{"id":5062,"date":"2017-12-03T14:33:13","date_gmt":"2017-12-03T20:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=5062"},"modified":"2017-12-03T15:11:59","modified_gmt":"2017-12-03T21:11:59","slug":"aurora-borealis-in-texas-a-race-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=5062","title":{"rendered":"Aurora Borealis in Texas?  *A race dream*"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aurora Borealis aka: Northern Lights<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?attachment_id=5063\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5063\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5063\" alt=\"_69414284_de01\" src=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/69414284_de01.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/69414284_de01.jpg 640w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/69414284_de01-300x168.jpg 300w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/69414284_de01-624x351.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t think you can see those in Texas?<\/p>\n<p>Last night in my race dream, you could see them like crazy!!!<\/p>\n<p>Yes, the race dreams are back.\u00a0 Last year as I was preparing to run the 50 miler at Brazos Bend, I had a race dream about the course being through a corn maze.\u00a0 There were snakes in the maze.\u00a0 That was some dream!!!\u00a0 \u00a0http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=4211<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately for me, the dream this year didn&#8217;t have snakes in it but you&#8217;d better buckle up because this is one weird dream!<\/p>\n<p>I went to bed the night before the race having set the alarm on my cell phone. I slept well.\u00a0 Too well!!!\u00a0 When I woke up, I saw the Northern Lights going wild.\u00a0 This was strange because it was 8:00am.<\/p>\n<p>8:00!?!<\/p>\n<p>Oh Nooooo!!!\u00a0 The race started at 6:00am!\u00a0 I had missed the start!<\/p>\n<p>I grabbed my phone and tried to find out the problem.\u00a0 I pushed the button to see my home screen and it buzzed and sizzled. Then Siri told me that it wouldn&#8217;t work because the Northern Lights were interfering with it and I should just go enjoy the lights.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fVsONlc3OUY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>So, I grabbed my running gear.\u00a0 I was slathering on my ChafeX and hopping around on one foot trying to get dressed.\u00a0 I was mixing my Tailwind and stuffing the bladder into my hydration vest.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?attachment_id=5065\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5065\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5065\" alt=\"18193994_1539708412761678_6791229688642375553_n\" src=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/18193994_1539708412761678_6791229688642375553_n.jpg\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/18193994_1539708412761678_6791229688642375553_n.jpg 960w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/18193994_1539708412761678_6791229688642375553_n-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/18193994_1539708412761678_6791229688642375553_n-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/18193994_1539708412761678_6791229688642375553_n-624x624.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?attachment_id=5066\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5066\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5066\" alt=\"23167524_1491432367643561_7216048760516000223_n\" src=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/23167524_1491432367643561_7216048760516000223_n.jpg\" width=\"740\" height=\"746\" srcset=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/23167524_1491432367643561_7216048760516000223_n.jpg 740w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/23167524_1491432367643561_7216048760516000223_n-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/23167524_1491432367643561_7216048760516000223_n-297x300.jpg 297w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/23167524_1491432367643561_7216048760516000223_n-624x629.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I found both Altra Running Timp (YAY, me! I think I would have lost my marbles if I would have had to look around for both shoes.)\u00a0 but could only find one of the batteries to my headlamp.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?attachment_id=5067\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5067\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5067\" alt=\"23905614_1511231935663604_5650266378685210980_n\" src=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/23905614_1511231935663604_5650266378685210980_n.jpg\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/23905614_1511231935663604_5650266378685210980_n.jpg 960w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/23905614_1511231935663604_5650266378685210980_n-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/23905614_1511231935663604_5650266378685210980_n-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>ARGH!!!<\/p>\n<p>I looked everywhere for my Garmin.\u00a0 It was on my wrist. #duh.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, I bolted out the door and looked for the race director.\u00a0 I found him and explained my dilemma.\u00a0 Bless his heart, he called everybody back to the start and began the race all over again!!!<\/p>\n<p>*That last part lets you know this was genuinely a dream!!!<\/p>\n<p>Soon I found myself trotting along with 900 other runners, dodging the alligators, thinking to myself, &#8220;This course looks a lot like the course to the Mississippi 50 Trail Run!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Only 5 more days to race day!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?attachment_id=5064\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5064\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5064\" alt=\"DP0EpbUU8AIz00C\" src=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DP0EpbUU8AIz00C.jpg\" width=\"759\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DP0EpbUU8AIz00C.jpg 759w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DP0EpbUU8AIz00C-300x144.jpg 300w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DP0EpbUU8AIz00C-624x300.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 759px) 100vw, 759px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>#IRun4Aiden<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?attachment_id=5060\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5060\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5060\" alt=\"23032646_10214428763983704_780720045469772706_n\" src=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/23032646_10214428763983704_780720045469772706_n.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/23032646_10214428763983704_780720045469772706_n.jpg 720w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/23032646_10214428763983704_780720045469772706_n-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/23032646_10214428763983704_780720045469772706_n-624x832.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aurora Borealis aka: Northern Lights I don&#8217;t think you can see those in Texas? Last night in my race dream, you could see them like crazy!!! Yes, the race dreams are back.\u00a0 Last year as I was preparing to run the 50 miler at Brazos Bend, I had a race dream about the course being [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[21,6,8,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5062"}],"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=5062"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5069,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5062\/revisions\/5069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}