{"id":8757,"date":"2017-02-05T00:04:59","date_gmt":"2017-02-05T05:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/?p=8757"},"modified":"2017-02-05T00:04:59","modified_gmt":"2017-02-05T05:04:59","slug":"the-sedona-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/?p=8757","title":{"rendered":"The Sedona Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s been a long day without you, my friend
\nAnd I’ll tell you all about it when I see you again
\nWe’ve come a long way from where we began
\nOh, I’ll tell you all about it when I see you again
\nWhen I see you again<\/p>\n

–“See You Again,” Wiz Khalifa<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Seeing as how I just got home after a series of road rage inducing hours, I’ll tell you all about it when I see you again… in the meantime, here’s a photo gallery of the day, starting with the sub-freezing temperatures as I checked out of my hotel, to the hour+ wait time at the start line complete with balloons hovering over the Red Rocks of Sedona, and the race itself consisting of an out-and-back hilly horseshoe course.<\/p>\n

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Ultimately, the hills and up and downs took their toll.\u00a0 But I came in 6th overall and 2nd in my age group.\u00a0 It was the last time I will race in that age bracket.<\/p>\n

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A few disappointments — the shirt I bought was half off at the finish, but I was already wearing it and thus ineligible for a refund…<\/p>\n

And all participants got the same medal.\u00a0 I know this shouldn’t bug me as who really cares?\u00a0 And yet… I kinda do.\u00a0 So somebody who ran the 5K go the same swag and medal as I who ran 26.2 miles.\u00a0 Petty maybe but it’s how I feel.<\/p>\n

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And now a quick bite before calling it a day… I’m starting to think I should institute a policy whereby I don’t drive longer than twice the time it takes me to run the marathon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s been a long day without you, my friend And I’ll tell you all about it when I see you again We’ve come a long way from where we began Oh, I’ll tell you all about it when I see you again When I see you again –“See You Again,” Wiz Khalifa Seeing as how […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8757","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=8757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8757\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}