This last weekend I ran perhaps the best marathon I have ever run. It wasn’t the best in the way of a personal best time, in fact it was quite slow, but it was the most scenic one I have ever done. It was the Bizz Johnson Marathon in Susanville. It was a trail marathon on an old railroad bed that was just stunningly beautiful from start to finish.
The Bizz Johnson Trail is more normally a mountain bike trail that winds down from just outside Westwood to Susanville. The nice thing about running down an old rail road track is, one it is in the down direction, and two none of the grades are very extreme (a steam train cannot go up or down and steep grades so everything is nice and gentle). The tunnels were pretty cool (in more ways than one) to run through too.
I have never really spent much time in the North Eastern part of California, but the area is quite beautiful and, being in a remote corner of the state, it is not as developed as some of the other areas. So nothing but rave reviews of the Redwood Trails marathon in Susanville, and equally good reviews of the Bizz Johnson trail and Susanville (worth another visit and perhaps a cycle trip down the trail next time).
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