{"id":386,"date":"2025-12-15T15:28:44","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T19:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hathletics.org\/staging\/8221\/?page_id=386"},"modified":"2025-12-16T13:32:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T17:32:23","slug":"rockaway-beach-half","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hathletics.org\/staging\/8221\/rockaway-beach-half\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockaway Beach Half"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"386\" class=\"elementor elementor-386\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ef0c80 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8ef0c80\" 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-699c1b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"699c1b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">rockaway beach half<\/h1>\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-e9c4a75 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e9c4a75\" 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-24dc4b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"24dc4b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"161\" data-end=\"631\">The Rockaway Beach Half Marathon marked my first step into longer-distance racing and was a major confidence booster early in my endurance journey. It was my first half marathon, and breaking the two-hour mark showed me that with consistency and smart training, ambitious goals were within reach. Racing along the coast, I learned how to manage pacing over a longer effort and stay composed when fatigue set in, skills that would carry over into every race that followed.<\/p><p data-start=\"633\" data-end=\"1001\">More importantly, that race shifted my mindset. Finishing strong confirmed that endurance racing was something I wanted to continue pursuing, not just casually but with intention. 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