{"id":13618,"date":"2017-07-06T10:40:17","date_gmt":"2017-07-06T14:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/?p=13618"},"modified":"2017-07-06T10:40:17","modified_gmt":"2017-07-06T14:40:17","slug":"failure-as-the-only-option","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/?p=13618","title":{"rendered":"Failure As The Only Option?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Moonshot-Misson-Control.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12132\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Moonshot-Misson-Control-264x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"264\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Moonshot-Misson-Control-264x300.jpg 264w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Moonshot-Misson-Control-768x873.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Moonshot-Misson-Control-901x1024.jpg 901w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Moonshot-Misson-Control-830x943.jpg 830w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Moonshot-Misson-Control-230x261.jpg 230w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Moonshot-Misson-Control-350x398.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 264px) 100vw, 264px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The moonshot is most definitely in jeopardy. Given my recent training runs, there&#8217;s a strong possibility of exploding on take-off or a scrubbed no-go before I even start.<\/p>\n<p>This was today&#8217;s &#8220;run.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4783.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13625\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4783-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4783-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4783-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4783-830x1107.jpg 830w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4783-230x307.jpg 230w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4783-350x467.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a poor showing for the needed sub 7 minute mile average.<\/p>\n<p>it actually needs to be a 6:40 pace for 26.2 miles&#8230; or almost 4 and a half\u00a0minutes faster per\u00a0mile than today&#8217;s &#8220;run.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve got a few training marathons ahead to try and get me back into racing shape as opposed to just running shape but I&#8217;m concerned to say the least.<\/p>\n<p>I will be cutting back on the mileage in a gradual taper but given the weight gain and versus other factors, I&#8217;m not sure if that&#8217;s the right strategy. \u00a0It&#8217;s been a long time since I made the right choices. \u00a0Hell, I paid $849 for an &#8220;I&#8221; that is just given away to cheerleaders.<\/p>\n<p>Sigh. \u00a0Feeling blue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The moonshot is most definitely in jeopardy. Given my recent training runs, there&#8217;s a strong possibility of exploding on take-off or a scrubbed no-go before I even start. This was today&#8217;s &#8220;run.&#8221; It&#8217;s a poor showing for the needed sub 7 minute mile average. it actually needs to be a 6:40 pace for 26.2 miles&#8230; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13618\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}