{"id":2559,"date":"2011-03-29T16:06:40","date_gmt":"2011-03-29T23:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/?p=2559"},"modified":"2012-03-20T17:08:19","modified_gmt":"2012-03-21T00:08:19","slug":"recap-knotts-coaster-run-5k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/2011\/03\/29\/recap-knotts-coaster-run-5k\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: Knott&#8217;s Coaster Run 5k"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Race: 6th Annual Coaster Run 5k at Knott&#8217;s Berry Farm<br \/>\nDate: March 27th, 2011<br \/>\nStart Time: 7:30AM<br \/>\nLocation: Buena Park, CA<\/p>\n<p>OK, I was going to take this race easy &#8212; I just wanted to do it as a recovery run\/ excuse to eat some pie and get a cool medal (Snoopy!) in the process. What I didn&#8217;t expect was to PR! LOL I have back-to-back Marathon-5K PR&#8217;s now. Chip time:\u00a000:27:33.2 (placed 7th in my Age Group! Out of 85! wOOt!)<\/p>\n<p>Part of the reason why I went fast was:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>I didn&#8217;t want to get too wet!<\/em> It began to drizzle again! AHHHH&#8230; Second consecutive race to get soaked?! Finishing sooner meant getting out the wetness quicker!<\/li>\n<li><em>I wanted to break free from the crowd.<\/em> The course was PACKED all the way but for a short portion after the second mile and partly onto the finish. You literally had to weave your way through the crowd!<\/li>\n<li><em>I felt good<\/em>! Well, running at a faster pace really felt effortless until around mile 2.5 when I was really feeling the burn! LOL At that point, I was either going to slow down and walk or keep going and I went for the latter. I could rest in the end as I ate my pie, I thought! But man, my HR shot up to a scary 193bpm (averaged at: 182bpm)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Overall a lovely race despite the cloudy\/rainy weather and puddle that I stepped into (twice! &#8212; One really could not avoid the puddle. At least I had my Vibram Five Fingers on!) I also love the freebies: reusable race bag, Coaster Run tee, pie and finisher&#8217;s medal!<\/p>\n<p>Oh, this also marked the first race (since 2009) that my VTB\/bestie and I reunited! WHEEEE!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2560\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-content\/2011\/03\/2011-03-27-08.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2560\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2560\" title=\"Sheryl and I\" src=\"http:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-content\/2011\/03\/2011-03-27-08-360x270.jpg\" alt=\"VTBs (re)Unite!\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-content\/2011\/03\/2011-03-27-08-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-content\/2011\/03\/2011-03-27-08-180x135.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-content\/2011\/03\/2011-03-27-08.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2560\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">VTBs (re)Unite!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I also got a photo with Snoopy (he was sooooo soft and not-your-typical-stinky-mascot).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2561\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-content\/2011\/03\/2011-03-27-07.21.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2561\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2561\" title=\"We Heart Snoopy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-content\/2011\/03\/2011-03-27-07.21-360x270.jpg\" alt=\"We Heart Snoopy\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-content\/2011\/03\/2011-03-27-07.21-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-content\/2011\/03\/2011-03-27-07.21-180x135.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-content\/2011\/03\/2011-03-27-07.21.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2561\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We Heart Snoopy<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Did I mention we had pie and a finisher&#8217;s medal? \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"3\" cellpadding=\"3\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_2562\" style=\"width: 190px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-content\/2011\/03\/2011-03-27-08.19.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2562\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2562\" title=\"Me @ the Finish\" src=\"http:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-content\/2011\/03\/2011-03-27-08.19-180x135.jpg\" alt=\"Me @ the Finish\" width=\"180\" height=\"135\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2562\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Me @ the Finish<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<td>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_2563\" style=\"width: 190px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-content\/2011\/03\/2011-03-27-08.20.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2563\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2563\" title=\"Gratuitous Pie and Medal Shot \" src=\"http:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-content\/2011\/03\/2011-03-27-08.20-180x135.jpg\" alt=\"Gratuitous Pie and Medal Shot \" width=\"180\" height=\"135\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2563\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gratuitous Pie and Medal Shot <\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>I&#8217;d totally do this again next year! ^_^<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Race: 6th Annual Coaster Run 5k at Knott&#8217;s Berry Farm<br \/>\nDate: March 27th, 2011<br \/>\nStart Time: 7:30AM<br \/>\nLocation: Buena Park, CA<br \/>\nOK, I was going to take this race easy &#8212; I just wanted to do it as a recovery run\/ excuse to eat some pie and get a cool medal (Snoopy!) in the process. What I didn&#8217;t expect  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/2011\/03\/29\/recap-knotts-coaster-run-5k\/\"> read more <span class=\"meta-nav\">&raquo;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[247,224],"tags":[346,345,316],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2559"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2559"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3331,"href":"https:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2559\/revisions\/3331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}