I hate marathons and other shit like this

[sonrisa]

At least one Sunday a month, our drive to my in laws is complete hell. Every running event in SF ends at ocean beach, shuts down the great highway and golden gate park and fucks with all north/south traffic. Or it's some music festival fucking with the park, 19th and the great highway. Which means a 50 minute drive becomes a 3 hour drive. Why can't people go run in San Jose or listen to music in Vallejo? (Thank god the niners didn't pay a home game today or I think I'd still be out there). Stupid scenic city. 

[sonrisa]

OMG two hours into the whole mess (which took almost 4 hours today because road closures were particularly bad), when the police officer said "you can't really get there today" and DD started bawling and asking why grandad had died I wanted to shiv every one of those runners.

[eb777888]

Oh wow. If I couldn't go around, I'd stay home those weeks. I was in Dallas 635 traffic for an hour yesterday and thought I was going to lose my mind. I just can't sit in traffic for hours at a time without losing it.

[Deleted]

We have a ton of bicyclists out here. They don't move out of the way, they ride in the middle of the road. They just ride, three a rest, giving zero fucks. Oh and they close roads down out here too. FUN

[wannabe]

Sorry not sorry. Heh.

[sonrisa]

Oct 20, 2013 22:44:51 GMT -5 wannabe said:

Sorry not sorry. Heh.

What is wrong with Modesto? Or Vacaville? Or Los Banos?  I'm sure they'd be great marathon hosts.

[wannabe]

I don't know about those areas, but this race was on my bucket list and I didn't care where it was.

[sonrisa]

Oct 20, 2013 22:57:35 GMT -5 wannabe said:

I don't know about those areas, but this race was on my bucket list and I didn't care where it was.

I'm just being facetious about those other locations. (As far as I can tell, Los Banos lives up to it's name and is basically just a bathroom stop on I-5.) We usually check what is going on in the city before planning our weekend (and go Saturday if something is on for Sunday). We fucked up this week.  

Was it a good race?

[bab]

I go through the same BS every weekend going into NYC.

I'm already planning my strategy for the NYC Marathon in a couple weeks.

FML

[lulu13]

San Jose or Vallejo? Hmmmm....

[sonrisa]

Oct 20, 2013 23:15:27 GMT -5 lulu13 said:

San Jose or Vallejo? Hmmmm....

Or Milpitas? or Visalia? or Chowchilla? or Truckee? or Chico? Basically, anywhere I don't drive regularly. That should be the foremost consideration in planning a marathon. 

[aussiecrush]

I really need to get better at checking this myself. Bumper to bumper both ways. I thought it was mostly from BART.

[sonrisa]

Oct 20, 2013 23:26:24 GMT -5 mooselovah said:

Getting stuck in traffic is the worst. How is your mil doing?

She's pretty lonely these days. That is the only reason we stuck it out.  Thanks for asking.

[lulu13]

Sorry. None of those places are scenic. Well maybe Truckee. Sorry you are dealing with the hassle.

You only have to deal with the Niners for one more season though!!

edited to fix spelling

[sonrisa]

Oct 20, 2013 23:25:37 GMT -5 aussiecrush said:

I really need to get better at checking this myself. Bumper to bumper both ways. I thought it was mostly from BART.

That can't have helped.

DH rerouted us from ocean beach to 101 south (via Van Ness. I know). As we drove past the Candlestick exit, we realized how entirely fucked we would have been if it had been a home game.

[sonrisa]

Oct 20, 2013 23:31:47 GMT -5 lulu13 said:

You only have to deal with the Niners for one more season though!!

DH was cheering this on today. 

[aussiecrush]

I think today you were pretty screwed no matter what. It's just perfect in the Bay this time of year. Plus you have jerks like us that make the trek two hours to the coast just to mess up your day.

[wannabe]

The traffic was pretty fucked all this weekend. 30,000 people descending upon beautiful San Francisco will do that at least we all spent a nice chunk of cash in the city!

[sonrisa]

Oct 20, 2013 23:57:00 GMT -5 wannabe said:

The traffic was pretty fucked all this weekend. 30,000 people descending upon beautiful San Francisco will do that at least we all spent a nice chunk of cash in the city!

I liked it better when an america's cup race got scratched just when we happened to be eating on the waterfront and the boats rerouted to sailed by us. All bay area events should happen on my schedule and at my convenience. 

[Deleted]

Your problem is you are too dedicated a DIL. I don't move when there are events. It's the only way. You can't blame the event. Just stay home. I know that may not be viable right now but as a general philosophy it works well.

[Deleted]

Nike Women's Marathon?
I did it two years in a row, and it is amazing how the city has to shut down so much to accommodate it. And leaving the city after the race was a nightmare.
Sorry you had such a crazy drive.

[Muddled]

Ahem! There was an Ironman in Truckee/Tahoe mere weeks ago. It was very frustrating.


Feel better, sonrisa?




I didn't think so.