{"id":6078,"date":"2009-02-26T14:29:52","date_gmt":"2009-02-26T19:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=6078"},"modified":"2009-02-26T14:31:18","modified_gmt":"2009-02-26T19:31:18","slug":"runners-make-better-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/02\/runners-make-better-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"Runners Make Better Employees"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/tag\/running\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-734\" title=\"running outside\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/running-outside.jpg\" alt=\"woman runner\" width=\"171\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a>One thing I\u2019ve found over the years is that many of the folks I train with (and race against) are for the most part as devoted to their jobs (if not more) as they are to running or cycling or <a title=\"triathlon\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/08\/j-lo-is-off-to-the-races\/\" target=\"_self\">triathlon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike participation in say, golf or softball or basketball &#8211; no offense to club\/league sports &#8211; the type of determination, discipline and emotional focus that comes with training day in, day out for extremely challenging endurance events (often by yourself) tends to bleed over into people\u2019s 9-5\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>Whether you\u2019re training for a <a title=\"marathon\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/tag\/marathon\/\" target=\"_self\">marathon<\/a>, a century or the Ironman triathlon, one thing you quickly find out is that there\u2019s no room for [nonsense] out there on the pavement. You either do the work or you\u2019re screwed. Politics won\u2019t get you to the finish line. It doesn\u2019t matter who you know or how well you can work the system. When you\u2019re out there, every weakness bubbles up to the surface and stares you in the eye.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Read the rest of this commentary at <a title=\"brand builder blog\" href=\"http:\/\/thebrandbuilder.wordpress.com\/2009\/02\/21\/why-runners-usually-make-great-employees\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Brand Builder Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One thing I\u2019ve found over the years is that many of the folks I train with (and race against) are for the most part as devoted to their jobs (if not more) as they are to running or cycling or &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/02\/runners-make-better-employees\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":85,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[2238,3476,211],"class_list":["post-6078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fitness","tag-corporate-wellness","tag-marathons","tag-running"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/85"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6078"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6080,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6078\/revisions\/6080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}