{"id":2376,"date":"2023-09-03T14:02:04","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T18:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beckinabox.com\/blog\/?p=2376"},"modified":"2023-09-03T14:02:04","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T18:02:04","slug":"mercer-county-half-marathon-its-nice-to-know-that-i-can-eke-out-a-half-marathon-with-little-training-over-a-hot-and-humid-summer-at-around-211-it-is-my-slowest-road-half-marathon-ever-and-almost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beckinabox.com\/?p=2376","title":{"rendered":"Mercer County half marathon. It’s nice to know that I can eke out a half marathon with little training over a hot and humid summer. At around 2:11 it is my slowest road half marathon ever and almost 40 minutes slower than my course PR from just a few years ago.\nStill, I’m happy with that time for an event I had no business running and other than overheated I feel great.\nLooking forward to winter running, gotta get through another week in the mid 90’s first.\nThank you to @beastcoastpro for putting on another fab event. See you in Hainesport.\n.\n.\n\n#instarunners #ultrarunning #marathontraining #trailrunning #runner #running #runningman #beatyesterday #garmin #strava #hokaoneone #altrarunning"},"content":{"rendered":"
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