{"id":1944,"date":"2015-02-04T17:30:44","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T22:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peninsulatrackclub.com\/?post_type=ical_race&#038;p=1944"},"modified":"2015-02-04T17:30:44","modified_gmt":"2015-02-04T22:30:44","slug":"the-lincoln-presidential-half-marathon","status":"publish","type":"ical_race","link":"https:\/\/peninsulatrackclub.com\/?ical_race=the-lincoln-presidential-half-marathon","title":{"rendered":"The Lincoln Presidential Half-Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"stcpDiv\">\n<p>The Lincoln Presidential Half-Marathon has become the kickoff for the road racing season in Springfield, but this year the April 4 race through the streets of Springfield will have a lot more significance.<\/p>\n<p>The race has been selected by the Road Runners Club of America as the Regional-Central Championship Half-Marathon. It is one of four regional championship sites nationally for the 13.1-mile half-marathon distance.<\/p>\n<p>The Springfield Road Runners Club organizes the race. Since 1958, the Road Runners Club of America has awarded championship events through a competitive bidding process at the national, regional and state level to RRCA member clubs to promote the sport of distance running.<\/p>\n<p>The RRCA Championship Event Series is the largest grassroots organized running series in the United States, attracting more than 320,000 runners each year.<\/p>\n<p>Online registration and information about the Lincoln Presidential Half-Marathon can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/runabe.net\" target=\"_blank\">runabe.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; See more at: http:\/\/www.sj-r.com\/article\/20150203\/SPORTS\/150209839#sthash.2YJ5fPC8.dpuf<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-1944","ical_race","type-ical_race","status-publish","hentry","Activity-other_race"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsulatrackclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/ical_race\/1944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsulatrackclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/ical_race"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsulatrackclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/ical_race"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsulatrackclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}