Elaine beat the 2nd place finisher by 4 minutes, and by 7 minutes last November - www.flickr.com/photos/edhiker/291688614/
Notice that I'm wearing my lucky "force be with me" hat again. An obstacle race day - more to the story.
More about this race at www.santamonicaclassic.com/
Some professional race photos at www.santamonicaclassic.com/photos.asp
Just before the start, I noticed my bib was wrong, ran back to registration, filled out computer card again. No timing mat/chips, so got a bit closer up.
How the race was timed (registration and mayhem) at tigger.uic.edu/~dbhale/timming.htm