{"id":35580,"date":"2017-08-05T15:50:48","date_gmt":"2017-08-05T19:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=35580"},"modified":"2017-08-05T15:50:48","modified_gmt":"2017-08-05T19:50:48","slug":"my-first-marathon-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/my-first-marathon-2\/","title":{"rendered":"My First Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was 1980 something and the gun shoots<\/p>\n<p>runners off<\/p>\n<p>one step two step<\/p>\n<p>running with the stride like no other<\/p>\n<p>it passes quickly the 10k mark<\/p>\n<p>my mind is daft<\/p>\n<p>my body chaffed and burnt<\/p>\n<p>at 13 miles, I get a second wind<\/p>\n<p>I am indulging in what I do<\/p>\n<p>fatigue is not an option<\/p>\n<p>20th mile I&#8217;m sore and wreaked<\/p>\n<p>with my conscience, I endure<\/p>\n<p>question myself and wonder why I am here<\/p>\n<p>remember the miles, sweat and blisters<\/p>\n<p>finally, I can see the crowds and finish<\/p>\n<p>I cross the line and collapsed<\/p>\n<p>a journey of endless proportions<\/p>\n<p>in a few hours, I\u2019m planning another<\/p>\n<p>the addition has started<\/p>\n<p>twenty-six miles 365 yards<\/p>\n<p>that&#8217;s me sorted<\/p>\n<p>my time here is done<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was 1980 something and the gun shoots runners off one step two step running with the stride like no other it passes quickly the 10k mark my mind is daft my body chaffed and burnt at 13 miles, I get a second wind I&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":961,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/961"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35580"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35701,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35580\/revisions\/35701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}