{"id":11089,"date":"2017-04-08T16:21:24","date_gmt":"2017-04-08T20:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/?p=11089"},"modified":"2017-04-08T16:21:24","modified_gmt":"2017-04-08T20:21:24","slug":"the-hogeye-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/?p=11089","title":{"rendered":"The Hogeye Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"

It all comes rushing back now. My Tulsa based lawyer and running pal Jim said he thought the Hogeye Marathon course was boring… and I think he may have undersold it.<\/p>\n

To be fair, after the 40th anniversary race last year they moved the start out of Fayetteville and into Springdale, AR, so it’s a new route.<\/p>\n

That said, billed as a flat course, it wasn’t… at least not for this Florida Man. And Arkansan (or is it Arkansawyer?) Andre, bib number 73 who I ran with off and on along the lonely course, agreed. His comment was anyone who said it was a flat course should have to run it. The hills were rolling and occasionally “not insignificant” and wouldn’t have been a problem if my brain had been mentally prepared to tackle them. But it wasn’t and I wasn’t and instead it just was kinda a drag.<\/p>\n

I don’t know how many folks ran the race today but it felt like a light turnout, both in runner and spectator categories. But those that were there were as supportive as could be.<\/p>\n

The Zajics, who I’ve met at a few previous races such as NOLA<\/a>, were there and I got a real energy boost at mile 9 when I heard a shout of, “Kevin Hanna!” So thanks team Zajic! And way to go David on yet another sub-4 finish! \u00a0There’s apparently a photo of David and me sporting our victory pig snouts (!!) but I haven’t gotten a copy yet.<\/p>\n

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Here’s a few stray shots from the course… I kinda stopped snapping as I was just… bored. But I finished, a bit slower than I’d have liked especially since I felt pretty non-injured. Maybe psychologically my body was saving for the Hippity Hop race tomorrow in Arizona. We’ll see how that goes.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile…<\/p>\n

By the dawn’s early light…<\/p>\n

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Why did the chicken cross the road? \u00a0To honor our country and start the race (Tyson is a big player in town and was a sponsor of the race). \u00a0I really, really, RIDICULOUSLY really wanted a photo with that mother clucking chicken but never got a chance. \u00a0There were grilled chicken sandwiches at the finish. \u00a0Makes you wonder…<\/p>\n

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Settle in, it’s about to get good and boring in here…<\/p>\n

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I ran through this mister and didn’t feel all that different. \u00a0Mainly just a little wet.\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I was grossly disappointed in the lack of arms and legs pelting me from above.\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I am the Pig Man.<\/p>\n

You are the Walker.<\/p>\n

Goo goo g’joob\u2026 \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

And now I sit once more in the Tulsa airport, waiting to board a plane to Phoenix and the Hippity Hop Marathon running tomorrow morning.<\/p>\n

The taper continues…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It all comes rushing back now. My Tulsa based lawyer and running pal Jim said he thought the Hogeye Marathon course was boring… and I think he may have undersold it. To be fair, after the 40th anniversary race last year they moved the start out of Fayetteville and into Springdale, AR, so it’s a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11089\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}