Pre-race jitters and a couple mistakes
Even a seasoned marathon veteran, such as myself, is prone to it. I will be nervous before every race I ever run I think. Then I went out in Rome, and I can’t be in Rome without drinking, particularly in Trastevere. I love grabbing a cheap 0.66l of Peroni and sitting at the fountain and just watch people and listen to the idiocy. Then I went to dinner, and drank more. So I went from planning on drinking nothing, to drinking a couple liters of alcohol…oops.
So far, the Rome Marathon is not impressing me. Giant line to enter, and you had to have a printed out copy of some affidavit. After the giant line to get in to the Expo, you had to sit there and navigate the ridiculous amounts of other marathon promoters handing you paper. I have a small forest in my bag now. But they give you a legit backpack for gear drop-off and the shirt is really nice.
So the course should be interesting and fun, and hopefully I have fueled properly tonight to get me through tomorrow, but now it is time I went to bed. I shall continue you on your Llamas with Hats journey, enjoy.
Have fun, keep running, and remember; If Gil can run then so can you!
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