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Redondo Beach Super Bowl 10K
Race
Exercise and Socialize
– Feb. 1, 2009
The sun was out, and so were the runners, for the 2009 Super Bowl 10K,
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2008 10K – Rain
and Not Insane. More Photos
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2004 26th Annual 10K
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2003 25th Annual 10K
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2002 24th Annual 10K
One of the largest 10Ks on the West Coast
is probably it's craziest. For years, it's been about an expression
of attitude, a celebration before the big celebration, a cause for costumes
at times other than Halloween
or Surfest.
The Redondo Beach Super Bowl 10K is the first post-New Year event on
the South Bay's social calendar. It is a Los Angeles
tradition that has been around almost as long as the "Big Game.
For 29 years, it has filled the streets of this seaside beach community,
attracting around 10,000 participants. Many of them don't realize the
game starts several hours later. Or perhaps they can't wait for the
kickoff, as they start their Super Bowl Sunday here, dressed as if it
were Halloween and the beer garden afterwardis is the Fourth of July.
Official
Website/Signup.
Before and at the start in 2009.
The Music Man and his crazy crew provides great entertainment.
Whacky is about
the only way to describe runners in the Super Bowl 10K.
This is fitting for a community that thrives
on what we like to describe as "exercise and socialize." Check
out any day on The Strand, a beachside walkway, and it's packed with
sweat-soaking, sun-seeking runners, rollerbladers and bikers. Go later
to beachside bars like the Shellback Tavern, OB's (especially for Taco
Tuesday!) Patrick Molloy's, The Underground and Blue 32, and see the
same people pounding down cocktails as if it were a cosmic art.
Los Angeles has a large number of people who
run frequently, not so much for the exercise but so they don't get too
much of a gut from the glut of parties around here.
With local pubs sitting like a welcome mat at
exactly the halfway point and a huge beer garden at the end as the ultimate
prize, the Redondo Beach 10K is the perfect mix between exercise and
socialize.
Ocassinally it rains, as was the case in 2008.
The course begins and ends at King Harbor Marina,
goes down palm tree-lined Catalina Avenue, makes a turn toward the sea
in Riveria Village – suggested stop is Hennessey's Tavern at the
3-mile mark of the 6.2-mile run – down the Esplanade for a beautiful
morning view of the blue Pacific Ocean, up a block-long and huffing
hill at the Redondo Pier and back for a short chute to Catalina. From
there, it's all downhill to the beer garden.
After our triumphant
journey, we celebrated in the beer garden.
Posing for one of
our many photos along the scenic seaside route.
Redondo Beach Super Bowl 10K Beer Garden
The Runaway Brides have pride in their creativity.
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Look who we found: The Village People from Bay
to Breakers!
 Another
fun run: Bay to Breakers in San Francisco
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