Try in June to find just a couple hundred hotel rooms for that amount. Especially on the same weekend the X Games were in town. To make the race work better for the local hospitality industry, Murphy and his sponsors scheduled this year's for a weekend, May 22-23, when no big activity was planned. Next year we are going the week after Memorial Day. Last year they could fill a lot of those rooms without us.
Admission is free.
It is the largest health and fitness expo in Southern California. The race gets national exposure the following Saturday, May 29, in a one-hour broadcast on ESPN that will be repeated twice. Murphy says all has been fixed. A post-race Gaslamp Quarter concert for runners only will star Hootie and the Blowfish. Up to 1,000 more San Diegans are expected to run this year.