{"id":811,"date":"2015-04-16T16:21:15","date_gmt":"2015-04-16T16:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cindykuzma.com\/?p=811"},"modified":"2015-04-16T16:21:15","modified_gmt":"2015-04-16T16:21:15","slug":"how-not-to-be-a-head-case-at-your-big-city-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cindykuzma.com\/?p=811","title":{"rendered":"How Not to Be a Head Case at Your Big-City Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runnersworld.com\/sites\/default\/files\/bostonrunners500_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"159\" \/>You\u2019ve spent your training runs loping along tree-lined trails or quiet back roads with your herd. But one day, you find yourself on a city street inside an immense crowd of unfamiliar beasts. Music blares, crowds roar, and you have to fight your way through a veritable obstacle course to reach your destination. Add the pressure to perform and months (if not years) of preparation and expectation, and you have the perfect description of a big-city race\u2014and a potential recipe for a major mental meltdown. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.runnersworld.com\/boston-marathon\/how-not-to-be-a-head-case-at-your-big-city-race\" target=\"_blank\">Read the full article for Runner&#8217;s World<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You\u2019ve spent your training runs loping along tree-lined trails or quiet back roads with your herd. But one day, you find yourself on a city street inside an immense crowd of unfamiliar beasts. Music blares, crowds roar, and you have to fight your way through a veritable obstacle course to reach your destination. Add the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[38,40,82,165,172,202],"class_list":["post-811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-runners-world","tag-boston-marathon","tag-brain","tag-fitness","tag-psychology","tag-running","tag-training"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindykuzma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindykuzma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindykuzma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindykuzma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindykuzma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cindykuzma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindykuzma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindykuzma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindykuzma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}