{"id":825,"date":"2020-01-08T18:46:43","date_gmt":"2020-01-08T18:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/azventurer.me\/?p=825"},"modified":"2020-01-09T23:32:34","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T23:32:34","slug":"2019-in-review-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azventurer.me\/index.php\/2020\/01\/08\/2019-in-review-march\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 in Review &#8211; March"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"has-very-dark-gray-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\">Monument Valley 50k<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-monument-valley-IMG_E9164.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-894\" srcset=\"https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-monument-valley-IMG_E9164.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-monument-valley-IMG_E9164-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-monument-valley-IMG_E9164-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-monument-valley-IMG_E9164-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Monument Valley 50k was the race I was training for. Kris and I made a weekend trip of it, going to stay at The View Hotel in Monument Valley itself, and it was amazing. Just staggeringly beautiful.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the awesome things about the race is that runners get to go through some areas that normally either require a guide to access, or they are completely off-limits to non-tribe members altogether.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1499\" height=\"1999\" src=\"https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-monument-valley-IMG_E8721.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"890\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-monument-valley-IMG_E8721.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/azventurer.me\/index.php\/2020\/01\/08\/2019-in-review-march\/2019-monument-valley-img_e8721\/\" class=\"wp-image-890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-monument-valley-IMG_E8721.jpg 1499w, https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-monument-valley-IMG_E8721-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-monument-valley-IMG_E8721-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-monument-valley-IMG_E8721-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1499px) 100vw, 1499px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-monument-valley-IMG_9026.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"917\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-monument-valley-IMG_9026.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/azventurer.me\/index.php\/2020\/01\/08\/2019-in-review-march\/2019-monument-valley-img_9026\/\" class=\"wp-image-917\" srcset=\"https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-monument-valley-IMG_9026.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-monument-valley-IMG_9026-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-monument-valley-IMG_9026-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-monument-valley-IMG_9026-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-monument-valley-IMG_9026-1200x1600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-monument-valley-IMG_9032.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-monument-valley-IMG_9032.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-monument-valley-IMG_9032-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-monument-valley-IMG_9032-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-monument-valley-IMG_9032-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The weather was a little less than ideal\u2026 there was wind that varied from breezy to pretty gusty, and intermittent rain that got heavy at times. The 50k was a good distance to do, with only one real major pounding from the weather (just as I was climbing up to the highest point in the course, which was also the most exposed). After I finished, there were several more rounds of strong wind and rain, and I was really glad I wasn\u2019t still out there in it doing the 50-miler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The huge upside to the not-great weather was that it made for some amazingly cool photos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-monument-valley-IMG_E7713.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-monument-valley-IMG_E7713.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-monument-valley-IMG_E7713-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-monument-valley-IMG_E7713-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-monument-valley-IMG_E7713-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-very-dark-gray-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\">Mt. Ord Backpacking<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I also got out for a quick overnight backpacking trip to Mt. Ord with some friends toward the end of the month. We did a fairly short hike up (around two miles), camped in a nice spot, and left the next morning. It was a little breezy and cool that night, but it made for a nice, snuggly sleep and was great.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-ord-IMG_9930.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"893\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-ord-IMG_9930.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/azventurer.me\/?attachment_id=893\" class=\"wp-image-893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-ord-IMG_9930.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-ord-IMG_9930-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-ord-IMG_9930-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-ord-IMG_9930-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1122\" height=\"806\" src=\"https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-ord-IMG_9926.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"892\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-ord-IMG_9926.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/azventurer.me\/?attachment_id=892\" class=\"wp-image-892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-ord-IMG_9926.jpg 1122w, https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-ord-IMG_9926-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-ord-IMG_9926-768x552.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1122px) 100vw, 1122px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-ord-IMG_9917.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-891\" srcset=\"https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-ord-IMG_9917.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-ord-IMG_9917-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-ord-IMG_9917-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-ord-IMG_9917-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monument Valley 50k The Monument Valley 50k was the race I was training for. Kris and I made a weekend trip of it, going to stay at The View Hotel in Monument Valley itself, and it was amazing. Just staggeringly beautiful.&nbsp; One of the awesome things about the race is that runners get to go&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/azventurer.me\/index.php\/2020\/01\/08\/2019-in-review-march\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2019 in Review &#8211; March<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":887,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,2,3,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-backpacking","category-races","category-trail-running","category-training","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/azventurer.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/azventurer.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/azventurer.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azventurer.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azventurer.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=825"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/azventurer.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":918,"href":"https:\/\/azventurer.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825\/revisions\/918"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azventurer.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/azventurer.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azventurer.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azventurer.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}