{"id":792592,"date":"2017-03-15T22:38:36","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T22:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/?p=792592"},"modified":"2017-03-15T22:38:36","modified_gmt":"2017-03-15T22:38:36","slug":"salmon-falls-50k-aid-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/2017\/03\/15\/salmon-falls-50k-aid-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Salmon Falls 50K Aid Station"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Volunteering for a race creates a full circle in the running community.<\/p>\n<p>If you only run but don&#8217;t serve, you miss out on the incredible blessings of helping another runner.<\/p>\n<p>To be that source of encouragement at just the right time for someone; the feeling is something everyone needs to experience at least once. Then, once you experience it, it all makes sense as to why you volunteer.<\/p>\n<p>To be part of a bigger picture.<\/p>\n<p>I always feel inspired and proud to be a part of the running community when I watch the amazing elite runners fly through the aid station.<\/p>\n<p>I also feel inspired and proud when I watch the struggling runner, the one who second guesses if they can even finish and I overhear a volunteer speak words of advice and encouragement to them, pouring into them that extra breath of energy to help them keep going.<\/p>\n<p>The circle is complete.<\/p>\n<p>Grateful to serve at the Salmon Falls 50K Trail Race (31.25 miles). Our aid station was at mile 29. &#8220;Only two miles&#8221; left to go, but it&#8217;s a tough two miles mentally. We provided fuel, hydration, first aid, massage, encouragement, hugs, and a kick in the rear to keep going.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-792594\" src=\"http:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_6630-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6630\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_6630-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_6630.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-792595\" src=\"http:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_6631-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6631\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_6631-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_6631.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-792596\" src=\"http:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_6636-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6636\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_6636-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_6636.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-792597\" src=\"http:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/PUQB9179-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"PUQB9179\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/PUQB9179-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/PUQB9179-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/PUQB9179-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/PUQB9179-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/PUQB9179.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Volunteering for a race creates a full circle in the running community. If you only run but don&#8217;t serve, you miss out on the incredible blessings of helping another runner. To be that source of encouragement at just the right time for someone; the feeling is something everyone needs to experience at least once. Then, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-792592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lets-get-active","category-service-projects"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=792592"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":792598,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792592\/revisions\/792598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=792592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=792592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=792592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}