{"id":623,"date":"2011-12-13T12:22:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-13T20:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/?p=623"},"modified":"2011-12-13T12:22:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-13T20:22:00","slug":"twelve-days-of-track-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/?p=623","title":{"rendered":"Twelve Days of Track Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-B5_bsSkR7CM\/Tue0ycCuQiI\/AAAAAAAAAnM\/xpWIoETQRts\/s1600-h\/image%25255B5%25255D.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px 8px 0px 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: left; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"image\" border=\"0\" alt=\"image\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-i0ZsrM6SgQ4\/Tue0yqI3fKI\/AAAAAAAAAnU\/hDRa2ReorW8\/image_thumb%25255B1%25255D.png?resize=164%2C164\" width=\"164\" height=\"164\"><\/a><font size=\"3\">It\u2019s the holiday season, and exactly twelve days before Christmas. So in the spirit of the season, I thought I would retool the Twelve Days of Christmas to fit my favorite sport. This should be sung to the tune of the original. So a quick departure from the serious before closing out the year, my twelve days of track Christmas.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"3\"><\/font>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><font size=\"3\">\u201cOn the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me\u201d:<\/font> <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><font size=\"3\">A squad that doesn\u2019t drop the baton<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font size=\"3\">Two unexpected stars<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font size=\"3\">Three new tracks<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font size=\"3\">Four world level meets<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font size=\"3\">Five gold medals<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font size=\"3\">Six runners running<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font size=\"3\">Seven steeplers leaping<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font size=\"3\">Eight sprinters training<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font size=\"3\">Nine vaulters vaulting<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font size=\"3\">Ten jumpers jumping<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font size=\"3\">Eleven javelins flying<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font size=\"3\">Twelve throwers throwing<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s the holiday season, and exactly twelve days before Christmas. So in the spirit of the season, I thought I would retool the Twelve Days of Christmas to fit my favorite sport. This should be sung to the tune of the original. So a quick departure from the serious before closing out the year, my twelve days of track Christmas. &nbsp; \u201cOn the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me\u201d: A squad that doesn\u2019t drop the baton Two unexpected stars Three new tracks Four world level meets Five gold medals Six runners running Seven steeplers leaping Eight sprinters training Nine vaulters vaulting Ten jumpers jumping Eleven javelins flying Twelve throwers throwing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_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":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa3DCY-a3","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":282,"url":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/?p=282","url_meta":{"origin":623,"position":0},"title":"Rudisha Sizzles in 800 Opener!","author":"CHill","date":"March 4, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"David Rudisha opens season with a sizzling 1:43.15 run in Melbourne Australia! 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