Back in 2019, while listening to The Morning Shakeout podcast, I first heard about the California International Marathon (CIM). It was advertised as a fast, PR-friendly course with lots of competition and perfect weather. I immediately started making plans to go in 2020 as a vacation destination with a marathon thrown in the middle, which is pretty ideal for me. While I don’t have to tell you that it got canceled last year in the midst of all the craziness, I signed up for the 2021 version the day registration opened in April. I would run it three weeks after the Richmond Half Marathon, a race I signed up for in 2020 with vain hopes of running it in the same year. I crossed my fingers that neither one would get canceled again…

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