I ran past this spot at sunrise a year ago on a training run with Joe, Jaime, and Woody.  It was an amazing location, but we were cruising in the dark and I couldn’t gawk too much.  I have always wanted to go back when I had some time to set up the camera and capture the brilliant sun breaking the horizon.  This time I hit the trailhead well before dawn and packed in the gear.  I got the tripod set up and tested the exposure several times before setting the camera to fire at one second intervals.  Then all I had to do was wait for the sun and start running!