{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Swimming World","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news","author_name":"Eric Bugby","author_url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/eric-bugby\/","title":"Filling the Void In Life After Swimming","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"20namkuEjM\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/filling-the-void-in-life-after-swimming\/\">Filling the Void In Life After Swimming<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/filling-the-void-in-life-after-swimming\/embed\/#?secret=20namkuEjM\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Filling the Void In Life After Swimming&#8221; &#8212; Swimming World\" data-secret=\"20namkuEjM\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/triathlon.jpg","thumbnail_width":900,"thumbnail_height":600,"description":"Not everyone ends their career under duress, but it eventually ends and leaves a hole, a void. Some voids start small. You don\u2019t feel its pull immediately. It can mask itself as euphoria: the free time, the food, the extra hours of sleep, the food. But the void expands, engulfs the euphoria and pulls at past memories. It invokes a mental and physical response. Swimming is a sport, not a game. We don\u2019t \u201cplay\u201d swimming. We train and work hard at it. It\u2019s an endurance sport, regardless of race distance. With all those yards, the early mornings, long weekends, weights, dry land, core, stretching, \u201crecovery,\u201d etc., our bodies become accustomed to that lifestyle. We yearn to fill that void with what we know."}