{"id":8736,"date":"2018-03-17T16:32:34","date_gmt":"2018-03-17T20:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/?p=8736"},"modified":"2018-04-11T16:48:04","modified_gmt":"2018-04-11T20:48:04","slug":"guess-what-happened-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/?p=8736","title":{"rendered":"Guess What Happened AGAIN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Guess what happened again.<\/p>\n<p>What?<\/p>\n<p>A nor&#8217;easter.<\/p>\n<p>Again??<\/p>\n<p>Yes!  Again!<\/p>\n<p>I give up.  My hopes of running up significant trail miles are dashed.  How many miles did my lunatic plan call for this weekend?  15.  And I haven&#8217;t gone more than 6.7 miles on any given run yet.  With several more inches added to the trails, forget it.<\/p>\n<p>I did not attempt the Delaware Water Gap this weekend.  Instead I stayed closer to home and ran at Mahlon Dickerson Reservation.  &#8220;Ran&#8221; is not exactly what I did for most of the time I was out there.  The first mile wasn&#8217;t too bad.  After that, forget it.  The farther I ventured on the 6-mile trail, the deeper the snow got and the less the trail had been traveled.  I plowed through snow for 5 miles.  That took me 2 1\/2 hours!  My feet were pretty dang cold and my socks were crusted with ice by then.  There&#8217;s a camping area near mile 5 with a paved driveway that leads to the main road.  I got out of the snow at that point and ran on the road for a mile and a half back to my car.  The road was scary!  No shoulder, hills, curves, and cars going way over the speed limit!  I was glad to be done when I reached the parking lot.<\/p>\n<p>Below are some pictures from this early morning adventure.  I&#8217;m not reaching any of my training goals, failing pretty hard and considering dropping out of the upcoming race.  But at least I&#8217;m getting some nice photos.  Enjoy.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Img_2735.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"700\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Img_2735.jpg 525w, https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Img_2735-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 85vw, 525px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Img_2737.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Img_2737.jpg 700w, https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Img_2737-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Img_2741.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Img_2741.jpg 700w, https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Img_2741-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Img_2742.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Img_2742.jpg 700w, https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Img_2742-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Img_2743.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"700\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8730\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Img_2743.jpg 525w, https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Img_2743-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 85vw, 525px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Img_2744.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"700\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Img_2744.jpg 525w, https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Img_2744-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 85vw, 525px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Img_2745.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Img_2745.jpg 700w, https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Img_2745-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Img_2746.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Img_2746.jpg 700w, https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Img_2746-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Img_2749.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"700\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Img_2749.jpg 525w, https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Img_2749-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 85vw, 525px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Img_2748.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Img_2748.jpg 700w, https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Img_2748-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guess what happened again. What? A nor&#8217;easter. Again?? Yes! Again! I give up. My hopes of running up significant trail miles are dashed. How many miles did my lunatic plan call for this weekend? 15. And I haven&#8217;t gone more than 6.7 miles on any given run yet. With several more inches added to the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/?p=8736\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Guess What Happened AGAIN&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[100,45,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-naturewildlife","category-new-jersey","category-running"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8736"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8738,"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8736\/revisions\/8738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}