{"id":1363,"date":"2017-12-08T03:15:16","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T03:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cindykuzma.com\/blog\/?p=1363"},"modified":"2017-12-12T03:20:33","modified_gmt":"2017-12-12T03:20:33","slug":"seven-of-the-most-incredible-athletes-of-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cindykuzma.com\/?p=1363","title":{"rendered":"Seven of the Most Incredible Athletes of 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/asweatlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/aSweatLife_Incredible-Athletes_AlexiPappas.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"240\" \/>One fought off a vicious attack to run again on her own terms. Others forged new paths in the wake of life-altering diagnoses. And then there\u2019s the father whose grief blended with joy as he crossed the finish line with a living reminder of the daughter he\u2019d lost. My job introduces me to so many amazing athletes every year, and 2017 was no exception. Here\u2014in no particular order\u2014are seven of the stories that have stuck with me this year. <a href=\"https:\/\/asweatlife.com\/2017\/12\/seven-incredible-athletes-2017\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read the full article on aSweatLife.com. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One fought off a vicious attack to run again on her own terms. Others forged new paths in the wake of life-altering diagnoses. And then there\u2019s the father whose grief blended with joy as he crossed the finish line with a living reminder of the daughter he\u2019d lost. My job introduces me to so many [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[224],"tags":[50,82,96,99,280,126,166,172],"class_list":["post-1363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-sweat-life","tag-chicago-marathon","tag-fitness","tag-health","tag-heart","tag-inspiring-athletes","tag-marathon","tag-racing","tag-running"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cindykuzma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cindykuzma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cindykuzma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cindykuzma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cindykuzma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1363"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/cindykuzma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1365,"href":"http:\/\/cindykuzma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1363\/revisions\/1365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cindykuzma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cindykuzma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cindykuzma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}