{"id":543,"date":"2012-05-05T17:42:43","date_gmt":"2012-05-06T00:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/?p=543"},"modified":"2012-05-05T17:42:43","modified_gmt":"2012-05-06T00:42:43","slug":"avenue-of-the-giants-prerace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/2012\/05\/05\/avenue-of-the-giants-prerace\/","title":{"rendered":"Avenue of the Giants &#8211; Prerace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m running my second half-marathon tomorrow. Goals are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Don&#8217;t walk over the 13.1 miles<\/li>\n<li>Finish in under 2:10<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Stay tuned, and I&#8217;ll update tomorrow as to what happens.<\/p>\n<div id=\"geo-post-543\" class=\"geo geo-post\" style=\"display: none\"><span class=\"latitude\">40.586946<\/span><span class=\"longitude\">-124.268369<\/span><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m running my second half-marathon tomorrow. 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