{"id":666,"date":"2016-06-26T14:11:07","date_gmt":"2016-06-26T18:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beckinabox.com\/blog\/?p=666"},"modified":"2016-06-26T14:11:07","modified_gmt":"2016-06-26T18:11:07","slug":"rei-trail-series-5k-at-historic-smithville-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beckinabox.com\/?p=666","title":{"rendered":"REI Trail Series 5k at Historic Smithville Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-version=\"7\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:8px;\">\n<div style=\" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:55.9235074627% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;\">\n<div style=\" background:url(data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC\/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5\/P8\/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo\/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI\/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf\/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BHHpPPxDB_f\/\" style=\" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;\" target=\"_blank\">Haven&#39;t run a 5k in a while. Ran the @rei trail race at Smithville Park. Felt decent. Didn&#39;t think I had much speed anymore but ended up running about 22:30 and finished around 6th or 7th overall. Gave me some hope for speed again and most importantly I feel good and didn&#39;t get hurt. #reitrailseries #uptowngentlefriends<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">A photo posted by John Beck (@beckinabox) on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2016-06-26T13:31:02+00:00\">Jun 26, 2016 at 6:31am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Haven&#39;t run a 5k in a while. Ran the @rei trail race at Smithville Park. Felt decent. Didn&#39;t think I had much speed anymore but ended up running about 22:30 and finished around 6th or 7th overall. Gave me some hope for speed again and most importantly I feel good and didn&#39;t get hurt. #reitrailseries &#8230; <a title=\"REI Trail Series 5k at Historic Smithville Park\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/beckinabox.com\/?p=666\" aria-label=\"Read more about REI Trail Series 5k at Historic Smithville Park\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-john_beck","wp-image-borders"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6XpZy-aK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":800,"url":"https:\/\/beckinabox.com\/?p=800","url_meta":{"origin":666,"position":0},"title":"Dash and Deciduous 5k","author":"John Beck","date":"February 8, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Dash and Deciduous 5k trail run Saturday, June 10th 2017, 10 AM Start ***REGISTER ONLINE FOR FREE*** The Uptown Gentlefriends present the Dash and Deciduous 5k trail run at Clayton Park. This is a FREE timed 5k group run. Despite the fact that this is a FREE 5k, registration is\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;John Beck&quot;","block_context":{"text":"John Beck","link":"https:\/\/beckinabox.com\/?cat=2"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1913,"url":"https:\/\/beckinabox.com\/?p=1913","url_meta":{"origin":666,"position":1},"title":"Uptown Gentlefriends present the Dash and Deciduous 5k trail run at Clayton Park","author":"John Beck","date":"November 2, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"View this post on Instagram Love organizing my little #5k, this is the 4th year I\u2019ve done it, had to postpone this one to #halloween due to the #rona but it turned out to be a great run! The cold morning and sloppy leaf covered trails on an already tough\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;John Beck&quot;","block_context":{"text":"John Beck","link":"https:\/\/beckinabox.com\/?cat=2"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1675,"url":"https:\/\/beckinabox.com\/?p=1675","url_meta":{"origin":666,"position":2},"title":"Uptown Gentlefriends 2020 events","author":"John Beck","date":"February 6, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"I put together all the big events for my running group, Uptown Gentlefriends. We're a social activity group based in Mercer County, NJ and our events are either free or low cost and usually are social in nature. You can find out more about the Uptown Gentlefriends by liking us\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;John Beck&quot;","block_context":{"text":"John Beck","link":"https:\/\/beckinabox.com\/?cat=2"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beckinabox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2020COVER-2.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beckinabox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2020COVER-2.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beckinabox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2020COVER-2.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beckinabox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2020COVER-2.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beckinabox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2020COVER-2.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beckinabox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2020COVER-2.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":74,"url":"https:\/\/beckinabox.com\/?p=74","url_meta":{"origin":666,"position":3},"title":"Race Schedule","author":"John Beck","date":"September 2, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"I started running in October of 2011, here is a schedule of my upcoming races and results of past races. Upcoming Races: 5\/11\/2026 3 Days at the Fair, Augusta NJ, 144 hour endurance race Past Races: 8\/31\/2025 Mercer County Half Marathon, Robbinsville NJ, half marathon; 1:59:44, 121 of 301 5\/12\/2025\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;John Beck&quot;","block_context":{"text":"John Beck","link":"https:\/\/beckinabox.com\/?cat=2"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6,"url":"https:\/\/beckinabox.com\/?p=6","url_meta":{"origin":666,"position":4},"title":"Race bib and medal display","author":"John Beck","date":"July 23, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"My father made me this great Uptown Gentlefriends (my race team) display for all of my race bibs and medals. It\u2019s pretty damn sweet. Thanks dad!!!","rel":"","context":"In &quot;John Beck&quot;","block_context":{"text":"John Beck","link":"https:\/\/beckinabox.com\/?cat=2"},"img":{"alt_text":"IMG_3550","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.beckinabox.com\/files\/img_3550.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1245,"url":"https:\/\/beckinabox.com\/?p=1245","url_meta":{"origin":666,"position":5},"title":"Instagram: October 21, 2018 at 03:00PM","author":"John Beck","date":"October 21, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Oh man! Ran #trails4tailsfest this morning. Came in 1st overall in the difficult and technical trail 5k. Finished 6th or 7th, 2nd in my AG, in the 15k. The 15k had mostly flat and runnable trails, I just didn\u2019t have the speed on those portions but I made up a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;John Beck&quot;","block_context":{"text":"John Beck","link":"https:\/\/beckinabox.com\/?cat=2"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beckinabox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beckinabox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beckinabox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beckinabox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beckinabox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/beckinabox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beckinabox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beckinabox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beckinabox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}