{"id":7513,"date":"2023-11-02T10:51:10","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T08:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bc-running.com\/bcrunning\/?page_id=7513"},"modified":"2023-11-02T10:51:58","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T08:51:58","slug":"to-an-athlete-dying-young-a-e-houseman-1859","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bc-running.com\/bcrunning\/?page_id=7513","title":{"rendered":"(To an Athlete Dying Young \/ A.E. 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Houseman (1859<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c463ea e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3c463ea\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d682dff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d682dff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>To an Athlete Dying Young \/ A.E. 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