{"id":41031,"date":"2022-09-12T11:15:08","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T15:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/?p=41031"},"modified":"2022-09-13T11:49:28","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T15:49:28","slug":"to-dream-the-impossible-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/?p=41031","title":{"rendered":"To Dream The Impossible Dream"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Got an email today from the BAA:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-12-at-7.59.02-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-41051 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-12-at-7.59.02-AM-984x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"608\" height=\"633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-12-at-7.59.02-AM-984x1024.png 984w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-12-at-7.59.02-AM-288x300.png 288w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-12-at-7.59.02-AM-768x800.png 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-12-at-7.59.02-AM-830x864.png 830w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-12-at-7.59.02-AM-230x239.png 230w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-12-at-7.59.02-AM-350x364.png 350w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-12-at-7.59.02-AM-480x500.png 480w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-12-at-7.59.02-AM.png 1266w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>I thought my qualifying time was 3:15 and below&#8230; and that probably is true for actually getting to toe the start line. \u00a0But according to the link above, for my age group the qualifying time is 3:20.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-12-at-7.56.00-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-41050 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-12-at-7.56.00-AM-1024x612.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-12-at-7.56.00-AM-1024x612.png 1024w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-12-at-7.56.00-AM-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-12-at-7.56.00-AM-768x459.png 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-12-at-7.56.00-AM-1536x918.png 1536w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-12-at-7.56.00-AM-830x496.png 830w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-12-at-7.56.00-AM-230x138.png 230w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-12-at-7.56.00-AM-350x209.png 350w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-12-at-7.56.00-AM-480x287.png 480w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-12-at-7.56.00-AM.png 2044w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>Even that has proven elusive to my old, fat, covid-19 pandemic era, sedenatary self.<\/p>\r\n<p>Although&#8230; there was this one time in Salem, Oregon&#8230;<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Willamette-Valley-2022-Finishers-Certificate.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-41053 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Willamette-Valley-2022-Finishers-Certificate-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Willamette-Valley-2022-Finishers-Certificate-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Willamette-Valley-2022-Finishers-Certificate-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Willamette-Valley-2022-Finishers-Certificate-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Willamette-Valley-2022-Finishers-Certificate-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Willamette-Valley-2022-Finishers-Certificate-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Willamette-Valley-2022-Finishers-Certificate-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Willamette-Valley-2022-Finishers-Certificate-830x830.jpg 830w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Willamette-Valley-2022-Finishers-Certificate-230x230.jpg 230w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Willamette-Valley-2022-Finishers-Certificate-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Willamette-Valley-2022-Finishers-Certificate-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>So, with an ELEVEN SECOND BUFFER, I apply.<\/p>\r\n<p>Tilting at windmills, it is I, Don Kev-ote, the Lord of La Man, Are You Kidding Yourself&#8230;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Got an email today from the BAA: I thought my qualifying time was 3:15 and below&#8230; and that probably is true for actually getting to toe the start line. \u00a0But according to the link above, for my age group the qualifying time is 3:20. Even that has proven elusive to my old, fat, covid-19 pandemic [&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-41031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41031","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=41031"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41055,"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41031\/revisions\/41055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}