{"id":1392,"date":"2009-05-28T12:16:23","date_gmt":"2009-05-28T17:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/?p=1392"},"modified":"2009-05-28T21:30:30","modified_gmt":"2009-05-29T02:30:30","slug":"happy-2nd-blogiversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2009\/happy-2nd-blogiversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy 2nd Blogiversary!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.treehugger.com\/files\/2008\/12\/eco-friendly-christmas-wrappings.php\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1393\" title=\"treehuggerpresent\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/treehuggerpresent.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"treehuggerpresent\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/treehuggerpresent.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/treehuggerpresent.jpg?w=468&amp;ssl=1 468w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Happy Blogiversary!! Hard to believe that it has been 2 years of blogging about my running adventures.\u00a0 Thank you for making it possible.\u00a0 I appreciate your comments, feedback, and thoughts throughout the journey.<\/p>\n<p>As a treat I&#8217;ve picked 5 highlights\/blog posts from the last two years (out of almost 500) to share with you as a special present.\u00a0 This was no easy task so I hope you appreciate them!<\/p>\n<p>1) Completing my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2008\/race-review-twin-cities-marathon\/\">first marathon<\/a> and dedicating it to my African friends by raising money for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/category\/world-vision\/\">World Vision<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>2) I also enjoyed reading and sharing thoughts from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/series\/sacred-art-of-running\/\"><em>Sacred Art of Running<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>3) Being in Minneapolis wouldn&#8217;t be complete without <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2009\/running-at-21\/\">winter running<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2008\/a-very-stupid-mistake-or-series-of-mistakes\/\">almost getting hypothermia<\/a>) and running along the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2008\/running-the-minneapolis-riverfront\/\">Minneapolis Riverfront<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>4) A delicious post about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2008\/what-is-your-strategy\/\">running strategies<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>5) Who doesnt like the idea of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2007\/ways-to-ruin-your-next-race\/\">ruining their next race<\/a>?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Finally, a\u00a0must read post that I stole from someone else talks about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2007\/t-shirt-etiquette\/\">proper t-shirt etiquette<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Blogiversary!! Hard to believe that it has been 2 years of blogging about my running adventures.\u00a0 Thank you for making it possible.\u00a0 I appreciate your comments, feedback, and thoughts throughout the journey. As a treat I&#8217;ve picked 5 highlights\/blog posts from the last two years (out of almost 500) to share with you as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[25,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-highlights"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4iaAv-ms","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":271,"url":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2008\/happy-blogiversary\/","url_meta":{"origin":1392,"position":0},"title":"Happy Blogiversary!","author":"crossn81","date":"May 28, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I have been a run blogger for exactly a year today! That is exciting and quite a milestone. In some ways it seems like I've been blogging a lot longer than that. I appreciate each of you that stops by and spends a little time reading about my running or\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blog&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blog","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/category\/blog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":129,"url":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2007\/november-highlights\/","url_meta":{"origin":1392,"position":1},"title":"November Highlights","author":"crossn81","date":"December 1, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"I still can't believe its December already! This year has gone by so fast. Here are the highlights from November (and some from October since I forgot to do this then). Race Reviews Drumstick Dash 4.5 miler on Thanksgiving Day! 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Well it was a major highlight of the year and I spent plenty of weeks training, thinking, and focusing on it\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Highlights&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Highlights","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/category\/highlights\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":175,"url":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2008\/january-highlights\/","url_meta":{"origin":1392,"position":3},"title":"January Highlights","author":"crossn81","date":"February 2, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"January has been a very busy month for Team Cross.\u00c2\u00a0 We moved almost 600 miles to Minneapolis and began setting up our lives here! It was definitely very busy but I was able to squeeze in runs (a first look) and postings throughout the month! January was mostly a base\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Highlights&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Highlights","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/category\/highlights\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":621,"url":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2008\/september-highlights-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":1392,"position":4},"title":"September Highlights","author":"crossn81","date":"October 2, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I probably say that every month seems to fly by, well September was no different.\u00a0 The middle school I work at started right after Labor Day and it has meant some busy weeks. It is good to have the students back though, they help give purpose to my work -\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Highlights&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Highlights","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/category\/highlights\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":221,"url":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2008\/march-highlights\/","url_meta":{"origin":1392,"position":5},"title":"March Highlights","author":"crossn81","date":"April 2, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Wow, Happy April!! Another month down! It is a little weird to celebrate April's coming while shoveling off the sidewalk. But that is the joy of the Upper Midwest I guess! March began with the tragic news that a Wisconsin Marathoner died after finishing the Little Rock Marathon. 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