{"id":2392,"date":"2013-11-18T08:50:41","date_gmt":"2013-11-18T13:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/?p=2392"},"modified":"2013-11-18T08:50:41","modified_gmt":"2013-11-18T13:50:41","slug":"stepback-step-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/18\/stepback-step-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Stepback = Step Off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend was a scheduled stepback weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of running, I spent twenty hours in the car on a whirlwind trip to Toronto.\u00a0 Totally worth every second of the drive.\u00a0 Except maybe some of the traffic.\u00a0 That was less fun.<\/p>\n<p>But it was awesome to be able to take a weekend off and spend it with friends.\u00a0 I ate too much and none of the right things and spent zero time thinking about the upcoming marathon and it was glorious.<\/p>\n<p>I definitely avoided the scale this morning though!<\/p>\n<p>I noticed this morning that my knee feels a million times better as well.\u00a0 Clearly, taking what ultimately amounted to a week off was exactly what I needed to do.\u00a0 I&#8217;m excited to get back to it, slightly dreading the fact that I have to run a crazy number of miles next weekend, but then after that, it&#8217;s time for Space Coast!<\/p>\n<p>Do I have a PR in me?\u00a0 Only time will tell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend was a scheduled stepback weekend. 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