{"id":14270,"date":"2022-12-04T21:11:59","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T03:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=14270"},"modified":"2022-12-04T21:12:01","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T03:12:01","slug":"tulsa-jingle-bell-run-2022-5k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=14270","title":{"rendered":"Tulsa Jingle Bell Run 2022 5K"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Dallas Cowboys Santa Cap, Heated Vest, and downtown Tulsa in the Background.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Last Saturday I ran the Arthritis Foundation’s Jingle Bell 5K<\/a> in Tulsa. It is a fund raiser with races in almost all the bigger cities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You can tell we have drouth going on. The Arkansas River is way down.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Back when I used to run a lot the Jingle Bell Run was a must do. They had the best tshirts!! Big thick shirts with bold graphics. I think the fastest 5K I ever ran was during Jingle Bell Run. I think the temperature was 9 degrees F. I was motivated!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fall Color!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Years ago, they used to have the run adjacent to a large inside space so you could stay inside where it was warm and when you finished you could go inside and warm up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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None of that nowadays! The race started in a big open field with a cold wind bearing down direct from the north pole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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All the slow folks, like me, are bundled up.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Don’t feel sorry for me though. I volunteered to run the race and brought my heated vest that Heather got me for Christmas last year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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More Fall Color<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It worked great. Not only does it warm the body but it also warms your neck and has heated pockets!! So I was warm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The route went right by the Route 66 Neon Sign Park.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In fact as the race went on, I turned the heating elements on my vest off. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Crossing the Arkansas River looking south.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The race went up and down the Arkansas River using the River Parks trail system. I am up for a fast walk up and down the riverparks. I always see something new there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I finished out of the money but I got a very nice participation medal. I don’t know exactly how I finished in relation to others in my age group for some reason they don’t have a link to the timing company on their web page. I’ve sent an email asking about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And the tee shirt. Still a very nice, thick tee shirt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n