{"id":38903,"date":"2021-11-07T16:29:05","date_gmt":"2021-11-07T21:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/?p=38903"},"modified":"2021-11-07T16:29:05","modified_gmt":"2021-11-07T21:29:05","slug":"the-36th-annual-la-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/?p=38903","title":{"rendered":"The 36th Annual LA Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

First things first — let’s talk about the highlights of the 36th Annual LA Marathon.

Steve and Alexis cheered me on at Bronson and Hollywood and were a huge boost. I was already feeling a bit rundown and sore and this was only about mile 9 or 10. But seeing them helped propel me for the next 8 miles or so. So, hooray!<\/p>\r\n

Mask on… mask off.<\/p>\r\n

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I’ll get to the negatives shortly, but here was the other massive boost that came both during the race… and afterwards when I was feeling a bit down. Somewhere around mile 20\/21, there was a dog giving out high fives (with a little help from his human). I had missed a “power dog” that was at mile 19 with a sign that said, “pet this dog and get a power boost!” Unfortunately he was on the other side of the road from me… so all I could do was air pet him. But then this dog appeared, high five at the ready! And it was great.<\/p>\r\n

To make matters even better, after the race I had an email from a lovely spectator who I had never met. She was apparently at that corner watching the event with her mom and daughter and had grabbed a video of me. She tracked down my name and found runkevinrun.com and sent it over to me. So, Emma, you made my day! And what a lovely reminder that there are truly wonderful people in the world. We can get caught up in air rage and partisanship. But then we find a stranger sharing a dog video to restore some faith in humanity. Huzzah!<\/p>\r\n