{"id":902,"date":"2016-04-09T15:36:35","date_gmt":"2016-04-09T20:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=902"},"modified":"2016-04-09T15:36:35","modified_gmt":"2016-04-09T20:36:35","slug":"pre-race-jitters-and-a-couple-mistakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=902","title":{"rendered":"Pre-race jitters and a couple mistakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217;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&#8230;oops.<br \/>\nSo 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.<br \/>\nSo 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.<br \/>\n<iframe allow=\"autoplay\" class=\"youtube_embed_iframe\"    allowFullScreen=\"true\" style=\"width:640px; height:385px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kVzaBq4ycWg?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 \/>\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-902\" class=\"share-pinterest sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=902&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-902\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=902&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=902&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=902&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-902\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=902&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=902\" 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=902&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-902\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=902&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>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&#8217;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&#8230;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. 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