{"id":2329,"date":"2012-06-23T21:14:28","date_gmt":"2012-06-24T04:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/?p=2329"},"modified":"2012-06-23T21:14:28","modified_gmt":"2012-06-24T04:14:28","slug":"i-shit-you-not-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/?p=2329","title":{"rendered":"I shit you not!"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\">\n.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }\n.flickr-yourcomment { }\n.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }\n.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"flickr-frame\">\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/obnoxiousaries\/7429722148\/\" title=\"photo sharing\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7254\/7429722148_d60bec9bca.jpg\" class=\"flickr-photo\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\n\t<span class=\"flickr-caption\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/obnoxiousaries\/7429722148\/\">Western States 100 Mile Endurance Run 2012<\/a>, originally uploaded by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/obnoxiousaries\/\">Random and Odd<\/a>.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"flickr-yourcomment\">\n\t<br \/>\nI have a whole post on this REMARKABLE day, but right now I am just too overwhelmed by the enormity of it all. <\/p>\n<p>Watching Tim come flying into the aid station at Foresthill way ahead of time was one of those moments you don&#8217;t forget.  Hearing them announce Ellie as the first female runner through&#8230;.I squealed and clapped as I watched this woman with amazing focus come running in (along with every other aid station worker)<\/p>\n<p>After that I stumbled upon a man with a crazy beard and awesome shirt and when I approached him, &#8220;No way! COWMAN!&#8221; he gave me a big hug and I got to talk to him for about 15 minutes. When I got back to Lester I was all tears. &#8220;Cowman.&#8221; was about all I could muster as an explanation. <\/p>\n<p>This is where the &#8220;I shit you not&#8221; part come in&#8230;. <br \/>\nLester and I drove Cowman from Foresthill to Auburn.  NICEST GUY EVER.  Him and Lester chatted it up on the way back as I texted a friend &#8220;no fucking way! i have COWMAN IN MY TRUCK!&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>When we got him to the finish line, I told him how I keep my running bib safety pin.  He gave me 2 of his from this years race. <br \/>\nHe then gave me one of the 10 hugs he had given me through the day and then gave me a kiss.<\/p>\n<p>Lester texts me, &#8220;CMON NOW!&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>LOL.<\/p>\n<p>BEST DAY EVER!!! <\/p>\n<p>More later about the amazing people I worked with today.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and my shirt&#8230;it says &#8220;Race Official&#8221;  Yeah&#8230;it says that. right there. on my shirt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Western States 100 Mile Endurance Run 2012, originally uploaded by Random and Odd. I have a whole post on this REMARKABLE day, but right now I am just too overwhelmed by the enormity of it all. Watching Tim come flying into the aid station at Foresthill way ahead of time was one of those moments you don&#8217;t forget. Hearing them announce Ellie as the first female runner through&#8230;.I squealed and clapped as I watched this woman with amazing focus come running in (along with every other aid station worker) After that I stumbled upon a man with a crazy beard and awesome shirt and when I approached him, &#8220;No way! COWMAN!&#8221; he gave me a big hug and I got to talk to him for about 15 minutes. When I got back to Lester I was all tears. &#8220;Cowman.&#8221; was about all I could muster as an explanation. This is where the &#8220;I shit you not&#8221; part come in&#8230;. Lester and I drove Cowman from Foresthill to Auburn. NICEST GUY EVER. Him and Lester chatted it up on the way back as I texted a friend &#8220;no fucking way! i have COWMAN IN MY TRUCK!&#8221; When we got him to the finish line, I told him how I keep my running bib safety pin. He gave me 2 of his from this years race. He then gave me one of the 10 hugs he had given me through the day and then gave me a kiss. Lester texts me, &#8220;CMON NOW!&#8221; LOL. BEST DAY EVER!!! More later about the amazing people I worked with today. Oh, and my shirt&#8230;it says &#8220;Race Official&#8221; Yeah&#8230;it says that. right there. on my shirt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-random"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2329\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}