{"id":695,"date":"2014-10-31T21:08:18","date_gmt":"2014-11-01T05:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marathonjourney.com\/?p=695"},"modified":"2014-12-26T18:50:39","modified_gmt":"2014-12-27T02:50:39","slug":"mjtb065-does-the-half-marathon-have-an-identity-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marathonjourney.com\/?p=695","title":{"rendered":"MJTB065 &#8211; Does the Half Marathon Have an Identity Problem?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/3155196\/height\/360\/width\/640\/theme\/standard-mini\/direction\/no\/autoplay\/no\/autonext\/no\/thumbnail\/yes\/preload\/no\/no_addthis\/no\/\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Show #065 | Does the Half Marathon Have an Identity Problem? | <\/p>\n<ul type=\"square\">\n<li>Training update, <\/li>\n<li>It is marathon season!, <\/li>\n<li>The unwritten rules of running, <\/li>\n<li>Does the half marathon have an identity problem?, <\/li>\n<li>Lots of your great submissions, <\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t forget to send in your reports, comments, and questions! <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Show #065 | Does the Half Marathon Have an Identity Problem? 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