{"id":2043,"date":"2015-06-01T19:43:19","date_gmt":"2015-06-02T03:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chrisrivard.com\/?p=2043"},"modified":"2015-06-01T19:43:19","modified_gmt":"2015-06-02T03:43:19","slug":"something-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisrivard.com\/blog\/something-special\/","title":{"rendered":"Something Special"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is something special about approaching\u00a0the biggest climb of this run at about\u00a019 miles. I remember something Stevie Haston wrote, &#8220;Remember, this is \u00a0your treat. Enjoy it!&#8221; He also coined one of my favorite training mantras, &#8220;eat less, train more, try harder.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Even when things are going pear-shaped and you&#8217;re\u00a0out of water and moving through\u00a0sheer force of will &#8211; always remember to say please and thank you. And smile at the turistas. Always smile. It&#8217;ll make you feel better.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/315839429\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/315839429<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This was my last long run before Beacon Rock 50K. Hydration and nutrition were pretty dialed in. I ate 2 Clif shots (espresso), 2.5 packages of Clif Blocks and a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. I sat on a bench at Pittock Mansion shoving PBJ in my mouth, smiling at the out-of-towners there for the views. It was in the high 70&#8217;s, low 80&#8217;s and I decided to carry a 70oz hydration bladder + 500ml soft bottle. I drained all my water at the base of the climb to Pittock and refilled and hydrated at the water fountain at the top &#8211; &#8220;Pittock Aid Station&#8221; I call it.<\/p>\n<p>I ran straight down through the Arboretum and on to Washington Park to 14th street where I picked up my Car2Go and drove myself home \u00a0thinking the entire way that I&#8217;m going to hop in an ice bath at home. When I got home the girls had just filled up their inflatable swimming pool and I hopped right into the cold cold water. Perfect.<\/p>\n<p>[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0wrsZog8qXg]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is something special about approaching\u00a0the biggest climb of this run at about\u00a019 miles. I remember something Stevie Haston wrote, &#8220;Remember, this is \u00a0your treat. Enjoy it!&#8221; He also coined one of my favorite training mantras, &#8220;eat less, train more, try harder.&#8221; Even when things are going pear-shaped and you&#8217;re\u00a0out of water and moving through\u00a0sheer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sartor-resartus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisrivard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisrivard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisrivard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisrivard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisrivard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisrivard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2043\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisrivard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisrivard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisrivard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}