{"id":910,"date":"2022-02-17T19:43:30","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T19:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/?p=910"},"modified":"2022-02-17T19:43:30","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T19:43:30","slug":"why-do-runners-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/why-do-runners-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Do Runners Run?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There is an excellent <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/blogs\/krulwich\/2013\/08\/21\/213869143\/why-this-compulsion-to-run-long-distances-a-runners-beautiful-confession\" target=\"_blank\">story<\/a> done by NPR about a comic strip called <a href=\"http:\/\/theoatmeal.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;The Oatmeal&#8221;<\/a> that explains why runners run. As the article says, it begins with a former fatty who is convinced that his fat is coming back. He has been running for hours on a terribly hot day in Japan. He is near exhaustion and is being chased by hornets, when he finds a vending machine where he drinks a purple, sugary drink, is revived, and continues his journey. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the conclusion of this tail, we find out that runners run because it silences the blurches, krakens are slain, and demons are silenced. It brings them a sense of peace and is an accomplishment. I believe that this is true and enjoy running as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is an excellent story done by NPR about a comic strip called &#8220;The Oatmeal&#8221; that explains why runners run. As the article says, it begins with a former fatty who is convinced that his fat is coming back. He has been running for hours on a terribly hot day in Japan. He is near&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more navbutton\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/why-do-runners-run\/\">Read More<i class=\"fa fa-angle-double-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":""},"categories":[],"tags":[531,185,534,533,532],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=910"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1779,"href":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910\/revisions\/1779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}