{"id":951,"date":"2018-03-17T11:02:57","date_gmt":"2018-03-17T15:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beckinabox.com\/blog\/?p=951"},"modified":"2018-03-26T15:20:54","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T19:20:54","slug":"looney-leprechaun-20k-mud-snow-ice-hills-on-a-sub-freezing-day-i-took-it-easy-but-maintained-pace-and-somehow-got-3rd-in-my-age-group-around-11th-overall-small-turnout-but-all-the-top-runners-w","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beckinabox.com\/?p=951","title":{"rendered":"March 17, 2018 at 11:02 AM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bgbbq4yl6Hn\/embed\" width=\"612\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nLooney Leprechaun 20k. Mud, snow, ice, hills on a sub freezing day. I took it easy but maintained pace and somehow got 3rd in my age group, around 11th overall. Small turnout but all the top runners were here. Tough races bring out tough runners. 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Time to wash up! #looneyleprechaun #trailrunning http:\/\/ift.tt\/2HEvwxW<\/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":[65,66],"class_list":["post-951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-john_beck","tag-ifttt","tag-instagram","wp-image-borders"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6XpZy-fl","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1913,"url":"https:\/\/beckinabox.com\/?p=1913","url_meta":{"origin":951,"position":0},"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! 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