{"id":2221,"date":"2013-08-26T08:00:55","date_gmt":"2013-08-26T12:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/?p=2221"},"modified":"2013-08-26T06:37:08","modified_gmt":"2013-08-26T10:37:08","slug":"confidence-dont-fail-me-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/26\/confidence-dont-fail-me-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Confidence, don&#8217;t fail me now!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, I got in my first long run outside in a while. 8 miles. The weather was absolutely perfect. Nice and cool. Unusual for late August, but I am certainly not complaining. <\/p>\n<p>I definitely had some unusual self esteem issues while running. I was meandering along, doing my 1\/1 pattern, not really pushing, just working in distance (speed work comes midweek). And as per usual, I was pretty regularly passed by other runners. Nothing new. But for some reason, during that run, it bothered me. I can&#8217;t explain it. 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