{"id":38143,"date":"2020-05-04T14:05:55","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T18:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/?p=38143"},"modified":"2020-05-04T14:05:55","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T18:05:55","slug":"may-the-fourth-may-4-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/?p=38143","title":{"rendered":"May the Fourth &#8212; May 4, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m a Star Wars fan, born and raised.<\/p>\n<p>I also enjoy a good pun.<\/p>\n<p>So I think it&#8217;s great that there&#8217;s an outpouring of Star Wars-ness on May the 4th, even if at times it feels a bit like St Patrick&#8217;s Day when suddenly EVERYBODY claims they have a little Irish in them.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, any excuse to celebrate a saga set long ago in a galaxy far, far away&#8230; well&#8230; I have a good feeling about that.<\/p>\n<p>This year I signed up for a virtual half-marathon&#8230; Covid-19 may have disrupted racing events near and far, but the running must go on!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200503_0001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-38149\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200503_0001-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200503_0001-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200503_0001-768x504.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200503_0001-1024x672.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200503_0001-660x433.jpg 660w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200503_0001-450x295.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20200504_075848.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-38146\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20200504_075848-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20200504_075848-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20200504_075848-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20200504_075848-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20200504_075848-660x495.jpg 660w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20200504_075848-450x338.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I will say I used to be better at running. Unlike in past days gone by when I would trudge out for a half-marathon, I didn&#8217;t feel like I could keep going once I hit 13.1 miles. Truth be told, I started struggling long before then, but needed to finish what I had started.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20200504_095127.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-38145\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20200504_095127-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20200504_095127-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20200504_095127-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20200504_095127-660x880.jpg 660w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20200504_095127-450x600.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20200504_095928.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-38147\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20200504_095928-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20200504_095928-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20200504_095928-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20200504_095928-660x880.jpg 660w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20200504_095928-450x600.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20200504_133448.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-38151\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20200504_133448-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20200504_133448-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20200504_133448-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20200504_133448-660x880.jpg 660w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20200504_133448-450x600.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Still, a great disturbance in the running force continues to plague me.<\/p>\n<p>But that&#8217;s for another time&#8230; instead, here&#8217;s a Baby Yoda drawing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/The-Child.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-38148\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/The-Child-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/The-Child-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/The-Child-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/The-Child-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/The-Child-660x442.jpg 660w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/The-Child-450x301.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>May the Fourth be with you&#8230; today. And May the Fifth bring us tacos.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20200504_113455.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-38152\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20200504_113455-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20200504_113455-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20200504_113455-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20200504_113455-660x880.jpg 660w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20200504_113455-450x600.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m a Star Wars fan, born and raised. I also enjoy a good pun. So I think it&#8217;s great that there&#8217;s an outpouring of Star Wars-ness on May the 4th, even if at times it feels a bit like St Patrick&#8217;s Day when suddenly EVERYBODY claims they have a little Irish in them. Nonetheless, any [&hellip;]<\/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-38143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38143\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}