{"id":3873,"date":"2020-11-25T22:03:43","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T22:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3873"},"modified":"2020-11-25T22:03:43","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T22:03:43","slug":"i-would-walk-500","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3873","title":{"rendered":"I Would Walk 500&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well actually it should be the Proclaimers new song <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>&#8220;I Would Cycle 5,000 Miles&#8230;..&#8221;<\/strong><\/span>because today while cycling with Clare (her birthday ride) I got to my <strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">5,000<\/span> <\/strong>miles for the year which was my target and still a month to go! 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