{"id":4027,"date":"2016-01-19T08:56:53","date_gmt":"2016-01-19T13:56:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.doubleperf.com\/blog\/?p=4027"},"modified":"2016-01-31T09:04:52","modified_gmt":"2016-01-31T14:04:52","slug":"169_towns_18_meriden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.doubleperf.com\/blog\/archives\/2016\/01\/19\/169_towns_18_meriden.html","title":{"rendered":"169 Towns #18: Meriden"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"#18<\/p>\n

Most of the races I’ve run so far have been fairly interchangeable, small-town 5Ks in a loop around the center of town. This one was different: a point-to-point, all uphill race leading from Hubbard park to the summit of West Peak in Meriden. You can read about the tradition behind the Tradition Run<\/A>; this was its 47th running, and it was obviously a big community event. I really like the laid back feel of the event; you fill out a paper form stating your name and address before the race, and you get a certificate of completion, filled out by hand while you’re racing, when you’re done. The patch is a very nice touch, too. No numbers, no timing, no results. <\/p>\n

I hadn’t looked into the race at all before I headed out, so I wasn’t aware it was a point-to-point event, but that became pretty clear when I started up the hill. It was a chilly day, and I ran in my full winter gear, which was helpful. Once I got to the top – it felt like you were running one brief section of Mt. Washington, actually – I decided not to linger, and made it an out and back, turning right around and running down as soon as I crossed the finish line. It was significantly faster on the way down, and I indulged in a few donut holes and picked up my patch and certificate before heading home.<\/p>\n

Bernie Jurale Memorial Tradition Run<\/B> | 5K | 1\/17\/16 | 27:55 | 18\/169<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Most of the races I’ve run so far have been fairly interchangeable, small-town 5Ks in a loop around the center of town. This one was different: a point-to-point, all uphill race leading from Hubbard park to the summit of West Peak in Meriden. You can read about the tradition behind the Tradition Run; this was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new_haven","category-running"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.doubleperf.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.doubleperf.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.doubleperf.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.doubleperf.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.doubleperf.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4027"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.doubleperf.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4041,"href":"http:\/\/www.doubleperf.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4027\/revisions\/4041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.doubleperf.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.doubleperf.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.doubleperf.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}