{"id":2255,"date":"2014-05-27T14:51:40","date_gmt":"2014-05-27T13:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/?p=2255"},"modified":"2019-03-11T22:25:48","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T21:25:48","slug":"rock-n-roll-runner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/2014\/05\/27\/rock-n-roll-runner\/","title":{"rendered":"Rock &#8216;n&#8217; Roll Runner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2014\/05\/President-Victoria-half-marathon-home-straight.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2259\" src=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2014\/05\/President-Victoria-half-marathon-home-straight-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"President Victoria half-marathon home straight\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2014\/05\/President-Victoria-half-marathon-home-straight-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2014\/05\/President-Victoria-half-marathon-home-straight.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a>Regional President <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">Victoria Smerdon<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\"> added another medal to her already-impressive tally when she completed the inaugural Liverpool Rock &#8216;n&#8217; Roll Half Marathon. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">The race started and finished at the <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">Liverpool<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\"> waterfront. Crowds gathered\u00a0to cheer on the runners, and to enjoy live music from bands strategically placed along the route.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: small\">Three members of SI Crosby were at the finishing line to greet her. President Victoria said, \u201cIt was great to see familiar faces as I came down the home straight. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u201cI\u2019m delighted with my performance. It was a lovely course \u2013 apart from the tough climb\u00a0in <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">Upper Parliament Street<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\"> \u2013 and there were crowds of well-wishers everywhere. <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: small\">I aimed to finish in under 2\u00bd hours, and actually clocked 2:20:13. A personal best!\u201d<a href=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2014\/05\/President-Victorias-t-shirt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2262 alignright\" src=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2014\/05\/President-Victorias-t-shirt-235x300.jpg\" alt=\"President Victoria's t-shirt\" width=\"212\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2014\/05\/President-Victorias-t-shirt-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2014\/05\/President-Victorias-t-shirt.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">This was the latest in\u00a0President Victoria&#8217;s\u00a0year-long, self-imposed challenge to \u2018run the region\u2019 &#8211; and\u00a0to publicise Soroptimist International by wearing her \u2018Ask Me Why I\u2019m\u00a0A Soroptimist\u2019 t-shirt.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Regional President Victoria Smerdon added another medal to her already-impressive tally when she completed the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":311,"featured_media":2258,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rock &#039;n&#039; Roll Runner | News | Blog | Events | SI South Lancashire<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI South Lancashire : Blog &amp; News : Rock &#039;n&#039; Roll Runner : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI South Lancashire . 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