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PCT50 Trail Run Logo If you really want to confuse someone, tell them you’re running the Pacific Crest Trail 50-mile race through the beautiful Laguna Mountains in east San Diego. Before entering this race, there were no mountains in San Diego that we were aware of, Laguna was a place to meet overly friendly men with perfect cuticles and Pacific needed an “a” on the end to become a beer. The world made perfect sense.

After running in the 2007 PCT50, we’re singing a new geography tune. With an elevation gain of more than 7,500 feet, the PCT50 definitely runs up and down something large; if it’s called the Laguna Mountain range, than who are we to argue? The PCT50 delivers some of the most spectacular topography in the most unexpected area. Having driven Interstate 8 to transport Mexican families into the U.S., we’ve passed this area a dozen times and thought it was just another place for America’s Most Wanted to assimilate into some obscure community.

This seems to be a re-occurring theme but the PCT50 is less than two hours from Orange County and once again we had never truly visited the area before. Leaving silk plants and cell sites resembling palm trees is tough, but venturing to the PCT50 reminded us that we need to leave our home theaters and experience everything this planet has to offer—even if it means doing it by foot.

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