{"id":44039,"date":"2025-08-30T16:39:38","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T20:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/?p=44039"},"modified":"2025-08-30T16:39:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T20:39:38","slug":"the-santa-rosa-marathon-a-delayed-entry-from-8-24-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/?p=44039","title":{"rendered":"The Santa Rosa Marathon &#8211; A Delayed Entry from 8\/24\/2025"},"content":{"rendered":"Having driven straight back from Santa Rosa, barring a quick pitstop to get gas outside the Pea Soup Anderson\u2019s restaurant in Santa Nella, CA, I discovered my webserver is inexplicably down that hosts runkevinrun.com.  We had a split-second power outage back home and I\u2019m not entirely sure if the server got fried or just needs to be unplugged and plugged back in to resurrect it.  Problems for another day.<br \/><br \/>This then is a quick recap, dashed out in an MS Word document, to be posted\u2026 some day.  But it\u2019s Sunday, August 24, 2025.  I spent the night in a strange AirBNB, a life-size doll house \u201ccabin\u201d that was most assuredly not up to code.  I knew this going in \u2013 I wanted a cheap place to stay and I paid frankly more than the place was worth.  But the bed was comfy enough, far better than say driving up and then sleeping in my car for a few hours (an option I have used in the past\u2026 albeit not for many a year).  The place might best be described as \u201cCool Hand Luke\u2019s Box\u201d meets a one-room setting for a cheap-o horror movie.  I texted family and friends last night and told them if they didn\u2019t hear from me in the morning, to know that I died doing what I always do \u2013 being a cheapskate and trying to save a couple of bucks recklessly and unnecessarily.<br \/><br \/>I survived the night however and made my way to downtown Santa Rosa for the start.<br \/><br \/>I\u2019ve run this race before\u2026 a few times actually\u2026 and I always forget that it\u2019s relatively flat with just a few hills that take you by surprise because it\u2019s predominantly so flat.  It\u2019s usually quite warm in August but we had practically perfect running conditions \u2013 55 degrees at the start, a marine layer through my finish so no direct sun to overheat.  But that also can make me a bit loosey-goosey on hydration (and not just me).<br \/><br \/>It\u2019s hard to resist running through a vineyard\u2026 I still miss the days of the Medoc Marathon, the world\u2019s longest marathon because tipsy\/drunken runners stumble about and never move in a straight line between the countless wine stops (Side note: in the Bunion Derby of the early 1920s, water was considered unhealthy for long distance runners and many entrants \u2018hydrated\u2019 with whiskey\u2026 or was it bourbon?  Something alcoholic.  Science through research CAN change its tune\u2026 but trust the research and the science and don\u2019t just cry \u2018fake\u2019 or \u2018rigged\u2019 or whatever the hell kneejerk \u2018ignorance is king\u2019 muckety mucks might be shouting, yeah?  Trust in the science until there\u2019s a peer review discussion\/publication that may refute it\u2026 because rationale is rational and off-the-wall is off-putting).<br \/><br \/>Pardon me\u2026 I digress.  During the race, I stopped at the De Loach wine stop\u2026 <br \/><br \/>Alas, like a variation on Alanis Morrisette\u2019s tune, they poured me the one white wine I really don\u2019t like.  It was Chardonnay on my Running Day.  A little too ironic to foolishly \u2018hydrate with wine\u2019 AND to \u201chydrate with crappy wine.\u2019  (Another side note: come to think of it, I\u2019m not big on Chablis\u2026 and a few others too\u2026 ya know something? I may have finally attained a life goal of being a wine snob.  So, yay me! )<br \/><br \/>In the end, I maintained a pretty strong pace through mile 18 and then\u2026 didn\u2019t.  I finished, I downed an electrolyte (I don\u2019t normally but, well, wine), and I drove home.  From the time I left to the time I got back, 35 hours had elapsed.  But that\u2019s a different kind of run.<br \/><br \/>***<br \/><br \/>POST POSTING \/ POST SCRIPT:<br \/><br \/>A thunderstorm caused a power failure for a few minutes and when power was restored it was enough time that the webserver could reset.  Nature heals technology.  So this is being posted on August 30, 2025.<br \/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having driven straight back from Santa Rosa, barring a quick pitstop to get gas outside the Pea Soup Anderson\u2019s restaurant in Santa Nella, CA, I discovered my webserver is inexplicably down that hosts runkevinrun.com. 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