{"id":1157,"date":"2021-09-30T23:58:15","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T23:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/untamedrunner.com\/?p=1157"},"modified":"2021-09-30T23:58:15","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T23:58:15","slug":"virtual-london-calling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/untamedrunner.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/30\/virtual-london-calling\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtual London calling&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;m pushing my formal blog post to this coming Monday so that I can report back on my virtual marathon experience. Officially, it&#8217;s on 3 October and as a virtual participant, I can complete it any time on that day according to the British clock. This gives me from 5:00 p.m. Saturday the 2nd through 4:59 p.m. on Sunday the 3rd. I&#8217;m planning on a 7:00 a.m. start&#8211;this is important as a couple of friends are helping me out and meeting me along the course&#8211;and the weather forecast is favorable. More to come on how it all plays out&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m pushing my formal blog post to this coming Monday so that I can report back on my virtual marathon experience. Officially, it&#8217;s on 3 October and as a virtual participant, I can complete it any time on that day according to the British clock. This gives me from 5:00 p.m. Saturday the 2nd through &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/untamedrunner.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/30\/virtual-london-calling\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Virtual London calling&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9W0ku-iF","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1060,"url":"https:\/\/untamedrunner.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/05\/not-allowing-second-thoughts\/","url_meta":{"origin":1157,"position":0},"title":"Not allowing second thoughts&#8230;","author":"36jonraessler50","date":"March 5, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"For a third year, I'm a member of the Runners Roost Race Team. 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