{"id":272,"date":"2009-04-30T00:12:52","date_gmt":"2009-04-30T07:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/milestogo.azrunning.com\/mtgcontent\/wordpress\/?p=272"},"modified":"2009-05-20T14:17:21","modified_gmt":"2009-05-20T21:17:21","slug":"2009-ragnar-relay-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azrunning.com\/milestogo\/journal\/?p=272","title":{"rendered":"2009 Ragnar Relay Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The inaugural <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ragnarrelay.com\/losangeles\/index.php\">Ragnar Relay Los Angeles<\/a> had its share of first year growing pains. On the day before the start, participants were informed that Leg 4 was canceled due to safety concerns, and Legs 13-18 were canceled due to permitting issues with the City of Malibu. Once the race got underway, I felt that course markings were confusing or ambiguous in some areas. The post-race setup felt rather low-key compared to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ragnarrelay.com\/delsol\/index.php\">Ragnar Relay Del Sol<\/a> in Arizona&#8230; no live band, and a minimal beer garden. The overall experience felt more chaotic than other road relays I&#8217;ve done.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, it&#8217;s hard to beat running on the strand through <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lacity.org\/RAP\/venice\/venice.htm\">Venice Beach<\/a> at midnight. Moreover, the primary reason for running a road relay is to bond with one&#8217;s teammates. In those respects, I believe most participants had an amazing experience!<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/milestogo.azrunning.com\/mtgcontent\/gallery\/2009_Ragnar_Relay_LA\">*** Click here to view photos from the 2009 Ragnar Relay Los Angeles ***<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/milestogo.azrunning.com\/mtgcontent\/gallery\/albums\/2009_Ragnar_Relay_LA\/20090424_140347_JDD.jpg\" alt=\"Runners in the Ragnar Relay LA have many opportunities to enjoy the beach\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The inaugural Ragnar Relay Los Angeles had its share of first year growing pains. On the day before the start, participants were informed that Leg 4 was canceled due to safety concerns, and Legs 13-18 were canceled due to permitting &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/azrunning.com\/milestogo\/journal\/?p=272\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,2],"tags":[72],"class_list":["post-272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-people-things","category-places","tag-ragnar-relay-series"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/azrunning.com\/milestogo\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/azrunning.com\/milestogo\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/azrunning.com\/milestogo\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azrunning.com\/milestogo\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azrunning.com\/milestogo\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=272"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/azrunning.com\/milestogo\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":319,"href":"https:\/\/azrunning.com\/milestogo\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272\/revisions\/319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/azrunning.com\/milestogo\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azrunning.com\/milestogo\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azrunning.com\/milestogo\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}