{"id":3538,"date":"2018-05-09T15:37:49","date_gmt":"2018-05-09T20:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=3538"},"modified":"2018-05-09T15:37:49","modified_gmt":"2018-05-09T20:37:49","slug":"boston-marathon-why-not-rachel-hastings-is-back-to-guide-us-through-her-boston-marathon-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=3538","title":{"rendered":"Boston Marathon? Why Not? Rachel Hastings Is Back to Guide Us Through Her Boston Marathon Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5498\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3538-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/RachelBostonMarathon.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/RachelBostonMarathon.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/RachelBostonMarathon.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>Rachel Hastings is back from the Boston Marathon and is excited to share her success. Her first podcast on Blind Abilities was equally exciting as she talked about her transition from high school to college and the workplace and she did mention that she was getting into running more and more. Well, if the Boston Marathon isn\u2019t more then I don\u2019t know what is.<br \/>\nJoin Rachel on this well paced podcast as she goes through the marathon and all the components that led her to the finish line in the 2018 Boston Marathon.<br \/>\nYou can find Rachel\u2019s podcast #<a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/bapresents\/rachel-hastings-a-success-story-from-high-school-to-college-to-the-workplace-step-by-step\/\">300 on the Blind Abilities Network<\/a>.<br \/>\nYou can check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.achillesinternational.org\">Achilles International  on the web.<\/a><br \/>\nFollow Team with a Vision on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/teamwithavision\">@TeamWithAVision<\/a><br \/>\nAnd follow Massachusetts Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheMABVI\">@TheMABVI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thank you for listening!<br \/>\nYou can follow us on Twitter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/blindabilities\">@BlindAbilities<\/a><br \/>\nOn the web at <a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\">www.BlindAbilities.com<\/a><br \/>\nSend us an <a href=\"mailto:info@blindabilities.com\">email<\/a><br \/>\nGet the <a href=\"https:\/\/appsto.re\/us\/demUab.i\">Free Blind Abilities App<\/a> on the App Store.<br \/>\nGet the <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.blindabilities.android.blind&#038;hl=en_US\">Free blind Abilities App on the Google Play Store<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5500\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3538-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/RachelBostonMarathon.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/RachelBostonMarathon.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/RachelBostonMarathon.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/RachelBostonMarathon.mp3Rachel Hastings is back from the Boston Marathon and is excited to share her success. Her first podcast on Blind Abilities was equally exciting as she talked about her transition from high school to college and the workplace and she did mention that she was getting into running more and more. Well, if the Boston [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bapresents"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blind-Abilities-Logo.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6rcRg-V4","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2569,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=2569","url_meta":{"origin":3538,"position":0},"title":"Erich Manser Goes the Distance With Aira! 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