{"id":26924,"date":"2026-11-06T15:36:28","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T23:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/?p=26924"},"modified":"2026-11-06T15:36:28","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T23:36:28","slug":"a-little-bit-of-delusion-nyc-marathon-runners-hire-witches-for-cooler-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/a-little-bit-of-delusion-nyc-marathon-runners-hire-witches-for-cooler-weather\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018A Little Bit of Delusion\u2019: NYC Marathon Runners Hire \u2018Witches\u2019 for Cooler Weather"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"subheading\">Some New York City Marathon runners are paying online spell sellers to bring down Sunday\u2019s temperatures, with forecasts calling for sunshine and afternoon highs in the low 60s.<\/p>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed ap_container\">\n<p class=\"a9d-pre\">Runners have turned to self-described witches on Etsy ahead of the November 1 race, buying spells they hope will deliver cooler conditions after months of training, the <em>New York Post<\/em> <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/10\/30\/us-news\/nyc-marathon-runners-turning-to-etsy-witches-for-good-weather\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">reported<\/a>. The purchases include a $20 request from a first-time marathoner and a $6 offering recommended by a Brooklyn running club founder.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2026\/11\/02\/a-little-bit-of-delusion-nyc-marathon-runners-hire-witches-for-cooler-weather\/\">breitbart.com<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a9d padok\" data-google-query-id=\"CJK32PHA9JcDFaSHrgUdi3cWZw\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some New York City Marathon runners are paying online spell sellers to bring down Sunday\u2019s temperatures, with forecasts calling for sunshine and afternoon highs in the low 60s. Runners have turned to self-described witches on Etsy ahead of the November 1 race, buying spells they hope will deliver cooler conditions after months of training, the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/a-little-bit-of-delusion-nyc-marathon-runners-hire-witches-for-cooler-weather\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018A Little Bit of Delusion\u2019: NYC Marathon Runners Hire \u2018Witches\u2019 for Cooler Weather<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":26920,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26924"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26925,"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26924\/revisions\/26925"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}