{"id":969,"date":"2016-05-18T03:53:41","date_gmt":"2016-05-18T08:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=969"},"modified":"2016-05-18T03:53:41","modified_gmt":"2016-05-18T08:53:41","slug":"technical-difficulties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=969","title":{"rendered":"Technical difficulties!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry all, I <a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/579810895\" target=\"_blank\">did run yesterday<\/a>, but my watch didn&#8217;t sync. I&#8217;ve fixed the issue and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/579841443\" target=\"_blank\">ran today as well<\/a>. The sun sucked the life right out of me today though. I&#8217;m still sweating and stupidly sitting here typing without having any water!<br \/>\nI have a fairly easy day today which I like. But tomorrow will be difficult. My Teen class at night wants me to talk about why I&#8217;m a vegetarian, I feel they&#8217;re going to end up with a song, and then after all that there&#8217;s a kind of school get-together in Nola. Karaoke, oh no! Everyone&#8217;s in trouble now.<br \/>\nEverything else is running along smoothly, which means it&#8217;s almost time to tear it all down and start again! Haha, life should always be a work in progress though seriously. Never be complete.<br \/>\nBut the hamstring is getting better I think. It still is bothersome but I&#8217;ve been stretching more and running less and that seems to be helping. I may not even hit 100 miles this month, which is causing me a slight amount of worry. But oh well, I need to heal. I need to try and get a long run in before I find myself having to taper again though, I think even a crappy, slow, walky long run is better than none at all. So maybe this Saturday or Sunday morning, or maybe even Monday morning before work.<br \/>\nAlright, since the kids asked, and so the song is stuck in my head:<br \/>\n<iframe allow=\"autoplay\" class=\"youtube_embed_iframe\"    allowFullScreen=\"true\" style=\"width:640px; height:385px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pcLpyYRa0Wo?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 \/>\nLyrics for the Hardcore impaired:<br \/>\nMan&#8217;s best friend is beautiful affectionate an ideal pet<br \/>\nCats are the same, we make up their names and our love for them is real<br \/>\nListen up, I gotta ask it, how can we be so cruel?<br \/>\nYou say you care, that&#8217;s a lie<br \/>\nMy true compassion is for all living things<br \/>\nand not just the ones who are cute so I do what I can<br \/>\nI wanna save lives and I&#8217;ve got a plan<br \/>\nUnder the table he&#8217;ll eat your dinner like the veggies we can&#8217;t stand<br \/>\nWhat kind meal would he make? We don&#8217;t want to ask it<br \/>\nTradition is all that keeps him alive<br \/>\nListen up, I gotta ask it, how can we be so cruel?<br \/>\nYou say you care, that&#8217;s a lie<br \/>\nMy true compassion is for all living things<br \/>\nand not just the ones who are cute so I do what I can<br \/>\nI wanna save lives and I&#8217;ve got a plan<br \/>\nWhy am I so upset. Don&#8217;t even own a pet<br \/>\nI am not trying to press my will<br \/>\nI am not the first to say&#8230;THOU SHALT NOT KILL<br \/>\nFull is all we want to feel.<br \/>\nWe eat to stay alive, but it&#8217;s their lives we steal.<br \/>\nI think we&#8217;d like to change, but most of us are stuck,<br \/>\nthat&#8217;s why cats and dogs have ALL THE LUCK.<\/p>\n<p>Have 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-969\" class=\"share-pinterest sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=969&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-969\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=969&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=969&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=969&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-969\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=969&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=969\" 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=969&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-969\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=969&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>Sorry all, I did run yesterday, but my watch didn&#8217;t sync. I&#8217;ve fixed the issue and ran today as well. The sun sucked the life right out of me today though. I&#8217;m still sweating and stupidly sitting here typing without having any water! I have a fairly easy day today which I like. But tomorrow will be difficult. My Teen class at night wants me to talk about why I&#8217;m a vegetarian, I feel they&#8217;re going to end up with a song, and then after all that there&#8217;s a kind of school get-together in Nola. Karaoke, oh no! Everyone&#8217;s in trouble now. Everything else is running along smoothly, which means it&#8217;s almost time to tear it all down and start again! Haha, life should always be a work in progress though seriously. Never be complete. But the hamstring is getting better I think. It still is bothersome but I&#8217;ve been stretching more and running less and that seems to be helping. I may not even hit 100 miles this month, which is causing me a slight amount of worry. But oh well, I need to heal. I need to try and get a long run in before I find myself having to taper again though, I think even a crappy, slow, walky long run is better than none at all. So maybe this Saturday or Sunday morning, or maybe even Monday morning before work. 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But today's run wasn't too bad. It is a fine line I'm walking right now though, between doing something bad and keeping my mileage up for the challenge. But at the end of\u2026","rel":"nofollow","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1567,"url":"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=1567","url_meta":{"origin":969,"position":5},"title":"Keep it Movin'","date":"07\/03\/2018","format":false,"excerpt":"I've been doing really well. Watching what I'm eating, going out and running no matter what. My ankle still isn't improving, and today I went a little faster and definitely am feeling it. I am down 3.7 kg (8 lbs) over the past three weeks though. 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