{"id":20254,"date":"2017-12-10T21:07:49","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T02:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/?p=20254"},"modified":"2017-12-10T21:07:49","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T02:07:49","slug":"the-45th-annual-honolulu-marathon-not-to-be-confused-with-the-post-run-74th-annual-hunger-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/?p=20254","title":{"rendered":"The 45th Annual Honolulu Marathon … not to be confused with the post-run 74th Annual Hunger Games."},"content":{"rendered":"

It was a shoulder to the wheel kind of day.<\/p>\n

Something happened overnight and the dial on the humidity meter got cranked up a few notches. In fact, as night gave way to morning, the humidity hit 100% because it started to rain. Just as the sun was rising, the rains came with a chilly breeze on top. The wind\u00a0was always in my face, pelting the drizzle into me and soaking my to the core. But I kept going. I didn\u2019t want to; I wanted to curl up under some covers, read my Twin Peaks The Final Dossier, and just ignore the world around me.<\/p>\n

And\u00a0then just as quickly as it had come, the rain stopped. \u00a0The sun broke through the clouds which melted into a blue sky… but never\u00a0a rainbow did I see (*)…<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t feel great; my stomach did somersaults and churned with each step in the back half of the race. \u00a0My Boston Qualifying time evaporated with the disappearing puddles. \u00a0But if Mom could soldier on through some knee pain, I decided I could make it to the finish.<\/p>\n

And so I did. \u00a0I made it to the finish. \u00a0A little worse for wear, a little photographically challenged as my drenched iPhone refused to recognize my swipes or taps\u00a0to open up the camera app, but I did finish.<\/p>\n

And at the finish, one of the main reasons I run this race year after year was waiting. \u00a0At the finish, there were the deep fat fried dough rolled in sugar. \u00a0There were malasadas!<\/p>\n

If there were a Disney soundtrack that I could play here it would be a variation on the Cinderella \u201cWork Song.\u201d<\/p>\n

Malasada,\u00a0Malasada
\nNight and day it’s\u00a0Malasada
\nEat\u00a0the dough, nosh\u00a0the pastry
\nHave another, malasada!<\/i><\/p>\n

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***<\/p>\n

Photos From the Day:<\/p>\n

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(*) Note: I DID finally see a rainbow… at the finish line water misting station! \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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