{"id":2792,"date":"2016-05-18T15:01:53","date_gmt":"2016-05-18T19:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/?p=2792"},"modified":"2016-05-18T15:01:53","modified_gmt":"2016-05-18T19:01:53","slug":"dragonslayer-cat-sayer-wordsmith-oh-my","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/?p=2792","title":{"rendered":"Dragonslayer, Cat-sayer, Wordsmith, Oh My!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This has been my week for getting picked. First I get called to Jury Duty and am randomly selected to go through voir dire&#8230; albeit I was NOT selected to be a juror, the attorneys assured those of us not picked that we shouldn&#8217;t feel bad about this. Done and done.<\/p>\n<p>But today I opened my email to discover this delightful note:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/St-George-Small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2797\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/St-George-Small.jpg\" alt=\"St George Small\" width=\"692\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/St-George-Small.jpg 692w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/St-George-Small-277x300.jpg 277w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/St-George-Small-230x249.jpg 230w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/St-George-Small-350x379.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 692px) 100vw, 692px\" \/><\/a>The St George Marathon is a famous downhill course where many participants go hoping to secure their Boston Qualifying time. It was my longshot goal for the fall which is only slightly less important as, I don&#8217;t know if I mentioned this, but I just recently qualified for Boston. Still, it&#8217;s a race I&#8217;ve long wanted to do as I&#8217;ve heard a lot of positive things about the organization, scenery, and experience. Plus, ya know, they started in 1977 and this is their 40th running&#8230; it feels like the right time to do this.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve already scrambled to book flights and hotels as apparently they sell out VERY quickly once the lottery results are announced.\u00a0 Sure enough, I was booking by 10 AM and already several cheaper hotel options were unavailable&#8230; even my usual murder hotel level pics. The best option appears to be to fly into Las Vegas and make the 2-hour drive out to St George where I&#8217;ll stay in what is billed as a vacation spot onto itself.\u00a0 Check out the Coronado Inn and Suites website home page:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Screenshot-2016-05-18-14.56.31.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2798\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Screenshot-2016-05-18-14.56.31-1024x557.png\" alt=\"Screenshot 2016-05-18 14.56.31\" width=\"1024\" height=\"557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Screenshot-2016-05-18-14.56.31-1024x557.png 1024w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Screenshot-2016-05-18-14.56.31-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Screenshot-2016-05-18-14.56.31-768x417.png 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Screenshot-2016-05-18-14.56.31-830x451.png 830w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Screenshot-2016-05-18-14.56.31-230x125.png 230w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Screenshot-2016-05-18-14.56.31-350x190.png 350w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Screenshot-2016-05-18-14.56.31.png 1928w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>Is that a bobcat?\u00a0 Mountain lion?\u00a0 Cougar?\u00a0 What&#8217;s the difference?<\/p>\n<p>Ya know, there&#8217;s worse ways to spend a weekend&#8230; LEAVING Las Vegas behind as soon as one lands is probably the BEST way to see Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>**NOTE: When you google &#8220;what&#8217;s the difference between a bobcat, mountain lion and a cougar?&#8221; you get this:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"_Tgc _y9e\"><b>Mountain lion<\/b>, puma, <b>cougar<\/b>, panther\u2014this cat is known by more names than just about any other mammal! But no matter what you call it, it&#8217;s still the <b>same<\/b> cat, Puma concolor, the largest of the small cat species.\u00a0 &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/animals.sandiegozoo.org\/animals\/mountain-lion-puma-cougar\">San Diego Zoo Animals<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #006600;\"><strong>Bobcat (<\/strong><em>Lynx rufus<\/em><strong>) <\/strong><\/span> Bobcats, also known as wildcats, are much smaller than mountain lions and have shorter tails. &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/sagu\/learn\/nature\/bobcat.htm\">National Park Service<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This has been my week for getting picked. First I get called to Jury Duty and am randomly selected to go through voir dire&#8230; albeit I was NOT selected to be a juror, the attorneys assured those of us not picked that we shouldn&#8217;t feel bad about this. Done and done. 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