{"id":3265,"date":"2017-11-28T17:17:49","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T17:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/2017\/11\/28\/cafb-represents-at-oaklands-first-turkey-trot\/"},"modified":"2017-11-28T17:17:49","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T17:17:49","slug":"cafb-represents-at-oaklands-first-turkey-trot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cafoodbanks.org\/es\/blog\/cafb-represents-at-oaklands-first-turkey-trot\/","title":{"rendered":"CAFB Represents at Oakland\u2019s First Turkey Trot"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/T trot.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cafoodbanks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/T%20trot.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.cafoodbanks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/T%20trot-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cafoodbanks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/T%20trot-16x12.jpg 16w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">I put out the call on social media a few weeks ago to see if anyone would join me at Oakland\u2019s inaugural Turkey Trot. I heard about the race through an email from CAFB member, Alameda County Community Food Bank, one of the event\u2019s founding beneficiaries. My friend Susan showed some interest, especially when I told her I\u2019d be willing to speed walk the course, seeing as how I haven\u2019t gone running in a while. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">Susan responded, \u201cI&#8217;ll do it! I love walking and the food bank!\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">Rather than heading into the kitchen early Thanksgiving morning, as I\u2019d normally do, I laced up my sneakers and made my way to Lake Merritt. Susan and I met by the Grand Lake Theater and headed towards the large crowd. (The registration had maxed out a couple days prior.) Lots of people were feeling the holiday vibe, with hats shaped like turkeys, drum sticks, and pieces of pie. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">Knowing that we would be slower than most folks, Susan and I went to the back of the line and waited for the start cue. In a puff of green smoke, we walked past the stand where Oakland\u2019s mayor and others were cheering for us. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">About an hour later, we crossed the finish line and received our medals. It felt really good to start the day with some exercise, knowing all the calories that would find their way onto my plate later. The real satisfaction, though, came from being part of an event that would help feed our neighbors. It was grounding to take a moment and think about those among us who don\u2019t have enough to eat on a day when most of us eat way too much.<\/span><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I put out the call on social media a few weeks ago to see if anyone would join me at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2300,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[80,12],"class_list":["post-3265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-alameda-county-community-food-bank","tag-mood-booster"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cafoodbanks.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cafoodbanks.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cafoodbanks.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cafoodbanks.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cafoodbanks.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cafoodbanks.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cafoodbanks.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cafoodbanks.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cafoodbanks.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cafoodbanks.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}