{"id":390,"date":"2015-07-14T22:33:46","date_gmt":"2015-07-15T02:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/?p=390"},"modified":"2015-12-31T08:09:09","modified_gmt":"2015-12-31T13:09:09","slug":"5k-foam-fest-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2015\/07\/14\/5k-foam-fest-review\/","title":{"rendered":"5K Foam Fest Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SO. 5K Foam Fest took place on Saturday July 11th. And it was FUN. Of course we all know these events are purely to make money &#8211; charity just seems like an add on so that people feel good about spending 60+ dollars.<!--more--><a href=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/tay_me-e1436841689249.png\"><img data-attachment-id=\"391\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2015\/07\/14\/5k-foam-fest-review\/tay_me\/\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/tay_me-e1436841689249.png\" data-orig-size=\"295,615\" 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=\"ME\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/tay_me-e1436841689249-144x300.png\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/tay_me-800x504.png\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-391 size-medium alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/tay_me-e1436841689249-144x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"144\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/tay_me-e1436841689249-144x300.png 144w, http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/tay_me-e1436841689249-120x250.png 120w, http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/tay_me-e1436841689249.png 295w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Good<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Even though we signed up for a designated heat wave, because we were early we could join any wave<\/li>\n<li>Had &#8220;free&#8221; drinks, food, popsicles on site.<\/li>\n<li>Lots of volunteers around, registering didn&#8217;t take too long<\/li>\n<li>You could by-pass any obstacle you didn&#8217;t feel comfortable partaking in<\/li>\n<li>Lots of laughs, smiles, and enjoyment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Bad<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Some volunteers were on their phone at obstacles which I felt drew away from the event<\/li>\n<li>You didn&#8217;t know how far in you were (should have had km markers)<\/li>\n<li>Not enough water stations considering how hot the day was (race only included two)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All in all, I feel good that I signed up for the 5K Foam Fest. It was indeed lots of fun, and it was something different to break up the summer. Definitely would recommend doing something like this, and will be considering it for next year!<\/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-390\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2015\/07\/14\/5k-foam-fest-review\/?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-390\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2015\/07\/14\/5k-foam-fest-review\/?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\/07\/14\/5k-foam-fest-review\/?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>SO. 5K Foam Fest took place on Saturday July 11th. And it was FUN. Of course we all know these events are purely to make money &#8211; charity just seems like an add on so that people feel good about spending 60+ dollars.<\/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-390\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2015\/07\/14\/5k-foam-fest-review\/?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-390\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2015\/07\/14\/5k-foam-fest-review\/?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\/07\/14\/5k-foam-fest-review\/?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":392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[31],"tags":[46,64,65],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/20150711_141455.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p69hvu-6i","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":310,"url":"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2015\/05\/31\/foam-wasnt-built-in-a-day\/","url_meta":{"origin":390,"position":0},"title":"Foam Wasn't Built in a Day","date":"May 31, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I must be daring this summer, because I have recently signed up for the 5K Foam Fest. 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