{"id":168,"date":"2009-07-27T23:18:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-27T23:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=168"},"modified":"2009-07-27T23:18:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-27T23:18:00","slug":"cross-country-at-st-georges-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=168","title":{"rendered":"cross country at St. George&#8217;s school"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/Sm42JQ24k1I\/AAAAAAAABeQ\/HRlYBEHtCRY\/s1600-h\/wsl+SG+cross+country.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 263px; height: 320px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/Sm42JQ24k1I\/AAAAAAAABeQ\/HRlYBEHtCRY\/s320\/wsl+SG+cross+country.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363283739016729426\" \/><\/a>For me, running was an acquired taste. I think it was the idea of mental determination that I found intriguing. It is something that is learned. I kept running until I was nearly 40. In college I was running nearly 10 miles a day; part of my regimen in preparation for sailing. Along with lifting weights, it served me well. Today I just cannot find the interest.<\/p>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre\"> <\/span>What strikes me most finding these photographs is how young I look. I really don&#8217;t remember ever being this young.<br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/Sm42I3AsK_I\/AAAAAAAABeI\/ucU2ljVLQX4\/s1600-h\/sg+cross+country+62.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 238px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/Sm42I3AsK_I\/AAAAAAAABeI\/ucU2ljVLQX4\/s320\/sg+cross+country+62.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363283732078537714\" \/><\/a><br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/Sm42IeLC5WI\/AAAAAAAABeA\/SSFWz5q00Ls\/s1600-h\/cross+counrty+ri.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 201px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/Sm42IeLC5WI\/AAAAAAAABeA\/SSFWz5q00Ls\/s320\/cross+counrty+ri.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363283725411083618\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For me, running was an acquired taste. I think it was the idea of mental determination that I found intriguing. It is something that is learned. I kept running until I was nearly 40. In college I was running nearly 10 miles a day; part of my regimen in preparation for sailing. Along with lifting &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=168\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">cross country at St. George&#8217;s school<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-st-georges-school"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}