{"id":16230,"date":"2017-09-14T18:47:10","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T22:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/?p=16230"},"modified":"2017-09-14T18:48:35","modified_gmt":"2017-09-14T22:48:35","slug":"mainly-marathons-center-of-the-nation-series-day-4-sundance-wy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/?p=16230","title":{"rendered":"Mainly Marathons Center of the Nation Series \u2013 Day 4 \u2013 Sundance, WY"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aw, hell.
\nHell, hell, hell, hell, hell.
\nHell.
\nHell, hell, hell.
\nHell, hell, hell, hell, hell, hell, HELL, hell, hell.
\nHell, hell, hell.<\/p>\n

That’s 22 “hells.” One for each freakin’ loop of the Sundance, WY, course.<\/p>\n

TWENTY-TWO LOOPS.<\/p>\n

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We ran on the Crook County Fairgrounds which are currently under repair and renovation, partly to support the newly opened Sundance Elementary School, and partly, well, hell, I don’t know.\u00a0 The packed gravel was pockmarked and it was more than a little treacherous on the uneven ground… especially as I once again availed myself of the early-pre-dawn-start.\u00a0 But I made it.\u00a0 Somehow I made it.\u00a0 As did the rest of the Mainly Marathon gang.<\/p>\n

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And for me, it was a special milestone.\u00a0 Achievement unlocked – a second circuit completed of a marathon in each of the 50 United States, each under 4 hours.<\/p>\n

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I purposefully didn’t tell anyone about it before the run.\u00a0 I didn’t want to jinx it… and then after I saw there were 22 loops to contend with, I REALLY didn’t want to jinx it.<\/p>\n

But I made it through.\u00a0 And as Jesse and Daniel mentioned that tomorrow was my big day to achieve Mainlyner 50 Race Status, I told them it was indeed my big day with them and I was looking forward to earning my skull.\u00a0 I then let slip that today was my 50sub4-times-2 day which I wouldn’t normally have done but I was a bit delirious.\u00a0 Some milestones are more for you than anyone else.\u00a0 I think I learned that from Crash Davis in Bull Durham<\/em> (1988).\u00a0 That and I should believe in “long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last three days.”<\/span><\/p>\n

I then went ahead and put it on Facebook as I decided, “aw, what the hell?”<\/p>\n

But I digress.\u00a0 I have to admit, I was trying to just get this one in the books and was more worried about not-tripping than taking a lot of photos or cataloging moments to scribble down in this blog.\u00a0 But here are a few shots from the loops.<\/p>\n

All 22 of them.<\/p>\n

TWENTY-TWO LOOPS!<\/p>\n

Bloody hell.<\/p>\n

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And the big finish.\u00a0 George was the masterchef today in the Loony LunchBox and whipped up some tasty pulled pork sliders, which seemed like a fine way to celebrate.<\/p>\n

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The sunrise and water features were lovely; the rest of the Sundance course, as I mentioned, was run near the school and amidst a construction site.\u00a0 This all made for some equally memorable and no doubt, dare I say, “hella-good” scenery.<\/p>\n

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Aw, hell. Hell, hell, hell, hell, hell. Hell. Hell, hell, hell. Hell, hell, hell, hell, hell, hell, HELL, hell, hell. Hell, hell, hell. That’s 22 “hells.” One for each freakin’ loop of the Sundance, WY, course. TWENTY-TWO LOOPS. We ran on the Crook County Fairgrounds which are currently under repair and renovation, partly to support […]<\/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-16230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16230","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=16230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16230\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}