{"id":894,"date":"2016-04-03T07:00:15","date_gmt":"2016-04-03T12:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=894"},"modified":"2016-04-03T07:00:15","modified_gmt":"2016-04-03T12:00:15","slug":"challenge-completed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=894","title":{"rendered":"Challenge completed!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/534345457\" target=\"_blank\">That was it<\/a>, enough miles to top 40 for the week, and I&#8217;m finished.\u00a0I really have nothing today. I finished the challenge and all I feel is relief, and a sense of never wanting to do it again. Between March and the first 3 days of April, that&#8217;s over 200 miles. There are plenty of people who can do that, they are used to it, they make it happen. I am not used to it at all, I feel exhausted, I&#8217;m sure I could get used to it if I tried, but it seems like too much, particularly with a job.<br \/>\nRight now there&#8217;s a guy in the street playing an alto saxophone, it&#8217;s pretty interesting, he&#8217;s good. That&#8217;s the one nice thing about around here, on Sundays there&#8217;s no shortage of entertainment, relatively. It&#8217;s nice weather, a little overcast but not terrible. Almost time to start looking at Rome weather reports for next weekend. Less than a week left before we go! Continent 3 to be checked off the list. I was talking to my roommate about plans for the others, and he said a good idea would be to take a job in Dubai for a couple years, you can save lots of money doing that. I have to say I&#8217;ve been considering it. All things I have to think about, meditate on if you will.<br \/>\nThe fireworks have persisted, and everything&#8217;s closed here on a Sunday, which is not terrible, but not great either. So today is just a day to rest and relax, and with that in mind, I give you Llamas with Hats part 2!<br \/>\n<iframe allow=\"autoplay\" class=\"youtube_embed_iframe\"    allowFullScreen=\"true\" style=\"width:640px; height:385px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZpjyH-LkEAg?autoplay=0&theme=dark&loop=0&fs=1&showinfo=1&modestbranding=0&iv_load_policy=1&color=red&autohide=1&disablekb=0&enablejsapi=1&version=3\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nYeah, I don&#8217;t have much today. So enjoy the homicidal llama, Carl, and his poor friend.<br \/>\nHave fun, keep running, and remember; If Gil can run then so can you!<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-pinterest-894\" class=\"share-pinterest sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=894&amp;share=pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pinterest\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-894\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=894&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=894&amp;share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=894&amp;share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-894\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=894&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=894\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=894&amp;share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-894\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=894&amp;share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That was it, enough miles to top 40 for the week, and I&#8217;m finished.\u00a0I really have nothing today. I finished the challenge and all I feel is relief, and a sense of never wanting to do it again. Between March and the first 3 days of April, that&#8217;s over 200 miles. There are plenty of people who can do that, they are used to it, they make it happen. I am not used to it at all, I feel exhausted, I&#8217;m sure I could get used to it if I tried, but it seems like too much, particularly with a job. Right now there&#8217;s a guy in the street playing an alto saxophone, it&#8217;s pretty interesting, he&#8217;s good. That&#8217;s the one nice thing about around here, on Sundays there&#8217;s no shortage of entertainment, relatively. It&#8217;s nice weather, a little overcast but not terrible. Almost time to start looking at Rome weather reports for next weekend. Less than a week left before we go! Continent 3 to be checked off the list. I was talking to my roommate about plans for the others, and he said a good idea would be to take a job in Dubai for a couple years, you can save lots of money doing that. I have to say I&#8217;ve been considering it. All things I have to think about, meditate on if you will. The fireworks have persisted, and everything&#8217;s closed here on a Sunday, which is not terrible, but not great either. 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I'll do a little extra tomorrow, but all I need to finish up this challenge is 7.16 miles. As good as motivator as this experience has been, and as much as I like participating in these challenges with my friends, I won't\u2026","rel":"nofollow","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":852,"url":"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=852","url_meta":{"origin":894,"position":1},"title":"I own Vesuvius now","date":"20\/03\/2016","format":false,"excerpt":"You heard me, I ran around it, I own it. That's how it works right? Or did I need a flag? So this was a tough one. About 2 miles in, my stomach decided it didn't want to cooperate today, so I had to stop at a caf\u00e8 and ask\u2026","rel":"nofollow","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":876,"url":"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=876","url_meta":{"origin":894,"position":2},"title":"Almost there","date":"26\/03\/2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Got my run in today. Just have to put in about 8 miles tomorrow and then one more week of 40 miles, then a rest before the Marathon, and a week of rest after. Maybe not fully rest, but nothing over 10km. I just need to take it easy. Right\u2026","rel":"nofollow","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":945,"url":"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=945","url_meta":{"origin":894,"position":3},"title":"Completely missed yesterday!","date":"28\/04\/2016","format":false,"excerpt":"I'll chalk it up to \"If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything.\" I was in a bad mood when I finished my run yesterday, all I could think of was all the things that piss me off around here. And that's not a good thing. But\u2026","rel":"nofollow","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":850,"url":"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=850","url_meta":{"origin":894,"position":4},"title":"I ended up not running today","date":"19\/03\/2016","format":false,"excerpt":"When I woke up, I just felt so tired and stiff and thought it would be better to just do the long run in the morning, as was the original plan. Apparently, I can make it around Vesuvius in 24.5 miles. There's a part of me that really wants to\u2026","rel":"nofollow","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":767,"url":"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=767","url_meta":{"origin":894,"position":5},"title":"What a couple of days!","date":"13\/02\/2016","format":false,"excerpt":"So, I figured I would do the normal run with the guys today, and so yesterday I put in some extra miles to make sure I got to 35 this week. Also my Garmin missed a bit of my run yesterday, so I'm probably already over 35 miles. 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