{"id":11486,"date":"2017-09-05T06:29:34","date_gmt":"2017-09-05T11:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=11486"},"modified":"2017-09-04T17:15:17","modified_gmt":"2017-09-04T22:15:17","slug":"escape-from-turkey-mountain-5-mile-race-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=11486","title":{"rendered":"Escape from Turkey Mountain 5 Mile Race 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"DSCN8882\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/36856710202\/in\/datetaken\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4396\/36856710202_39a704944c_z.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN8882\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This morning was my return to the &#8220;Escape from Turkey Mountain 5 Mile&#8221; race. Two years ago I ran it and injured my knee when I fell on a rock and caused me to miss about two or three months of running while I rehabbed with physical therapy and exercise. Last year I waited to too long to register and they filled up so this year I was ready!! There were a lot of people there and I went to the back for the start.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSCN8884\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/36886767381\/in\/datetaken\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4359\/36886767381_ab1c7c6e87_z.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN8884\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And off we went, see all those people ahead of me? They all pretty much stayed ahead of me.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSCN8885\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/36630711910\/in\/datetaken\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4340\/36630711910_6ed2962e32_z.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN8885\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>See all the folks behind me? I think almost all of them finished ahead of me. Strange how that works.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSCN8886\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/36856544882\/in\/datetaken\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4438\/36856544882_1dc0f6f709_z.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN8886\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Up &#8220;the Staircase&#8221; from the lower yellow trail to the upper yellow. I have been on the staircase before, I just didn&#8217;t know that it had a name. Almost every physical feature on Turkey Mountain has a name, usually several names. My favorite trail is &#8220;I want my mommy.&#8221; Run it sometime, you will be crying for your mommy.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a title=\"20170904-093724-15\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/36882891071\/in\/datetaken\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4352\/36882891071_2c49062771_z.jpg\" alt=\"20170904-093724-15\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">I am rocking my new running shirt. I love it! Most expensive shirt, of any kind, that I own.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>So anyway I finished without falling on anything. I stumbled and almost tripped a few times and slid a few times but managed to stay on my feet. My time was about 1 hr 30 minutes and the distance was about 5.22 miles. So my official time was only about 5 minutes faster than my last run with the knee problem two years ago but the course was a quarter mile longer than then. I am about 20 minutes off the pace I was three years ago. That happens when you are fat, old, and slow.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"20170904-153903-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/36223007103\/in\/datetaken\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4341\/36223007103_5dfe1749e5_z.jpg\" alt=\"20170904-153903-1\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>So, how was the race? Let me see, great course, check. Nice run shirt, check. Medal, check, Food, they had hamburgers, turned out quickly, check. Beer, check, Marshall&#8217;s craft beer, so double check. I&#8217;ll be back!!<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to Fleet Feet Tulsa, and the many volunteers who make these races go. Thank you to my fellow runners for adding to the atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>No thanks to the mountain biker who almost crashed into me from behind while we were both going downhill and yelling at me &#8220;$%^$&amp;(*&amp;&amp;* \u00a0 %^&amp;*&amp;^&#8221;. The convention and etiquette is that people who are participating in sanctioned events in a place, have priority over other people. It is not a rule or a law or anything, it is what people do. I would never interfere with a bicycle racer for example, I would most probably stay off the trails they were using. I had never had a bicyclist intrude like that into a trail race before. 99.99% of trail users are very considerate of others using the tracks.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Falling on a rock\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/21032026869\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5793\/21032026869_f9c3730941_z.jpg\" alt=\"Falling on a rock\" width=\"360\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This is my knee from two years ago. Lots better today. And I still have those socks!!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Escape from Turkey Mountain Five Mile Race\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.garmin.com\/modern\/activity\/embed\/1957890187\" width=\"465\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>aa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning was my return to the &#8220;Escape from Turkey Mountain 5 Mile&#8221; race. Two years ago I ran it and injured my knee when I fell on a rock and caused me to miss about two or three months of running while I rehabbed with physical therapy and exercise. 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