{"id":829,"date":"2020-01-09T23:51:40","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T23:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/azventurer.me\/?p=829"},"modified":"2020-02-17T23:46:56","modified_gmt":"2020-02-17T23:46:56","slug":"2019-in-review-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azventurer.me\/index.php\/2020\/01\/09\/2019-in-review-may\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 in Review &#8211; May"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NYC<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Kris and I went to New York City for our anniversary. The main reason for the trip was to see Wagner\u2019s Ring Cycle performed in its entirety (that is a four-night event if you\u2019re not familiar with it), which is something we\u2019ve wanted to do since, basically, before we got married. Our first date was the first opera in the series,&nbsp;<em>Das Rhinegold<\/em>. I\u2019m pretty sure that one of the reasons she stuck with me was because I liked it. It was a super cool experience, and we enjoyed the trip a lot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\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-nyc-IMG_1341.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-nyc-IMG_1341.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-nyc-IMG_1341-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-nyc-IMG_1341-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-nyc-IMG_1341-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-nyc-IMG_1341-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-nyc-IMG_1341-1980x1485.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We also managed to squeeze in a couple of runs in some iconic spots. One morning we ran around Central Park, and another morning we took a running tour that went over the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignwide 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=\"1973\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-nyc-IMG_E9264.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"922\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-nyc-IMG_E9264.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/azventurer.me\/?attachment_id=922\" class=\"wp-image-922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-nyc-IMG_E9264.jpg 1973w, https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-nyc-IMG_E9264-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-nyc-IMG_E9264-768x779.jpg 768w, https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-nyc-IMG_E9264-1515x1536.jpg 1515w, https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-nyc-IMG_E9264-1200x1216.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1973px) 100vw, 1973px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1495\" height=\"1993\" src=\"https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-nyc-IMG_E9266.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"923\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-nyc-IMG_E9266.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/azventurer.me\/?attachment_id=923\" class=\"wp-image-923\" srcset=\"https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-nyc-IMG_E9266.jpg 1495w, https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-nyc-IMG_E9266-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-nyc-IMG_E9266-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-nyc-IMG_E9266-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-nyc-IMG_E9266-1200x1600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1495px) 100vw, 1495px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Backpacking Training<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>After we got home, I started training for a long backpacking trip I had planned for June. I would go out to the San Tan group runs on Saturday mornings with my loaded backpack on, and then hike around the park as everyone else ran off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-backpack-IMG_E9583.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-backpack-IMG_E9583.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-backpack-IMG_E9583-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-backpack-IMG_E9583-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-backpack-IMG_E9583-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-backpack-IMG_E9583-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/azventurer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2019-backpack-IMG_E9583-1980x1485.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NYC Kris and I went to New York City for our anniversary. The main reason for the trip was to see Wagner\u2019s Ring Cycle performed in its entirety (that is a four-night event if you\u2019re not familiar with it), which is something we\u2019ve wanted to do since, basically, before we got married. Our first date&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/azventurer.me\/index.php\/2020\/01\/09\/2019-in-review-may\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2019 in Review &#8211; May<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":921,"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":[8,7,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-miscellany","category-road-running","category-travel","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/azventurer.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829","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=829"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/azventurer.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1023,"href":"https:\/\/azventurer.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829\/revisions\/1023"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azventurer.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/azventurer.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azventurer.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azventurer.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}