Ass to Ass Half Marathon
Cotati, CA
- Half Marathon, 10K
- Road (Paved)
- Official race website
From the Brass Ass pizza pub in Santa Rosa to the Brass Ass in Cotati, ending up in the Plaza.
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A Half-Marathon? My Ass!
here were two restaurants called "The Brass Ass". One in Santa Rosa, CA and the other in Cotati, CA (I grew up basically in Cotati and went to undergrad there....Santa … MORE
here were two restaurants called “The Brass Ass”. One in Santa Rosa, CA and the other in Cotati, CA (I grew up basically in Cotati and went to undergrad there….Santa Rosa is, as you can tell, about 13 miles away.)
So, the “Ass-to-Ass” started at one restaurant and ran to the other. They also had a 10k that was a 6 mile loop around the Cotati location…..that was called “The Half-Ass 10k”. The awards were stuffed donkeys (asses) of silver, bronze, and gold . I took second in the Half-Asse race one year and third in the Ass-to-Ass race the following year. I still have them (and that was in the 1980’s) 🙂.
I was fortunate to meet Robin Williams one year as he came out to run the Half-Assed 10k. Met him by the porta-Johns 🙂 I managed to beat him that race (I have the newspaper clipping somewhere…although I am listed as A. Geraldi and he as R. Williams)….he was active in sports events in the SF Bay Area and would step out of his house and watch us triathletes ride by on our bike legs during the Escape From Alcatraz triathlons.
At one time, the Ass-to-Ass race t-shirt was officially banned in Disneyland (really).
A little history: https://cotatimuseum.org/…/CHS-Sept-2012-Newsletter.pdf