Seduced by the scenery

This week Blake writes about running in Carmel's Rio Grill Resolution Run on New Year's morning. It was her first race since winning the San Jose Rock 'n' Roll half marathon in early October. It was also Blake's first race in the Monterey Bay area. A course with beautiful views along Scenic Drive and up the Mission Trail was too much for her to resist as she talks about in her upcoming column:

"I’m a different sort of person, I see these beautiful places, and I wonder what it would be like to run them. I even see a huge hill and want to do a hill workout up it. I must be sick, but I’m a sucker for scenic runs."