{"id":148,"date":"2007-12-31T05:22:22","date_gmt":"2007-12-31T13:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/?p=148"},"modified":"2008-04-13T17:37:13","modified_gmt":"2008-04-14T01:37:13","slug":"december-2007-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2007\/december-2007-highlights\/","title":{"rendered":"December 2007 Highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Because of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/?p=144\">holidays<\/a>, December is a very busy month for most people, when you throw in a major move and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/?p=3\">new Internet home<\/a>, WOW it gets busy! Here are some of the highlights from December:<\/p>\n<p>Since it was the end of 2007 I highlighted the Best of 2007:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/?p=146\">Top 5 Most Read Articles<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/?p=145\">Top National Performances<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Best Central Indiana <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/?p=141\">Race Event<\/a> (that I ran!)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/?p=140\">Best Personal Performances<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Winter Weather has finally come and I offered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/?p=137\">9 Winter Weather Tips<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A friend of mine ran the St Jude Marathon in Memphis, TN and I posted her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/?p=135\">race review<\/a>. I also posted another guest race review, this was from a Kokomo, IN runner about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/?p=130\">Monster Mash Dash<\/a> in Indianapolis, IN.<\/p>\n<p>I finished a three-part series analyzing my training for 2007.  I did a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/?p=112\">spring half-marathon,<\/a> an early <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/?p=119\">fall 10K<\/a> and a later <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/?p=132\">fall half-marathon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Workout Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Friday I finished the week with lower body lifting and then hit the elliptical for just 10 minutes easy.  I planned on running Saturday and was just really trying to waste some time at the gym that&#8217;s why the time was so short!  I did end up running Saturday.  I ran the perimeter loop at Mounds State Park which is 3 miles.  I finished the somewhat muddy loop in 25 minutes flat.  It felt good to run again, even though I rolled my ankle\/foot about a mile into the run.  It doesn&#8217;t appear to be swollen or anything, but it definitely hurts!<\/p>\n<p>[tags] Highlights [\/tags]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Because of the holidays, December is a very busy month for most people, when you throw in a major move and a new Internet home, WOW it gets busy! Here are some of the highlights from December: Since it was the end of 2007 I highlighted the Best of 2007: Top 5 Most Read Articles [&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":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-highlights"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4iaAv-2o","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":129,"url":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2007\/november-highlights\/","url_meta":{"origin":148,"position":0},"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! DINO Series # 7 15K at Fort Harrison State Park.\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":148,"position":1},"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":145,"url":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2007\/best-of-2007-national-performances\/","url_meta":{"origin":148,"position":2},"title":"Best of 2007: National Performances","author":"crossn81","date":"December 26, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"There were some great performances on the national stage this year.\u00a0 Many are viewable at Flocast and the Running Network has compiled a list of its Top 10 Best Moments for 2007.\u00a0 It should be no surprise that Ryan Hall dominates the list with three performances (flotrack): #5 Hall Shatters\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Best of&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Best of","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/category\/best-of\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/images\/bestof2007r.gif?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":133,"url":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2007\/upcoming-races-on-december-8-9\/","url_meta":{"origin":148,"position":3},"title":"Upcoming Races on December 8-9","author":"crossn81","date":"December 6, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"I guess it shouldn't surprise us that the race calendar is dwindling as\u00a02007 slowly wanes\u00a0away! I could only find two races this weekend.\u00a0\u00a0Are you still racing or is it time\u00a0to kick back a little? \u00a0 \u00a0 2007 Jingle Bell Run\/Walk begins at 9am near the IUPUI track in downtown Indianapolis.\u00a0Lots\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Calendar&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Calendar","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/category\/calendar\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/images\/dec8weather.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":77,"url":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2007\/september-highlights\/","url_meta":{"origin":148,"position":4},"title":"September Highlights","author":"crossn81","date":"October 1, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Here are some of the main posts from September! Important Running Posts included The Lost Art of Striding and Accelerations Information about changing shoes, and What is featured on my mp3 player. 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