The San Diego 50 miler (aka San Diego Multi Park Marathon) is this Saturday, Sept. 11. Racers and Chasers is putting on the event, which starts in Elfin Forrest, drops down to Lake Hodges, makes an out and back east to 15, then continues southwesterly past Hernandez Hideaway, through San Dieguito, does a loop through the west side of Black Mountain (Lusardi), then goes back to Elfin.
There are good sections of single track in Hodges, San Dieguito, and Black Mt. There are also some decent dirt double track (aka fireroad) sections in Hodges and Black Mt. But there's some gravel and paved road too. Still, for being in town, it's a good route. Kudos to Robert (at Racers and Chasers) for putting it together; I know he had to negotiate with a bunch of different land managers to put this on.
The gravel road from Hodges (Del Dios Hwy and Date Ln) up to Elfin is brutal, and comes at about mile 45. It climbs 800 feet in 1.1 miles, giving 13.6% average grade. But near the top the incline goes to 32%! Guys will be cracking for sure. Otherwise, the course doesn't have any killer climbs. There are some steep power line climbs in Black Mt, and rollers elsewhere.
The weather is forecast for low 70s, so it should be a great day to race!
Here's the course map from Garmin Connect:
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