{"id":180,"date":"2024-09-12T23:19:37","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T23:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/josh.run\/blog\/?p=180"},"modified":"2024-09-12T23:19:37","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T23:19:37","slug":"texas-xc-3-x-3k-and-hills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/josh.run\/blog\/2024\/09\/12\/texas-xc-3-x-3k-and-hills\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas XC 3 x 3k and hills"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Texas XC CONQUERS &#039;Race Pace&#039; Hill Repeats\" width=\"676\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xUilIGSnOjk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I just happened to stumble upon this video when I opened YouTube the other day and immediately became engrossed. My wife makes fun of me because I gawk at runners. I just think the human body while in flight is beautiful thing. And, just like every human is different, the way every human runs is different, and it&#8217;s amazing to see how someone who might otherwise be considered to have &#8220;bad form&#8221; is an amazingly gifted and talented runner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I digress. I admittedly didn&#8217;t pay much attention to the first sets of 3ks that the guys ran, but started watching in the early reps of the 12 x 250m hills. And then I heard coach calling out &#8220;43 seconds.&#8221; I then started trying to do math and gave up because 1) 250 meters isn&#8217;t a common distance and 2) these guys are just cruising effortlessly after fatiguing themselves on the track just minutes prior. And they all do such a great job maintaining maintaining their form, posture, and picking their feet up, 12 times over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And I like Coach Metcalf&#8217;s simple yet reassuring calls. &#8220;Great work,&#8221; &#8220;looking great,&#8221; &#8220;fantastic,&#8221; &#8220;amazing job,&#8221; &#8220;great mechanics.&#8221; And the reminders to relax and drive the elbows back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just happened to stumble upon this video when I opened YouTube the other day and immediately became engrossed. My wife makes fun of me because I gawk at runners. I just think the human body while in flight is beautiful thing. And, just like every human is different, the way every human runs is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/josh.run\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/josh.run\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/josh.run\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/josh.run\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/josh.run\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/josh.run\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":181,"href":"https:\/\/josh.run\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180\/revisions\/181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/josh.run\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/josh.run\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/josh.run\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}