{"id":651,"date":"2018-03-29T02:16:18","date_gmt":"2018-03-29T02:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/?p=651"},"modified":"2018-03-29T02:16:18","modified_gmt":"2018-03-29T02:16:18","slug":"you-couldnt-race-without-them-shamrock-shuffle-prep-3-17-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/index.php\/2018\/03\/29\/you-couldnt-race-without-them-shamrock-shuffle-prep-3-17-18\/","title":{"rendered":"You Couldn&#8217;t Race Without Them (Shamrock Shuffle Prep) &#8211; 3\/17\/18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ss.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ss.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"368\" height=\"137\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ss.png 368w, https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ss-300x112.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Over the last 5 years, I have participated in a LOT of races.  And I\u2019ve got a LOT planned for 2018.  During that time, we (or more correctly my guides since I\u2019ve been focused on running) have done our part to thank the volunteers that are out there.<\/p>\n<p>But those are just one level of volunteers that help to make sure that the race you\u2019re participating in goes smoothly.  There\u2019s usually a small army (or a large one for big events) behind the scenes doing every thing imaginable so you have a great race.<\/p>\n<p>During St. Patrick\u2019s Day, I joined that army putting together packets for the Shamrock Shuffle.  Now before I even touched them, several other groups had already taken the time to do envelopes, tags onto bibs (timing and name) and labels on the envelopes.  My part was to scan the bib tags and double check everything.<\/p>\n<p>After scanning 1200-1500 of them, I\u2019ve got a much better appreciation for just how much work goes into a smooth event.  The moral of this story \u2013 make sure you thank the volunteers out there as you\u2019re racing.  A LOT of people have put in time to make sure you\u2019ll have a great race day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last 5 years, I have participated in a LOT of races. And I\u2019ve got a LOT planned for 2018. During that time, we (or more correctly my guides since I\u2019ve been focused on running) have done our part to thank the volunteers that are out there. But those are just one level of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/index.php\/2018\/03\/29\/you-couldnt-race-without-them-shamrock-shuffle-prep-3-17-18\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">You Couldn&#8217;t Race Without Them (Shamrock Shuffle Prep) &#8211; 3\/17\/18<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[7,8,317],"class_list":["post-651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-james","tag-james-gilliard","tag-shamrock-shuffle","tag-volunteer"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=651"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":653,"href":"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651\/revisions\/653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}