Sunday, December 06, 2009

Gran Pacifico Maraton/Mazatlan Dec 5 2009

Our first weekend back in Mazatlan the annual Gran Pacifico Maraton was scheduled. On Saturday, December 5 was the 10 mile run, preliminary to the 26 mile run on Sunday. Enjoy the pictures I took from our terrace.

The race started with the wheel chairs.

Then came the runners. As, has been in previous years, the
participants from Kenya lead the pack.

More Kenyans......

We even saw participants on crutches. Amazing....

More runners......



Not sure who this guy was supposed to be but he was interesting.

Even saw a guy getting into the holiday spirit wearing a santa hat.

And this guy, well guess he wanted to make sure to carry his
cerveza.

And this lady was amazing, running in a dress and sandles.
She looked like maybe she was in her native indian dress.

This yacht was anchored offshore. We found out it was from
the Netherlands and it was named Ostar. 170 foot long, built
in 1998, 1-owner cabin with crew quarters, accommodate 11
guests, holds 26,000 gallons fuel and 8,000 gallons of water.
Just amazing!!

Here is the sunset that ended the first day of the Maraton.
We also enjoyed a parade at sunset, huge hot air balloons
were blown up all along the malecon, and fireworks, all of
which we enjoyed from our terrace. We were told that a
"baby turtle" release happened down the beach but we
didn't get a chance to see it. Sorry to have missed that.
It was a great evening though.

1 comment:

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