{"id":40524,"date":"2022-04-30T16:55:34","date_gmt":"2022-04-30T20:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/?p=40524"},"modified":"2022-04-30T17:00:32","modified_gmt":"2022-04-30T21:00:32","slug":"welcome-to-the-oc-um-suckers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/?p=40524","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the OC, um, suckers?"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The OC Marathon has a strict policy on packet pickup for their races. You must attend the expo, held the two days prior to the event. And their times are amongst the worst possible for traffic &#8212; 4pm to 8pm on Friday and 10am to 5pm on Saturday.<br \/><br \/>I went Friday and it took me four hours round trip. I suspect there WILL be race-day pickup but I try and follow the rules. So I wound up paying $10 to park on Friday and pre-purchased my mandatory parking pass for Sunday for another $10.<br \/><br \/>It all reminds me of one of the most iconic moments from a seminal turn of the millennia television program. On the eponymously named teen sudser this was the introduction Chino ex-pat Ryan got to &#8220;The O.C.&#8221;<\/p>\r\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UK24DnWQaIk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n<p>Now, this contains one of the few curse words that I do cringe at hearing. \u00a0I can throw around the euphemistically known F-bomb like a wannabe Samuel L. Jackson (because in truth don&#8217;t we ALL wish we were a little more like Sam Jackson?). \u00a0But unless we&#8217;re very specifically referring to a female dog, I really cringe at the use of the b-word. \u00a0I just find it&#8230; offensive. \u00a0My stars and garters, honest to liver, ya know?<\/p>\r\n<p>As a result, I prefer to think of this series of photos as &#8220;Welcome to the OC, suckers!&#8221; \u00a0Because given the nickel and diming of this marathon expo, I think it&#8217;s fair to say there&#8217;s more than one of us born every minute.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_161503-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-40517\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_161503-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_161503-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_161503-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_161503-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_161503-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_161503-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_161503-830x623.jpg 830w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_161503-230x173.jpg 230w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_161503-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_161503-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>$10?! \u00a0Highway&#8230; er, parking lot robbery!<\/p>\r\n<p>***<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_161819-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-40515\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_161819-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_161819-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_161819-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_161819-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_161819-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_161819-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_161819-830x623.jpg 830w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_161819-230x173.jpg 230w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_161819-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_161819-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>I swear they could have held Woodstock &#8217;99 here &#8212; it has that reflective, oppressive heat thing going for it.<\/p>\r\n<p>***<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_161809-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-40521\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_161809-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_161809-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_161809-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_161809-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_161809-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_161809-830x1107.jpg 830w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_161809-230x307.jpg 230w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_161809-350x467.jpg 350w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_161809-480x640.jpg 480w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_161809-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>Rest Roos? \u00a0They have resting kangaroos here? \u00a0I wanna see a resting kangaroo! \u00a0Oh&#8230; it&#8217;s just a poorly maintained restroom. \u00a0Well that&#8217;s just&#8230; rude.<\/p>\r\n<p>***<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_161906-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-40519\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_161906-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_161906-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_161906-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_161906-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_161906-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_161906-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_161906-830x623.jpg 830w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_161906-230x173.jpg 230w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_161906-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_161906-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>Sorry, folks&#8230; expo&#8217;s closed on Sunday. \u00a0And yet I suspect there will be packet pickup despite what they are telling us. \u00a0My biscuits are burning!\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>***<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_162035-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-40518\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_162035-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_162035-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_162035-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_162035-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_162035-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_162035-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_162035-830x623.jpg 830w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_162035-230x173.jpg 230w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_162035-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_162035-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>This guy is totally giving me the stink eye. \u00a0Don&#8217;t blame me, dude&#8230; I&#8217;m just as annoyed as you are about the traffic.<\/p>\r\n<p>***<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/VideoCapture_20220430-102215.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-40514\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/VideoCapture_20220430-102215-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/VideoCapture_20220430-102215-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/VideoCapture_20220430-102215-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/VideoCapture_20220430-102215-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/VideoCapture_20220430-102215-830x623.jpg 830w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/VideoCapture_20220430-102215-230x173.jpg 230w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/VideoCapture_20220430-102215-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/VideoCapture_20220430-102215-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/VideoCapture_20220430-102215.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>Come out to the coast, run a few miles&#8230;\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>***<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_1627298579557700062152497-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-40512\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_1627298579557700062152497-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_1627298579557700062152497-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_1627298579557700062152497-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_1627298579557700062152497-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_1627298579557700062152497-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_1627298579557700062152497-830x1107.jpg 830w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_1627298579557700062152497-230x307.jpg 230w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_1627298579557700062152497-350x467.jpg 350w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_1627298579557700062152497-480x640.jpg 480w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_1627298579557700062152497-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>Name that runner.<\/p>\r\n<p>***<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_1629222542820384565995181-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-40516\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_1629222542820384565995181-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_1629222542820384565995181-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_1629222542820384565995181-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_1629222542820384565995181-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_1629222542820384565995181-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_1629222542820384565995181-830x1107.jpg 830w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_1629222542820384565995181-230x307.jpg 230w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_1629222542820384565995181-350x467.jpg 350w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_1629222542820384565995181-480x640.jpg 480w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_1629222542820384565995181-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>That&#8217;s a pretty good slogan. \u00a0Catchy.<\/p>\r\n<p>***<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_161937-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-40520\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_161937-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_161937-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_161937-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_161937-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_161937-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_161937-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_161937-830x623.jpg 830w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_161937-230x173.jpg 230w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_161937-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_161937-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>This might be the greatest bar in the world. \u00a0Except it&#8217;s not open. \u00a0No taters, no tots. \u00a0Sigh. \u00a0Story of my life.<\/p>\r\n<p>***<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_163713-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-40523\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_163713-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_163713-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_163713-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_163713-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_163713-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_163713-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_163713-830x623.jpg 830w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_163713-230x173.jpg 230w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_163713-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220429_163713-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>I jokingly assumed this is the projected drive time to get back to my place. \u00a0In truth, I was only a little faster getting home.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The OC Marathon has a strict policy on packet pickup for their races. You must attend the expo, held the two days prior to the event. And their times are amongst the worst possible for traffic &#8212; 4pm to 8pm on Friday and 10am to 5pm on Saturday. I went Friday and it took me [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40524","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=40524"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40524\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40529,"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40524\/revisions\/40529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}