{"id":1492,"date":"2013-04-29T15:20:34","date_gmt":"2013-04-29T20:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=1492"},"modified":"2013-04-29T15:20:34","modified_gmt":"2013-04-29T20:20:34","slug":"racing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=1492","title":{"rendered":"Racing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s Run: \u00a03.50 miles<\/p>\n<p>Everybody needs a reason for doing the things that they do. \u00a0Motivation\/incentive is what keeps us going. \u00a0Whether is be home, work or recreation, positive reinforcement (incentive) is what takes the squeak out of the wheel and we all know that the squeaky wheel gets the grease (I do not like squeaky wheels).<\/p>\n<p>As you all know, we like to run. \u00a0We like it more on some days than on others. \u00a0Usually, it is a lot of fun to hit the pavement and see how fast we can go. That is where motivation comes to play.<\/p>\n<p>We schedule ourselves for races\u00a0periodically.<\/p>\n<p>You need to be prepared for a race or face disgracing yourself\u00a0publicly. \u00a0Some of the races we have run are considered &#8220;high profile&#8221; (Mississippi Blues Marathon\/Half-Marathon for one) and there are a lot of people participating in the race as well as volunteers and spectators. \u00a0If you are not prepared physically and mentally for the race, you can embarrass yourself.\u00a0 \u00a0The fear of embarrassing yourself in front of all those people is very good incentive to get out and run!<\/p>\n<p>There are physical awards. \u00a0Some of the larger races have medals for all finisher. \u00a0There are T-shirts for participating and goodies in swag bags for all runners. \u00a0These are good incentives for running consistently.<\/p>\n<p>If you are a good runner&#8230;There are the prizes. \u00a0Some races offer prize money for winning. \u00a0The elite runners do not have to worry themselves about us competing for any of their trophies or checks. \u00a0These runners usually have corporate sponsors who pay their race entry fees, shoes, attire&#8230;must be rough.<\/p>\n<p>So, when you are tempted to hit the snooze button, think of the race coming up. \u00a0We are running the Coca Cola Classic 10K this weekend in Corinth, Mississippi. \u00a0That is 6.2 miles. \u00a0Hoping to finish in under 1:20. \u00a0Wish us luck!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?attachment_id=1493\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1493\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1493\" alt=\"246398_274146366028733_928053541_n\" src=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/246398_274146366028733_928053541_n.jpg\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/246398_274146366028733_928053541_n.jpg 160w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/246398_274146366028733_928053541_n-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s Run: \u00a03.50 miles Everybody needs a reason for doing the things that they do. \u00a0Motivation\/incentive is what keeps us going. \u00a0Whether is be home, work or recreation, positive reinforcement (incentive) is what takes the squeak out of the wheel and we all know that the squeaky wheel gets the grease (I do not like [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,8,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1492"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1492"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1494,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1492\/revisions\/1494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}