{"id":310,"date":"2015-05-31T21:01:31","date_gmt":"2015-06-01T01:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/?p=310"},"modified":"2015-05-31T21:04:47","modified_gmt":"2015-06-01T01:04:47","slug":"foam-wasnt-built-in-a-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2015\/05\/31\/foam-wasnt-built-in-a-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Foam Wasn&#8217;t Built in a Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I must be daring this summer, because I have recently signed up for the 5K Foam Fest. Not sure what I have gotten myself into, but I&#8217;m pretty stoked for the amount of fun I&#8217;ll have!<\/p>\n<p>In 140 characters (137 to be exact) I&#8217;ll describe the event: There will be foam, mud, obstacles, and it lasts 5km; I can either walk or run, and will receive my tshirt at the finish line. <a class=\"twitter-hashtag pretty-link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23BringErOn\"><s>#<\/s>BringErOn<\/a><!--more-->So now I should train, right? Sadly soccer didn&#8217;t follow through this summer due to lack of individual registrants (sorry I&#8217;m a lone wolf) so I&#8217;ll find other ways.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Foam Wasn&#8217;t Built in a Day&#8221; is the team name we have come up with, (initially I thought &#8220;ET Foam Home&#8221; but someone else was clever and snagged it first! All good!) \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Updates to follow closer to the date.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/11352328_450243595136571_1811847440_n.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"311\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2015\/05\/31\/foam-wasnt-built-in-a-day\/11352328_450243595136571_1811847440_n\/\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/11352328_450243595136571_1811847440_n.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"11352328_450243595136571_1811847440_n\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/11352328_450243595136571_1811847440_n-300x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/11352328_450243595136571_1811847440_n.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"  wp-image-311 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/11352328_450243595136571_1811847440_n.jpg\" alt=\"http:\/\/www.5kfoamfest.ca\/photos\/\" width=\"348\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/11352328_450243595136571_1811847440_n.jpg 640w, http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/11352328_450243595136571_1811847440_n-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/11352328_450243595136571_1811847440_n-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/11352328_450243595136571_1811847440_n-480x480.jpg 480w, http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/11352328_450243595136571_1811847440_n-250x250.jpg 250w, http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/11352328_450243595136571_1811847440_n-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 348px) 100vw, 348px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Picture used is off of 5K Foam Fest Facebook Page.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-310\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2015\/05\/31\/foam-wasnt-built-in-a-day\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-310\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2015\/05\/31\/foam-wasnt-built-in-a-day\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2015\/05\/31\/foam-wasnt-built-in-a-day\/?share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I must be daring this summer, because I have recently signed up for the 5K Foam Fest. Not sure what I have gotten myself into, but I&#8217;m pretty stoked for the amount of fun I&#8217;ll have! In 140 characters (137 to be exact) I&#8217;ll describe the event: There will be foam, mud, obstacles, and it&hellip;<a href=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2015\/05\/31\/foam-wasnt-built-in-a-day\/\" class=\"button\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Foam Wasn&#8217;t Built in a Day<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-310\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2015\/05\/31\/foam-wasnt-built-in-a-day\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-310\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2015\/05\/31\/foam-wasnt-built-in-a-day\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2015\/05\/31\/foam-wasnt-built-in-a-day\/?share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":311,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[31],"tags":[46],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/11352328_450243595136571_1811847440_n.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p69hvu-50","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":390,"url":"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2015\/07\/14\/5k-foam-fest-review\/","url_meta":{"origin":310,"position":0},"title":"5K Foam Fest Review","date":"July 14, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"SO. 5K Foam Fest took place on Saturday July 11th. 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