{"id":1190,"date":"2011-08-16T08:04:10","date_gmt":"2011-08-16T05:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/?p=1190"},"modified":"2011-08-16T00:04:23","modified_gmt":"2011-08-15T21:04:23","slug":"where-ikea-is-watching-tartu-rulluisumaraton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/where-ikea-is-watching-tartu-rulluisumaraton\/","title":{"rendered":".. where Ikea is watching Tartu Rulluisumarathon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello there! It&#8217;s me, Ikea!<\/p>\n<p>guess where i have been this weekend! in Tartu, South-Estonia! in fact, there was this gr8 fun event called <a href=\"http:\/\/tartumaraton.ee\/index.php?lang=eng\">Tartu Rulluisumaraton<\/a>, which sounds weird, but really is just a 42km race with speed-skates. I don&#8217;t have sk8es myself, but it sure looks like fun! and fast too!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/DSC_1851.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1195\" title=\"DSC_1851\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/DSC_1851-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/DSC_1851-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/DSC_1851-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>for example, here&#8217;s the winner. he&#8217;s from Venezuela, so this skating must be REALLY fun, because he has come so far. my friend Lotte tells me that it&#8217;s really really far. and she knows these things!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/DSC_1812.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1193\" title=\"DSC_1812\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/DSC_1812-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/DSC_1812-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/DSC_1812-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>so, here i was, watching. in fact, there were two events! or maybe three, even. So, one was sprint and the other was this marathon. and also half-marathon &#8211; that is 21km. That&#8217;s where my friend Sipsik was participating. i think she did really well because i did not even see when she went by, it was so fast!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/DSC_1922.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1197\" title=\"DSC_1922\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/DSC_1922-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/DSC_1922-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/DSC_1922-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and u know what &#8211; in the middle of those events, you could go and eat some pasta, hehe! i did not eat pasta myself, but i had ice-cream. i like ice-cream a lot, u know &#8211; therefore, no fotografs, hehe!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/DSC_1887.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1196\" title=\"DSC_1887\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/DSC_1887-680x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"408\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/DSC_1887-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/DSC_1887-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>also, i managed to get hold of this yellow balloon! these balloons are really a lot of fun. because they want to fly away, u know. so i had to tie it to my hand in fact. balloons can be quite mischievous, i can tell u! especially the yellow ones, they are known for that!<\/p>\n<p>but another thing happened while i was watching the marathon &#8211; i got hijacked! although my friend Leenu says the right word is kidnapped, but i think she only says it because it was this kid who &#8220;napped&#8221; me. but she only wanted to say hi, jack. although i am not jack, but Ikea. but i could not talk &#8211; see:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/DSC_1827.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1194\" title=\"DSC_1827\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/DSC_1827-680x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"408\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/DSC_1827-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/DSC_1827-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>but i did meet a Teddy bear in the process, hehe! other than that, it was all good fun! oh, and did u notice the happy carrots a few fotografs back &#8211; they&#8217;re my favorite carrots from now on, hehe! how about you? did you do any rollerskating over the weekend? let me know! have fun and cu l8r!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/DSC_1779.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1191\" title=\"DSC_1779\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/DSC_1779-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/DSC_1779-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/DSC_1779-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"tweetbutton1190\" class=\"tw_button\" style=\"float: right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ikeathegiraffe.com%2Fblog%2Fwhere-ikea-is-watching-tartu-rulluisumaraton%2F&amp;via=ikeathegiraffe&amp;text=..%20where%20Ikea%20is%20watching%20Tartu%20Rulluisumarathon&amp;related=&amp;lang=en&amp;count=horizontal\" class=\"twitter-share-button\"  style=\"width:55px;height:22px;background:transparent url('https:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-tweet-button\/tweetn.png') no-repeat  0 0;text-align:left;text-indent:-9999px;display:block;\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello there! 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