{"id":1401,"date":"2015-07-08T23:49:40","date_gmt":"2015-07-08T23:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/runandfinish.com\/blog\/?p=1401"},"modified":"2015-07-08T21:51:33","modified_gmt":"2015-07-08T21:51:33","slug":"why-i-have-to-finish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/runandfinish.com\/blog\/why-i-have-to-finish\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I have to Finish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During the second journey my struggles that built up made for a very tough 5 and a half months covering 4,100 miles. 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