{"id":5585,"date":"2018-12-04T14:23:13","date_gmt":"2018-12-04T20:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=5585"},"modified":"2018-12-04T14:26:14","modified_gmt":"2018-12-04T20:26:14","slug":"its-race-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=5585","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Race Week!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?attachment_id=5594\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5594\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5594\" src=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/81391961.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1213\" srcset=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/81391961.jpg 1600w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/81391961-300x227.jpg 300w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/81391961-768x582.jpg 768w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/81391961-1024x776.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/81391961-624x473.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>YAY for race week!!!\u00a0 Can&#8217;t beat it!\u00a0 The shorter\/&#8221;easier&#8221; runs.\u00a0 The anticipation of toeing the line.\u00a0 The tension of the miles ahead of you.\u00a0 The packing and driving to the race!<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s all awesome!!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?attachment_id=5586\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5586\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5586\" src=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/download.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/download.jpg 225w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/download-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I love to carb load.\u00a0 I have to be careful not to over~carb load.\u00a0 This kid can rationalize extra carbs like nobody&#8217;s business, the problem with that being the dreaded carb bloat and resulting tummy troubles on race day.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s not so much fun.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?attachment_id=5587\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5587\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5587\" src=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/portapotty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2448\" height=\"2448\" srcset=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/portapotty.jpg 2448w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/portapotty-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/portapotty-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/portapotty-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/portapotty-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/portapotty-624x624.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2448px) 100vw, 2448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll be running Brazos Bend in Brazos Bend State Park.\u00a0 This is located just a little bit south of Houston, Texas.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">This will be my third time running the trails at Brazos Bend.\u00a0 I&#8217;m soooo excited to be running here again! The trails themselves aren&#8217;t technical but they&#8217;re flat.\u00a0 I mean FLAT.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Flat sounds amazing for 50 miles, right?\u00a0 It is and it&#8217;s not.\u00a0 The beauty of running elevation is different muscle groups come into play and relieve the muscle groups that have been working.\u00a0 All the muscle groups get a little rest time~that&#8217;s a good thing!\u00a0 Here at Brazos, due to the extreme flatness, it&#8217;s the same muscle groups the entire 50 miles.\u00a0 #ouch<\/p>\n<p>Still, it&#8217;s a total blast!\u00a0 I love getting to see the alligators along the course.\u00a0 If you follow my training at all, you&#8217;ll know I meet up with all kinds of different animals on my training runs so the alligators are an added bonus.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a short YouTube clip from this past weekend.\u00a0 People were on the trails I&#8217;ll be running and were chatting with a couple of alligators.\u00a0 They were purring like kittens.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lBP6ZpsXwt0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m excited to earn one of these medals for Aiden!\u00a0 The 2016 medal from Brazos Bend looked like this:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?attachment_id=5588\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5588\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5588\" src=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/15442240_1171538226299645_3799016655003480074_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/15442240_1171538226299645_3799016655003480074_n.jpg 960w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/15442240_1171538226299645_3799016655003480074_n-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/15442240_1171538226299645_3799016655003480074_n-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/15442240_1171538226299645_3799016655003480074_n-624x351.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m liking the updated look!\u00a0 Sweet!!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?attachment_id=5589\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5589\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5589\" src=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/46495745_2292899070944713_2280794708403814400_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/46495745_2292899070944713_2280794708403814400_n.jpg 960w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/46495745_2292899070944713_2280794708403814400_n-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/46495745_2292899070944713_2280794708403814400_n-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/46495745_2292899070944713_2280794708403814400_n-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/46495745_2292899070944713_2280794708403814400_n-624x624.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This time for the 50 miler I&#8217;ll have a pacer for my last loop.\u00a0 I know Shobal will keep my rumpatootis moving.\u00a0 Last time, I walked and chatted a lot on my last loop.\u00a0 He won&#8217;t let me do that.\u00a0 It might be payback time for him for when I paced him on his 50 miler this past April.\u00a0 I&#8217;m pretty sure I wasn&#8217;t his favorite person by the end of his race.\u00a0 He DID set a state record, though!\u00a0 BOOM!!!\u00a0 Awesome running, Shobal!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?attachment_id=5590\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5590\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5590\" src=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/30707450_10156572446514614_6910425710079246336_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/30707450_10156572446514614_6910425710079246336_n.jpg 720w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/30707450_10156572446514614_6910425710079246336_n-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/30707450_10156572446514614_6910425710079246336_n-624x832.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s just so much to be excited for this weekend.\u00a0 Seeing friends.\u00a0 Running a &#8220;few&#8221; miles.\u00a0 Earning a new medal for Aiden.\u00a0 A nice weekend get away with MFH.\u00a0 I am #blessed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?attachment_id=5591\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5591\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5591\" src=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/44247794_1897746803678780_5210349574102712320_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/44247794_1897746803678780_5210349574102712320_n.jpg 960w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/44247794_1897746803678780_5210349574102712320_n-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/44247794_1897746803678780_5210349574102712320_n-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/44247794_1897746803678780_5210349574102712320_n-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>#IRun4Aiden<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?attachment_id=5592\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5592\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5592\" src=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/43201734_10217264100865354_7497925099564040192_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"940\" height=\"941\" srcset=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/43201734_10217264100865354_7497925099564040192_n.jpg 940w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/43201734_10217264100865354_7497925099564040192_n-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/43201734_10217264100865354_7497925099564040192_n-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/43201734_10217264100865354_7497925099564040192_n-768x769.jpg 768w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/43201734_10217264100865354_7497925099564040192_n-624x625.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YAY for race week!!!\u00a0 Can&#8217;t beat it!\u00a0 The shorter\/&#8221;easier&#8221; runs.\u00a0 The anticipation of toeing the line.\u00a0 The tension of the miles ahead of you.\u00a0 The packing and driving to the race! It&#8217;s all awesome!!! I love to carb load.\u00a0 I have to be careful not to over~carb load.\u00a0 This kid can rationalize extra carbs like [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[21,22,6,8,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5585"}],"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=5585"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5597,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5585\/revisions\/5597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}