{"id":978,"date":"2016-05-22T14:11:46","date_gmt":"2016-05-22T19:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=978"},"modified":"2016-05-22T14:11:46","modified_gmt":"2016-05-22T19:11:46","slug":"getting-out-of-my-own-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=978","title":{"rendered":"Getting out of my own way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Didn&#8217;t work too well today. But <a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/583960228\" target=\"_blank\">I got a few slow miles in<\/a>. \u00a0I came home, showered, had lunch and then went to sleep for the whole afternoon.<br \/>\nI had a great football weekend though. Forget all the other stuff. Manchester United won the FA Cup, which I think was Van Gaal&#8217;s philosophy. &#8220;Make the team perform so poorly, the fans are excited about winning the FA Cup.&#8221; \u00a0Then the Red Bulls destroyed NYCFC 7-0, in Yankee Stadium! Now, reports are that Van Gaal is done and, as much as I want Giggs at the helm, Jose Mourinho will be the next manager at United. So a good weekend, in that respect. (Keep in mind all the reports about LVG and the special one are just guesses)<br \/>\nSo yeah, all and all not terrible. Even if I&#8217;m having some other troubles. The rest can work itself out in its due course. I&#8217;m not too concerned, even if it is weighing me down right now.<br \/>\n<iframe allow=\"autoplay\" class=\"youtube_embed_iframe\"    allowFullScreen=\"true\" style=\"width:640px; height:385px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6rb13ksYO0s?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 \/>\nFeelin&#8217; it today.<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-978\" class=\"share-pinterest sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=978&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-978\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=978&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=978&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=978&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-978\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=978&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=978\" 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=978&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-978\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=978&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>Didn&#8217;t work too well today. But I got a few slow miles in. \u00a0I came home, showered, had lunch and then went to sleep for the whole afternoon. I had a great football weekend though. Forget all the other stuff. Manchester United won the FA Cup, which I think was Van Gaal&#8217;s philosophy. &#8220;Make the team perform so poorly, the fans are excited about winning the FA Cup.&#8221; \u00a0Then the Red Bulls destroyed NYCFC 7-0, in Yankee Stadium! Now, reports are that Van Gaal is done and, as much as I want Giggs at the helm, Jose Mourinho will be the next manager at United. So a good weekend, in that respect. (Keep in mind all the reports about LVG and the special one are just guesses) So yeah, all and all not terrible. Even if I&#8217;m having some other troubles. The rest can work itself out in its due course. I&#8217;m not too concerned, even if it is weighing me down right now. Feelin&#8217; it today. 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I managed to get 5 arduous miles in today. Got most of my housework done too, have to get back to work tomorrow. But my friends this weekend all ran marathons it seems (ok some did half marathons). And they killed it. My feed is full\u2026","rel":"nofollow","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":894,"url":"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=894","url_meta":{"origin":978,"position":1},"title":"Challenge completed!","date":"03\/04\/2016","format":false,"excerpt":"That was it, enough miles to top 40 for the week, and I'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. 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