bay to Breakers in size, now the largest fun run in the world.
- 80,000+ people registered to run this year.
- 67,974 runners finished.
- City2Surf is packed. At Bay to Breakers, I stopped having to dodge people after about mile 3. At C2S, I was still weaving back and forth at the finish line.
- No naked people.
- Almost no drunk people. At least many fewer than B2B.
- Best costumes: Squad of Storm Troopers. Stretcher Carriers. "City to Smurf".
- Finishing at Bondi Beach was awesome. Google sponsored a tent with burgers, hot dogs, shrimp cocktail, even raw oysters and chocolate dipped strawberries. Also, beer. Lots of beer. I had 5 to rehydrate.
- Your humble author finished in 1:14:07, quite a feat considering I started in the last, "Back of the Pack" group.
- This qualifies me to run next year in the 2nd starting group. Guess I'm running it again next year. Goal: sub-65 min.
- I finished in 11,627th place.
- I sweat like an animal.
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I like your FOB costume ;)
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